ROADS ACTS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1976

No. 173 of 1976

An Act relating to Financial Assistance to the States in relation to Roads.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Roads Acts Amendment Act (No. 2) 1976.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974

Citation.

3. The National Roads Act 1974 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Grants of financial assistance to States.

4. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following sub-section:—

“(3) The sum of the amounts paid under this section to a State in respect of expenditure during a year to which this Act applies, in relation to the maintenance of national highways, shall not exceed the amount, or the sum of the amounts, specified opposite to the name of that State, in relation to that year, in Schedules 2, 5 and 7.”.

Variations of amounts specified in Schedules.

5. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1), after the words “Schedules 2 and 5”, the words “, Schedules 2 and 7”.

Schedule 7.

6. The Principal Act is amended by adding after Schedule 6 the following Schedule:—

SCHEDULE 7 Section 7(3)

ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GRANT IN RESPECT OF MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

PART III—AMENDMENTS OF THE ROADS GRANTS ACT 1974

Citation.

7. The Roads Grants Act 1974 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Grants for which financial assistance may be granted.

8. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—

“(2) A State shall, out of moneys paid to it under section 5 in respect of a year, expend during that year on the construction of rural arterial roads, in accordance with the approved program of projects for that year or for a part of that year, an amount equal to the amount that is applicable, or to the sum of the amounts that are applicable, to the State in respect of that year in accordance with Schedules 2, 9 and 14, less any amounts expended in that year on the construction of developmental roads in accordance with an approved program of projects for that year or for a part of that year.

“(3) A State shall, out of moneys paid to it under section 5 in respect of a year, expend during that year on the construction and maintenance of rural local roads, in accordance with an approved program for that year, an amount equal to the amount that is applicable, or to the sum of the amounts that are applicable, to the State in respect of that year in accordance with Schedules 3, 10 and 15.”;

(b) by omitting sub-section (5) and substituting the following sub-section:—

“(5) A State shall, out of moneys paid to it under section 5 in respect of a year, expend during that year on the construction of urban arterial roads, in accordance with the approved program of projects for that year or for a part of that year, an amount equal to the amount that is applicable, or to the sum of the amounts that are applicable, to the State in respect of that year in accordance with Schedules 5, 12 and 16.”; and

(c) by omitting sub-section (8) and substituting the following sub-section:—

“(8) A State shall, out of moneys paid to it under section 5 in respect of a year, expend during that year on the construction of developmental roads, in accordance with the approved program for that year or for a part of that year, an amount determined by the Minister in relation to that program, being an amount not greater than 10 per cent of the amount that is applicable, or of the sum of the amounts that are applicable, to the State in respect of that year in accordance with Schedules 2, 9 and 14.”.

Variation of amounts specified in Schedules.

9. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) the words “Schedules 3 and 10, Schedules 4 and 11, Schedules 5 and 12” and substituting the words “Schedules 2 and 14, Schedules 3 and 10, Schedules 3 and 15, Schedules 4 and 11, Schedules 5 and 12, Schedules 5 and 16”.

Schedule 1.

10. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the column headed “Year commencing 1 July 1976” and substituting the following column: —

Schedule 8.

11. Schedule 8 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the column headed “Year commencing 1 July 1976” and substituting the following column:—

New Schedules.

12. The Principal Act is amended by adding after Schedule 13 the following Schedules:—

SCHEDULE 14 Sections 6(2) and (8)

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF RURAL ARTERIAL ROADS AND DEVELOPMENTAL ROADS

SCHEDULE 15 Section 6(3)

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF RURAL LOCAL ROADS

SCHEDULE 16 Section 6(5)

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF URBAN ARTERIAL ROADS