Appropriation (Supplementary Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999
No. 155, 1999
Appropriation (Supplementary Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999
No. 155, 1999
Appropriation (Supplementary Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999
No. 155, 1999
1 Short title...................................
2 Commencement...............................
3 Appropriation................................
4 Primary objective of the greenhouse gas abatement program.....
5 Grants.....................................
6 Delegation..................................
7 Appropriations made by this Act are in addition to other appropriations
8 Schedule(s)..................................
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999
Appropriation (Supplementary Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999
No. 155, 1999
An Act to appropriate the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain purposes relating to the environment, and for other purposes
[Assented to 11 November 1999]
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Supplementary Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated, for the purposes referred to in the second column of an item in the table:
(a) in respect of the financial year starting on 1 July 2000—by the amount referred to in the third column of that item; and
(b) in respect of the financial year starting on 1 July 2001—by the amount referred to in the fourth column of that item; and
(c) in respect of the financial year starting on 1 July 2002—by the amount referred to in the fifth column of that item; and
(d) in respect of the financial year starting on 1 July 2003—by the amount referred to in the sixth column of that item.
Amounts appropriated | |||||
| Purpose | Financial years | |||
2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | ||
|
| ($ million) | ($ million) | ($ million) | ($ million) |
1 | Supporting conversions to CNG or LPG for commercial vehicles that have a GVM equal to or greater than 3.5 tonnes, buses that have a GVM equal to or greater than 3.5 tonnes, trains and ferries | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
2 | Developing a product stewardship system for the reuse and recycling of waste oil | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
3 | Supporting the utilisation of photovoltaic systems on residential buildings and community‑use buildings | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
4 | Supporting the development and commercialisation of renewable energy | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
5 | Supporting the use of renewable energy for remote power generation | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
6 | Supporting the development and implementation of in‑service emissions testing capabilities for diesel and petrol vehicles, where the diesel emissions testing is in connection with the making and/or implementation of a Diesel National Environment Protection Measure | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
7 | Greenhouse gas abatement program | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Total | 214 | 222 | 227 | 233 |
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the primary objective of the greenhouse gas abatement program is to reduce Australia’s net greenhouse gas emissions by supporting activities that are likely to result in substantial emission reductions or substantial sink enhancement.
(2) In determining the activities to be supported, the following matters are to be taken into account:
(a) the potential for employment growth;
(b) new technologies;
(c) innovative processes;
(d) export potential;
(e) the capacity for the program to act as a catalyst for further non‑government investment.
(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the matters that may be taken into account.
(1) An amount appropriated under this Act may be applied in making a grant of financial assistance to:
(a) a State; or
(b) a person, or a body, other than a State.
This subsection does not limit the ways in which amounts appropriated under this Act may be applied.
(2) A grant of financial assistance to a State must be made on such terms and conditions as are set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the State.
(3) A grant of financial assistance to a person, or a body, other than a State must be made on such terms and conditions as are set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the person or body.
(4) An agreement under subsection (2) or (3) may be entered into by any Minister on behalf of the Commonwealth.
(5) This Act does not prevent a grant from being a grant by way of bounty.
(6) Any bounty must be uniform throughout the Commonwealth within the meaning of paragraph 51(iii) of the Constitution.
(7) In this section:
bounty means bounty to which paragraph 51(iii) of the Constitution applies.
State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
(1) A Minister may, by writing, delegate to:
(a) a Secretary to a Department; or
(b) a person who is appointed by the Governor‑General under section 67 of the Constitution; or
(c) a person holding or performing the duties of a Senior Executive Service office (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1922); or
(d) an SES employee or acting SES employee;
all or any of the powers conferred on that Minister by section 5.
(2) The delegate is, in the exercise of the power delegated under subsection (1), subject to the directions of the Minister concerned.
The appropriations made by this Act are in addition to appropriations made by any other Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
1 Subsection 2(1)
Omit “subsections (2) and (5)”, substitute “subsection (2)”.
2 Subsection 2(2)
Omit “and subsection (5)”.
3 Subsections 2(5), (6) and (7)
Repeal the subsections.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 26 August 1999
Senate on 2 September 1999]
(162/99)