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Regional Infrastructure Development Fund
(Amendment) Bill
Circulation Print
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
General
The main purpose of the Bill is to amend the Regional Infrastructure
Development Fund Act 1999 ("the Act") to enable payments to be made
from the Regional Infrastructure Development Fund to facilitate the
extension of reticulated natural gas in regional Victoria and parts of
municipal districts on the rural fringe of metropolitan Melbourne.
Clause Notes
Clause 1 sets out the purpose of the Bill.
Clause 2 provides for the Bill to come into operation on a day to be
proclaimed, but no later than 1 July 2003.
Clause 3 amends the definition of regional Victoria as a consequence of
the amendments to the existing Schedule.
Clause 4 amends section 5 of the Act dealing with the application of the
Regional Infrastructure Development Fund.
· Clause 5(a) amends section 5(1)(a) of the Act to enable
payments to be made from the Fund to provide financial
assistance for capital works relating to natural gas
extension projects in regional Victoria and the
municipalities listed in Schedule 2.
· Clause 5(b) inserts new section 5(1)(ab) to enable
payments to be made from the Fund for financial
assistance for the development and implementation of
natural gas extension projects in regional Victoria and
the municipalities listed in Schedule 2.
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Clause 5 renumbers and renames the existing Schedule which lists the
municipalities that are defined as Regional Victoria. It also adds
the Benalla Rural City Council and the Mansfield Shire Council
to the list of municipalities in that Schedule and deletes the
Delatite Shire Council from the list. This reflects the new
municipal structure resulting from the restructuring of the
Delatite Shire in 2002.
Clause 6 inserts a new Schedule 2, listing the 9 urban fringe Councils that
have rural areas that will be eligible for assistance from the
Regional Infrastructure Development Fund for natural gas
extension projects.
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