Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Drought Assistance (Primary Producers) Act 1982 No. 99 of 1982 - SECT 9

9. (1) Payments of amounts (including advances) to a State in accordance with
an arrangement are subject to such conditions as are set out in the
arrangement.

(2) In addition to the conditions referred to in sub-section (1), payment of
an amount (including an advance) to a State in accordance with an arrangement
is subject to the following conditions:

   (a)  that, if the Minister so requests, there will be furnished to the
        Minister by the State, as soon as practicable after such date as the
        Minister specifies, a report on the carrying out by the State of the
        arrangement, being a report containing such particulars as are
        specified by the Minister;

   (b)  that, if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he is
        satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil a condition set out in
        the arrangement or the condition specified in paragraph (a), the State
        will repay the amount, or such part of the amount as the Minister
        specifies, to the Commonwealth;

   (c)  that the Minister for Finance may deduct any amount repayable by a
        State in accordance with the condition specified in paragraph (b) from
        any amount payable by the Commonwealth to the State under this Part.

(3) Payment of an amount (including an advance) to a State under this Part is
subject to the following conditions:

   (a)  that the State will repay to the Commonwealth, on demand by the
        Minister for Finance, the amount by which, at the time of the demand,
        the total of the amounts (including advances) paid to the State under
        this Part exceeds the total of the amounts that have become payable to
        the State under this Part;

   (b)  that the Minister for Finance may deduct any amount repayable by a
        State in accordance with the condition specified in paragraph (a) from
        any amount payable by the Commonwealth to the State under this Part.