Contents

1............ Short title see Note 1]....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation...................................................................................... 2

4............ Approval of Supplemental Agreements............................................. 2

5............ Certain provisions of Sewerage Agreements Act 1973 cease to have effect            2

6............ Financial assistance............................................................................. 2

7............ Authority to borrow........................................................................... 3

8............ Application of moneys borrowed...................................................... 3

10.......... Appropriation.................................................................................... 3

Schedule                                                                                                                                        4

Notes                                                                                                                                            11

 

An Act relating to Agreements between Australia and the States of Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia in respect of the Provision of further Financial Assistance for Sewerage Works in those States

WHEREAS the execution, on behalf of the Government of Australia, of agreements between the Government of Australia and the Government of each of the States with respect to the provision of financial assistance for sewerage works, being agreements substantially in accordance with the form set out in the Schedule to the Sewerage Agreements Act 1973, was approved by that Act:

AND WHEREAS the following agreements in accordance with the form set out in the Schedule to that Act have been made:

(a)    an agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the State of Victoria dated 18 March 1974;

(b)    an agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the State of Queensland dated 18 March 1974;

(c)    an agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the State of Western Australia dated 18 January 1974;

AND WHEREAS further agreements varying those agreements have been executed on behalf of the Government of Australia and the Government of each of those States:

AND WHEREAS it is provided in each of those further agreements that the agreement shall have no force or effect until it has been approved by the Parliament of Australia:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:

Notes to the Sewerage Agreements Act 1974

Note 1

The Sewerage Agreements Act 1974 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 73, 1974 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Sewerage Agreements Act 1974	73, 1974	4 Oct 1974	4 Oct 1974
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	S. 8
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2005	8, 2005	22 Feb 2005	Schedule 1 (items 22–26): Royal Assent	—

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 6 .......................................	am. No. 8, 2005
S. 8 .......................................	am. No. 8, 2005
S. 9 .......................................	am. No. 36, 1978
	rep. No. 8, 2005
S. 10 .....................................	am. No. 8, 2005