Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1986 No. 79, 1986 - SECT 4

4. (1) Where-

   (a)  the principal function of a body established by a law of a State is
        the making of recommendations to the Government of the State with
        respect to the provision of financial assistance to local governing
        bodies in the State; and

   (b)  the Minister is satisfied that the membership of the body includes at
        least 2 persons who are or have been associated with local government
        in the State, whether as members of a local governing body or
        otherwise, the Minister may, by notice in writing published in the
        Gazette, declare the body to be the Local Government Grants Commission
        of the State for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a declaration was
in force under section 4 of the Local Government (Personal Income Tax 
Sharing) Act 1976 specifying a body as the Local Government Grants Commission
of a State, the declaration shall be deemed to have been made under
sub-section (1) and, subject to sub-section (3), such a declaration is not
ineffective by reason only that the membership of the body includes not more
than 1 person who is or has been associated with local government in the
State.

(3) Where-

   (a)  sub-section (2) applies to the Local Government Grants Commission of a
        State;

   (b)  at the commencement of this Act, the membership of that Commission
        included only 1 person who is or has been associated with local
        government in the State; and

   (c)  on 1 July 1990, the membership of that Commission does not include at
        least 2 persons who are or have been associated with local government
        in the State, the declaration under this section in respect of that
        body ceases to be in force.