2013-2014 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Railway Agreement (Western Australia) 

Amendment Bill 2014 

 

No.      , 2014 

 

(Infrastructure and Regional Development) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Railway Agreement 

(Western Australia) Act 1961, and for related 

purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Act 1961

 

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No.      , 2014 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Railway Agreement 

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(Western Australia) Act 1961, and for related 

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purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Railway Agreement (Western 

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Australia) Amendment Act 2014. 

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2  Commencement 

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  This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal 

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Assent. 

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3  Schedule(s) 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

--Amendments 

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Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Act 1961 

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1  After section 4 

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Insert: 

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5  Final payment to the Commonwealth 

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(1)  Despite clause 12 of the Agreement (as varied by the Amending 

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Agreement), Western Australia may pay to the Commonwealth, in 

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a single lump sum, the total amount outstanding under that clause. 

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(2)  If Western Australia does so, Western Australia has no further 

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liability to the Commonwealth under the Agreement (as varied by 

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the Amending Agreement). 

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6  Repeal of this Act 

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(1)  If Western Australia makes the payment to the Commonwealth as 

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mentioned in subsection 5(1), this Act is repealed on the 28th day 

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(the repeal day) after the payment is made. 

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(2)  Before the repeal day, the Minister must announce by notice in the 

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Gazette the day this Act is to be repealed. 

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