Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ROADS GRANTS ACT 1974 No. 53, 1974 - SECT 9

9. (1) In this section, "the quota", in relation to a State and in relation to
a year, means the amount applicable to the State in respect of that year in
accordance with Schedule 8 as adjusted in accordance with sub-section (2).

(2) Where the quota applicable to a State in respect of the year that
commenced on 1 July 1974 or the year commencing on 1 July 1975 is greater or
less than the amount, or the aggregate of the amounts, that the State has,
during that year, from its own resources, expended, or set aside for
expenditure, on road works, the quota otherwise applicable to the State in
respect of the next following year shall be deemed to be reduced or increased
by the amount of the excess or deficiency.

(3) Where the quota applicable to a State in respect of the year commencing on
1 July 1976 exceeds the amount, or the aggregate of the amounts, that the
State has, during that year, from its own resources, expended, or set aside
for expenditure, on road works, the State shall pay to Australia an amount
equal to the excess, or such lesser amount as the Treasurer determines.

(4) For the purposes of this section, an amount set aside for expenditure
during a year to which this Act applies shall not be taken into account as an
amount so set aside unless it is expended during a period of 6 months next
following the expiration of that year, and shall not be taken into account in
the year in which it is expended.

(5) For the purposes of this section, an amount expended, or set aside for
expenditure, by a State-

   (a)  in payment of interest on moneys borrowed by the State and expended by
        the State on road works; or

   (b)  on road planning or research, may be treated as an amount expended, or
        set aside for expenditure, by the State on road works and, if so
        treated, shall, for the purposes of sub-section (6) be deemed to be
        such an amount.

(6) Where a State has received, or is entitled to receive, financial
assistance under the National Roads Act 1974 or under the Transport (Planning 
and Research) Act 1974 in relation to any moneys expended by the State, or set
aside by the State for expenditure, on road works, the State shall be deemed,
for the purposes of this section, to have expended, or set aside for
expenditure, from its own resources on those road works the amount (if any) by
which the amount of those moneys exceeds the amount of that financial
assistance.

(7) Moneys expended by a State in a year to which this Act applies directly in
connexion with the provision or maintenance of roads, including national
roads, in the State, other than moneys expended in respect of particular road
works or treated by the State for the purpose of section 6 of this Act, or of
sub-section 7 (6) of the National Roads Act 1974, as having been expended in
respect of a project carried out by the State in that year shall be deemed to
be expenditure in respect of road works for the purposes of this section.