New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1989 - SECT 25

25 Administration of Commonwealth and other programs

(1) The Minister may, by order, appoint the Authority as the authority to administer (either wholly or partly) a program to provide assistance to:

(a) farmers or other persons engaged in rural industries, or

(b) persons who have disposed of or are disposing of their farms, or

(c) other persons,

being a program that would not otherwise be administered by the Authority.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may appoint the Authority as the authority to administer a program that:

(a) is established by or under a Commonwealth Act or pursuant to an agreement between the State and the Commonwealth, or

(b) is not established by or under any Act.

(3) An order appointing the Authority as the authority to administer (either wholly or partly) any such program may confer specified functions on the Authority.

(4) If an appointment is made under this section, the Authority may:

(a) to the extent specified in the order, administer the program concerned, and

(b) exercise any functions conferred by the order as well as (subject to this Act) do all such things as are necessary for, or incidental to, the administration of the program, and

(c) grant any kind of assistance required or permitted to be granted under the program.

(5) The regulations may make provision with respect to the exercise of functions conferred by an order under this section or the administration of any program which the Authority administers by virtue of this section.