Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ROADS ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 36, 1976 - SECT 10

10. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of ''approved program''
and substituting the following definitions:-
'' 'allocation for local roads' means-

   (a)  the expenditure of moneys by a State on road works; or

   (b)  payment of moneys by a State to a government authority in the State
        for expenditure by the authority on road works,

being road works of one of the following kinds:-

   (c)  the construction and maintenance of rural local roads for which the
        State or the authority is responsible;

   (d)  the construction of urban local roads for which the State or the
        authority is responsible;

'approved allocation' means an allocation for local roads that is included as
a proposed allocation in an approved program;

'approved program' means-

   (a)  a program of projects approved by the Minister under section 4; or

   (b)  a program of proposed allocations for local roads approved by the
        Minister under section 4A;'';

   (b)  by inserting in sub-section (1), after the definition of
        ''developmental road'', the following definition:-

'' 'government authority' means a municipal, shire or other local authority,
and includes an authority of a State, being an incorporated body, that is
responsible for the construction and maintenance of rural local roads in an
area of the State;''; and

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (2) the words ''municipal, shire or other
        local authority'' (wherever occurring) and substituting the words
        ''government authority''.