Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (RURAL RECONSTRUCTION) ACT 1973 No. 182, 1973 - SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
Section 3

THIS AGREEMENT made the fifth day of November One thousand nine hundred and
seventy-three between-

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA of the first part,
THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES of the second part,
THE STATE OF VICTORIA of the third part,
THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND of the fourth part,
THE STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA of the fifth part,
THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA of the sixth part, and
THE STATE OF TASMANIA of the seventh part is supplemental to the agreement in
relation to the provision of financial assistance for persons engaged in rural
industries in the States (in this agreement called 'the Principal Agreement')
that was approved by the States Grants (Rural Reconstruction) Act 1971 and was
made between the Commonwealth and all the States the fourth day of June 1971.

WHEREAS-

   (a)  the Commonwealth and the States are desirous of varying the terms and
        conditions upon which financial assistance is provided by the
        Commonwealth to the States under the Principal Agreement and of
        extending the period during which financial assistance is to be
        provided;

   (b)  the Parliament of the Commonwealth will be requested to approve this
        agreement and to authorise the grant of financial assistance to the
        States in accordance with the provisions of the Principal Agreement as
        varied by this agreement, NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:-
        Approval of Agreement.
1. This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon
any party until it has been approved by the Parliament of the Commonwealth.
Commencement of Agreement.
2. Upon being approved by the Parliament of the Commonwealth, this agreement
shall be deemed to have come into force and to have commenced on the first day
of July 1973 so that the Principal Agreement shall be regarded as having been
varied on that date and as providing for and giving effect to acts done on and
from that date as if it had been so varied. Construction and Operation of
Agreements.
3. (1) In this agreement, each State that is a party is referred to as a
'State', and the expression 'the States' means, except where the context
otherwise requires, all of the States that are for the time being parties.

(2) The Principal Agreement as varied by this agreement shall be construed as
if this agreement were incorporated in and formed part of the Principal
Agreement and so that, except where the context otherwise requires, references
in the Principal Agreement to that agreement were references to that agreement
as varied by and incorporating the provisions of this agreement.

(3) Except where the contrary intention appears, expressions used in this
agreement that are expressions to which meanings are attributed in the
Principal Agreement have in this agreement the respective meanings so
attributed to them. Provision of Financial Assistance.
4. (1) On and from the first day of July 1973, the provisions of clauses 11
and 12 of the Principal Agreement shall cease to apply in respect of the
provision of financial assistance by the Commonwealth and the provisions set
out hereafter in this clause shall apply in their place.

(2) Subject to, and to the performance by a State of, the provisions of the
Principal Agreement as varied by this agreement, the Commonwealth will during
the financial years commencing on the first day of July in the years 1973,
1974 and 1975 make financial assistance available to the States for the
purposes of the Scheme.

(3) The amount of the financial assistance to be made available by the
Commonwealth to each State during a financial year shall be determined by the
Commonwealth before the commencement of the financial year following a meeting
of Commonwealth and State Ministers which will review the circumstances
relating to the financial year and which will give due consideration to
submissions made by the States not later than the end of the February last
preceding the financial year and will have regard to such other criteria as
the Commonwealth considers appropriate. Allocation of Financial Assistance.
5. (1) Clause 6 of the Principal Agreement shall not apply to financial
assistance made available by the Commonwealth during the financial years
specified in sub-clause (2) of clause 4 of this agreement.

(2) Subject to the provisions of the Principal Agreement as varied by this
agreement, the financial assistance made available by the Commonwealth to a
State after the first day of July 1973 shall be applied to the forms of
assistance under the Scheme, namely debt reconstruction, farm build-up and
rehabilitation as referred to in accordance with clause 5 of the Principal
Agreement.

(3) The allocation by a State of the financial assistance during a financial
year between the forms of assistance shall be in accordance with a
determination made by the Commonwealth prior to the commencement of the
financial year after consultation with the State, in which determination shall
be specified a target percentage for commitments on farm build-up which the
State should endeavour to achieve and a maximum percentage of commitments on
debt reconstruction which the State may not exceed without the prior approval
of the Commonwealth.

(4) The consultations referred to in sub-clause (3) of this clause shall
extend to establishing by agreement between the Commonwealth and the State a
firm programme of commitments of the financial assistance month by month
during the year.

(5) If during a financial year either the Commonwealth or a State informs the
other that it considers the allocation of the financial assistance by the
State or the programme of commitments in respect of the year should be varied,
further consultations will be held between the Commonwealth and the State with
a view to varying the determination by the Commonwealth for the purposes of
sub-clause (3) of this clause should the Commonwealth see fit to do so or
varying the programme of commitments for the purposes of sub-clause (4) of
this clause, as the case may be. Title of Agreements.
6. The Principal Agreement as varied by this agreement shall be known as 'the
1971-1973 Rural Reconstruction Agreement'.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed as at the day and year
first above written.

SIGNED for and on behalf of THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA by THE HONOURABLE
EDWARD GOUGH WHITLAM, Prime Minister, in the presence of-

              PETER S. WILENSKI.                   E. G. WHITLAM.




SIGNED for and on behalf of THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES by THE HONOURABLE SIR
ROBERT WILLIAM ASKIN, Premier, in the presence of-

                  B. DAVIES.                       R. W. ASKIN.




SIGNED for and on behalf of THE STATE OF VICTORIA by THE HONOURABLE RUPERT
JAMES HAMER, Premier, in the presence of-

                KEVIN A. HALL.                     R. J. HAMER.




SIGNED for and on behalf of THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND by THE HONOURABLE JOHANNES
BJELKE-PETERSEN, Premier, in the presence of-

                C. M. BYCROFT.                     JOH. BJELKE-PETERSEN.




SIGNED for and on behalf of THE STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by THE HONOURABLE
DONALD ALLAN DUNSTAN, Premier, in the presence of-

                 J. A. WHITE.                      D. A. DUNSTAN.




SIGNED for and on behalf of THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by THE HONOURABLE
JOHN TREZISE TONKIN, Premier, in the presence of-

                 R. S. SEDDON.                     JOHN T. TONKIN.




SIGNED for and on behalf of THE STATE OF TASMANIA by THE HONOURABLE ERIC
ELLIOTT REECE, Premier, in the presence of-

                 C. W. HALLAM.                     ERIC REECE.
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