Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00099:section:8:p1
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Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 1/10)
Character Range: 2282–5130

8  Appropriation

  The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act.

Schedule

Section 3

AN AGREEMENT made the  day of  One thousand nine hundred and seventy-              between—

    THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (in this agreement called "the Australian Government") of the one part, and

    THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF (in this agreement called "the State Government") of the other part,

WHEREAS—

    (a) the Australian Government wishes to make available financial assistance to the States with the objective of eliminating within the shortest feasible time the backlog of sewerage works in the principal Australian cities;

    (b) in pursuance of that objective the Australian Government has proposed that an amount of 30 million dollars be made available to the States in order to augment funds for backlog sewerage works that are commenced before the first day of July 1974;

    (c) the said amount is proposed to be allocated between the States as set out in the Schedule to this agreement;

    (d) the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia has authorized the execution of this agreement on behalf of the Australian Government and the provision of financial assistance in accordance with its provisions:

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:—

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Commencement of Agreement

1. (1) This agreement shall come into force when it has been executed on behalf of the Australian Government and on behalf of the State Government.

(2) Upon coming into force, this agreement shall be deemed to have commenced to operate on the first day of July 1973 and it may be implemented in relation to acts and events that have been done or have taken place prior to, on or after that date as if its provisions have had that operation.

Performance of Agreement

2. Each Government will provide for and secure the carrying out by it and by its authorities and instrumentalities of this agreement in accordance with the provisions thereof.

Definitions

3. In this agreement, unless a contrary intention appears—

   "approved", in relation to a programme of sewerage works, denotes that the programme has been proposed by the State Minister for, and has been accorded, the approval of the Minister under Part II of this agreement;

   "backlog sewerage works" means sewerage works that are directed at providing reticulation in respect of built-up areas which were unsewered at the thirtieth day of June 1973 or that consist of construction or upgrading of main carriers, treatment works and pumping stations that is necessitated by reticulation provided prior to that date;

   "clause" means clause of this agreement;

   "financial year" means a period of twelve months ending on the thirtieth day of June;

   "Government" means a Government that is a party