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New South Wales
Rural Assistance Amendment Bill 2000
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Rural Assistance Act 1989 No 97 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, has
finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of NEW
SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2000
New South Wales
Rural Assistance Amendment Bill 2000
Act No , 2000
An Act to amend the Rural Assistance Act 1989 to provide for the object of the
Act, to repeal provisions for protection orders, and to make further provision with
respect to assistance programs and the functions and membership of the Rural
Assistance Authority Board; and for other purposes.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Rural Assistance Amendment Bill 2000
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Rural Assistance Amendment Act 2000.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by
proclamation.
3 Amendment of Rural Assistance Act 1989 No 97
The Rural Assistance Act 1989 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 2A
Insert after section 2:
2A Object of Act
The object of this Act is to promote the efficient delivery of
programs of assistance to farmers and other persons engaged in
rural industries, and to other persons as provided by this Act.
[2] Section 3 Definitions
Omit the definition of protection order from section 3 (1).
[3] Section 5 Provision of rural assistance
Omit "schemes". Insert instead "programs".
[4] Section 6 Review of programs of assistance etc
Omit "scheme" wherever occurring in section 6 (a) and (b).
Insert instead "program".
[5] Section 10 Functions of Board
Omit section 10 (1). Insert instead:
(1) The Board has the following functions:
(a) to advise the Minister on the provision of assistance
under this Act,
(b) to report to the Minister at least annually on:
(i) the effectiveness of programs of assistance
implemented under this Act in meeting the
Government's objectives for those programs,
and
(ii) the performance of the Authority in the delivery
of assistance under programs implemented or
administered under this Act,
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(c) to determine the general policies of the Authority
including by means of the setting of guidelines for the
implementation of particular programs of assistance
under this Act.
[6] Section 10 (2)
Omit "that function". Insert instead "those functions".
[7] Sections 12A and 12B
Insert after section 12:
12A Authority to provide Board with information
The Authority must provide to the Board such information as
the Board may from time to time request with respect to the
following:
(a) the implementation by the Authority of guidelines
advised by the Board in respect of particular programs
of assistance under this Act,
(b) the delivery of assistance by the Authority under
programs implemented or administered under this Act,
(c) the operation and management of the Authority.
12B Review of composition of Board
At least once within each 5 year period occurring from the
commencement of this section the Minister is to review the
requirements of this Act as to the composition of the Board for
the purpose of ensuring that decisions of the Board continue to
reflect community views on rural assistance and disaster relief
issues.
[8] Section 15 Applications for assistance
Omit "(including a protection order)" from section 15 (1).
[9] Section 15 (1)
Omit "scheme". Insert instead "program".
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[10] Part 3, Division 2, heading
Omit the heading to Division 2 of Part 3. Insert instead:
Division 2 State programs of assistance
[11] Section 18
Omit sections 1820. Insert instead:
18 Programs of assistance
(1) The Authority may establish programs for the grant of
assistance to farmers and other persons engaged in rural
industries, for the following purposes:
(a) increasing the level of investment in sustainable land
and water management practices,
(b) increasing the level of investment in self-preparedness
measures that assist them in responding to adjustment
pressures and industry downturns,
(c) ensuring the availability of short-term assistance in
times of natural disaster,
(d) such other purposes in connection with the carrying on
of farming operations or rural industries as the Minister
may from time to time determine to be appropriate to be
the subject of a program of assistance under this Act.
(2) Under such a program the Authority may grant assistance for
any one or more of the following purposes:
(a) effecting permanent improvements to a farm (including
fencing, fodder or grain storage facilities, stockyards and
water supplies of a minor nature),
(b) effecting production improvements to a farm (including
pasture improvement, fodder conservation and stock
improvement),
(c) providing relief to a person who is, in the opinion of the
Authority, in urgent and genuine need of assistance due
to losses suffered through natural disaster,
(d) such other purposes as the Minister may from time to
time determine.
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(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2) (c), assistance
may be provided under that paragraph for the following
purposes:
(a) replacing lost or damaged farm improvements and
stock,
(b) enabling farming operations to continue,
(c) providing fodder,
(d) such other purposes (including any purposes for which
assistance may be granted under subsection (2) (a), (b)
or (d)) as the Minister may from time to time determine.
(4) Before determining that a grant of assistance to a farmer or
person engaged in a rural industry be made, the Authority must
consider the principles of ecologically sustainable development
described in section 6 (2) of the Protection of the Environment
Administration Act 1991.
[12] Part 3, Division 3, heading
Omit the heading to Division 3 of Part 3. Insert instead:
Division 3 Administration of Commonwealth and other
programs
[13] Section 25 Administration of Commonwealth and other programs
Omit "scheme" wherever occurring. Insert instead "program".
[14] Sections 26 and 27
Omit "scheme" wherever occurring. Insert instead "program".
[15] Part 3, Division 4
Omit the Division.
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