Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (ROADS) AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 159, 1978 - SECT 5

5. (1) The amendments made by this Act do not affect the entitlement of a
State to financial assistance in respect of the year that commenced on 1 July
1977.

(2) Where, by virtue of sub-section 15 (2) of the Principal Act, the quota
otherwise applicable to a State in respect of the year that commenced on 1
July 1978 was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, to be deemed
to be reduced or increased, that reduction or increase applies in relation to
the amount applicable to that State in respect of that year in accordance with
the Schedule headed ''Schedule 11'' set out in the Schedule to this Act.

(3) The amendment made by section 4 applies in relation to financial
assistance under the Transport Planning and Research (Financial Assistance) 
Act 1977 , whether the State concerned received, or became entitled to
receive, that assistance before the commencement of this Act or receives, or
becomes entitled to receive, that assistance after the commencement of this
Act.

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