Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ROADS ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 41, 1977 - SCHEDULE 9

SCHEDULE 9
Section 7 (4)
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GRANT IN RESPECT OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
OF EXPORT ROADS AND MAJOR COMMERCIAL ROADS
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Year commencing
 State                                                            1 July 1976

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$
Western Australia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          190,000

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PART III-AMENDMENTS OF THE ROADS GRANTS ACT 1974 Principal Act.
7. The Roads Grants Act 1974*3* is in this Part referred to as the Principal
Act. Grants for which financial assistance may be granted.
8. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (2) the words ''Schedules 2, 9 and 14''
        and substituting the words ''Schedules 2, 9, 14 and 17'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (3) the words ''Schedules 3, 10 and 15''
        and substituting the words ''Schedules 3, 10, 15 and 18'';

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (6) and substituting the following
        sub-section:-

''(6) A State shall, out of moneys paid to it under section 5 in respect of a
year, expend during that year on the construction of urban local roads, in
accordance with an approved program for that year, an amount equal to the
amount that is applicable, or to the sum of the amounts that are applicable,
to the State in respect of that year in accordance with Schedules 6, 13 and
19.''; and

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (8) the words ''Schedules 2, 9 and 14''
        and substituting the words ''Schedules 2, 9, 14 and 17''. Variations
        of amounts specified in Schedules.
9. (1) Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1)
and substituting the following sub-section:-

''(1) Where a State satisfies the Minister that-

   (a)  the amounts specified in Schedule 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7;

   (b)  the sum of the amounts specified in Schedules 2 and 9, Schedules 3 and
        10, Schedules 4 and 11, Schedules 5 and 12, Schedules 5 and 16,
        Schedules 6 and 13 or Schedules 6 and 19; or

   (c)  the sum of the amounts specified in Schedules 2, 14 and 17 or
        Schedules 3, 15 and 18, in relation to the State in respect of a year
        is greater than the amount that the State has been, or will be, able
        to expend, in accordance with this Act, in that year for the purpose
        or purposes specified in sub-sections 6 (2) and (8) or under
        sub-section 6 (3), (4), (5), (6) or (7), whichever is relevant, the
        Minister may direct that the amount referred to in paragraph (a), or
        any one or more of the amounts constituting the sum referred to in
        paragraph (b) or (c), as the case may be, shall be deemed to be
        reduced by such amount or amounts as is specified by the Minister.''.

(2) A direction given by the Minister under section 8 of the Principal Act
before the commencement of this Act has effect after the commencement of this
Act as if it had been given by the Minister under section 8 of the Principal
Act as amended by this Act. Schedule 1.
10. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the column headed
''Year commencing 1 July 1976'' and substituting the following column:-
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Year commencing
1 July 1976
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$
78,100,000
60,300,000
55,100,000
18,800,000
43,610,000
10,400,000
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266,310,000
-------------- New Schedules.
11. The Principal Act is amended by adding after Schedule 16 the following
Schedules:-

SCHEDULE 17
Sections 6 (2) and (8)
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GRANT TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF
RURAL ARTERIAL ROADS AND DEVELOPMENT ROADS
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Year commencing
 State                                                            1 July 1976

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$
Western Australia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          410,000

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