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1998-99
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Commonwealth
Grants Commission Amendment Bill 1999
No.
, 1999
(Finance and
Administration)
A Bill for an Act to amend
the Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973
ISBN: 0642
392005
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Grants
Commission Act 1973
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Grants Commission Amendment
Act 1999.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 Title
Omit “and the financing of works and services in respect of the
other Territories”, substitute “, the financing of
works and services in respect of the other Territories and the financing of
works and services in respect of indigenous persons”.
2 Section 4
Insert:
indigenous person means:
(a) a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or
(b) a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait
Islands.
3 After section 17
Insert:
The Commission must inquire into and report to the Minister upon any
matters that the Minister refers to the Commission relating to:
(a) works and services in respect of indigenous persons that are provided
or funded (directly or indirectly) by the Commonwealth or an authority of the
Commonwealth; or
(b) a grant of financial assistance under section 96 of the Constitution
to a State for the purpose of being applied by the State, or an authority of the
State, to pay for works and services in respect of indigenous persons in the
State; or
(c) a grant of financial assistance made by the Commonwealth to a
Territory, or an authority of the Territory, for the purpose of being applied by
the Territory or the authority to pay for works and services in respect of
indigenous persons in the Territory.
4 Subsections 25(1) and (2)
Omit “or 17”, substitute “, 17 or 18”.