Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND ACT 1981

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Community Development Fund Act 1981.1  
   2.      This Act shall come into operation on such date as is fixed by the Minister of State for the Capital Territory by notice published in the Gazette.  
   3.      (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—“approved community project” means a project approved by the Minister under section 6 for the purposes of this Act; “arts” includes creative and interpretative expression through theatre, literature, music, visual arts, films and crafts; “fund” means the Australian Capital Territory Community Development Fund Trust Account; “national estate” means those places, being components of the natural or cultural environment of Australia, that have aesthetic, historic, scientific or social significance or other special value for future generations in the Territory as well as for the present community in the Territory.  
   4.      (1) Subject to section 8, the Minister may, from time to time, make payments for the purpose of approved community projects in the Territory.  
   5.      (1) Subject to section 8, the Minister may, from time to time, make a payment to an authority or body established under a law of the Commonwealth or of the Territory for the purpose of an approved community project in the Territory.  
   6.      The Minister may approve a project for the purposes of this Act only if he is satisfied that the project is, or will be, for the benefit of the community or a section of the community.  
   7.      (1) Subject to section 8, the Minister may, from time to time, in writing, make a determination that a prescribed body or a prescribed person specified in the determination is eligible to receive under this section an amount specified in the determination, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the determination.  
   8.      A determination under subsection 7 (1) shall not specify an amount that exceeds, and a payment by the Minister in pursuance of any provision of this Act shall not exceed, an amount ascertained by deducting from an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid under a law of the Territory into the fund an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts so paid by the Minister.  
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