Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEWERAGE AGREEMENTS ACT 1974 No. 73, 1974 - SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
Section 3
PART I
AN AGREEMENT made the twenty-sixth day of June One thousand nine hundred and
seventy-four between-
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (in this agreement called "the
Australian Government") of the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF VICTORIA (in this agreement called "the State
Government") of the other part.
WHEREAS-

   (a)  by the Sewerage Agreements Act 1973 the Parliament of the Commonwealth
        of Australia authorized the payment to the Government of a State of
        Australia of financial assistance for sewerage works on the terms and
        conditions contained in an agreement between the Australian Government
        and the Government of the State provided for by section 3 of that Act;

   (b)  on the eighteenth day of March 1974 the Australian Government and the
        State Government made an agreement (in this agreement called "the
        Principal Agreement") under which financial assistance is provided to
        the State Government with the objective of eliminating within the
        shortest feasible time the backlog of sewerage works in the urban
        centre of Melbourne;

   (c)  under the Principal Agreement an amount of 9,300,000 dollars was
        allocated to the State Government by way of financial assistance as
        aforesaid in respect of backlog sewerage works that are commenced
        before the first day of July 1974;

   (d)  the Australian Government and the State Government are desirous of
        increasing the amount of financial assistance made available to the
        State Government under the Principal Agreement by a further amount of
        up to 3,950,000 dollars;

   (e)  the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia will be requested to
        approve this agreement and to authorize the provision of financial
        assistance to the State Government to the extent and upon the terms
        and conditions provided for by this agreement:
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:
1. This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon
either party unless and until it has been approved by the Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia.
2. As from the coming into force of this agreement but with operation deemed
to have commenced on the first day of July 1973 as provided in sub-clause 1
(2) of the Principal Agreement, the amount of the financial assistance that
may be provided in accordance with the Principal Agreement shall be increased
by 3,950,000 dollars, that is, to a total amount of 13,250,000 dollars.
3. As varied by this agreement the Principal Agreement is confirmed to the
intent that its provisions shall have effect as terms and conditions of the
additional financial assistance provided for by this agreement as well as to
the financial assistance made available under the Principal Agreement itself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed as at the day and year
first above written. SIGNED for and on behalf of THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA by THE HONOURABLE EDWARD GOUGH WHITLAM, Prime
Minister, in the presence of-
  J.  J.  SPIGELMAN                            E.  G.  WHITLAM
SIGNED for and on behalf of THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF VICTORIA by THE
HONOURABLE LINDSAY HAMILTON THOMPSON, Acting Premier, in the presence of-
  K.  D.  GREEN                                L.  H.  THOMPSON

PART II
AN AGREEMENT made the twenty-seventh day of June One thousand nine hundred and
seventy-four between-
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (in this agreement called "the
Australian Government") of the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND (in this agreement called "the State
Government") of the other part.
WHEREAS-

   (a)  by the Sewerage Agreements Act 1973 the Parliament of the Commonwealth
        of Australia authorized the payment to the Government of a State of
        Australia of financial assistance for sewerage works on the terms and
        conditions contained in an agreement between the Australian Government
        and the Government of the State provided for by section 3 of that Act;

   (b)  on the eighteenth day of March 1974 the Australian Government and the
        State Government made an agreement (in this agreement called "the
        Principal Agreement") under which financial assistance is provided to
        the State Government with the objective of eliminating within the
        shortest feasible time the backlog of sewerage works in the urban
        centres of Brisbane and the Gold Coast;

   (c)  under the Principal Agreement an amount of 3,100,000 dollars was
        allocated to the State Government by way of financial assistance as
        aforesaid in respect of backlog sewerage works that are commenced
        before the first day of July 1974;

   (d)  the Australian Government and the State Government are desirous of
        increasing the amount of financial assistance made available to the
        State Government under the Principal Agreement by a further amount of
        up to 1,000,000 dollars;

   (e)  the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia will be requested to
        approve this agreement and to authorize the provision of financial
        assistance to the State Government to the extent and upon the terms
        and conditions provided for by this agreement:
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:
1. This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon
either party unless and until it has been approved by the Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia.
2. As from the coming into force of this agreement but with operation deemed
to have commenced on the first day of July 1973 as provided in sub-clause 1
(2) of the Principal Agreement, the amount of the financial assistance that
may be provided in accordance with the Principal Agreement shall be increased
by 1,000,000 dollars, that is, to a total amount of 4,100,000 dollars.
3. As varied by this agreement the Principal Agreement is confirmed to the
intent that its provisions shall have effect as terms and conditions of the
additional financial assistance provided for by this agreement as well as to
the financial assistance made available under the Principal Agreement itself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed as at the day and year
first above written. SIGNED for and on behalf of THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA by THE HONOURABLE EDWARD GOUGH WHITLAM, Prime
Minister, in the presence of-
  JIM CAIRNS                                   E.  G.  WHITLAM
SIGNED for and on behalf of THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND by THE
HONOURABLE JOHANNES BJELKE-PETERSEN, Premier, in the presence of-
  KEITH  SPANN                                 JOH.  BJELKE-PETERSEN

PART III
AN AGREEMENT made the twenty-ninth day of May One thousand nine hundred and
seventy-four between-
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA(in this agreement called "the
Australian Government") of the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (in this agreement called
"the State Government") of the other part.
WHEREAS-

   (a)  by the Sewerage Agreements Act 1973 the Parliament of the Commonwealth
        of Australia authorized the payment to the Government of a State of
        Australia of financial assistance for sewerage works on the terms and
        conditions contained in an agreement between the Australian Government
        and the Government of the State provided for by section 3 of that Act;

   (b)  on the eighteenth day of January 1974 the Australian Government and
        the State Government made an agreement (in this agreement called "the
        Principal Agreement") under which financial assistance is provided to
        the State Government with the objective of eliminating within the
        shortest feasible time the backlog of sewerage works in the urban
        centre of Perth;

   (c)  under the Principal Agreement an amount of 3,800,000 dollars was
        allocated to the State Government by way of financial assistance as
        aforesaid in respect of backlog sewerage works that are commenced
        before the first day of July 1974;

   (d)  the Australian Government and the State Government are desirous of
        increasing the amount of financial assistance made available to the
        State Government under the Principal Agreement by a further amount of
        up to 3,000,000 dollars;

   (e)  the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia will be requested to
        approve this agreement and to authorize the provision of financial
        assistance to the State Government to the extent and upon the terms
        and conditions provided for by this agreement:
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:
1. This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon
either party unless and until it has been approved by the Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia.
2. As from the coming into force of this agreement but with operation deemed
to have commenced on the first day of July 1973 as provided in sub-clause 1
(2) of the Principal Agreement, the amount of the financial assistance that
may be provided in accordance with the Principal Agreement shall be increased
by 3,000,000 dollars, that is, to a total amount of 6,800,000 dollars.
3. As varied by this agreement the Principal Agreement is confirmed to the
intent that its provisions shall have effect as terms and conditions of the
additional financial assistance provided for by this agreement as well as to
the financial assistance made available under the Principal Agreement itself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed as at the day and year
first above written. SIGNED for and on behalf of THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA by THE HONOURABLE EDWARD GOUGH WHITLAM, Prime
Minister, in the presence of-
  R.  F.  MILLAR                               E.  G.  WHITLAM
SIGNED for and on behalf of THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
by THE HONOURABLE SIR CHARLES WALTER MICHAEL COURT, Premier, in the presence
of-
  W.  S.  LONNIE                               CHARLES  COURT

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