Roads Grants Amendment Act 1984

No. 36 of 1984

An Act to amend section 24 of the Roads Grants Act 1981

[Assented to 8 June 1984]

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

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Roads Grants Amendment Act 1984.

(2) The Roads Grants Act 1981¹ is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

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

Additional conditions with respect to Part II projects

3. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in paragraph (1) (a) “(other than exempt works of the State)” after “works” (first occurring); and

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (2) the following definition:

“exempt works’, in relation to a State, means works that the State has satisfied the Minister are works the whole of which—

(a) are urgently required by reason of an emergency;

(b) are of such a minor nature that the invitation of tenders for those works would involve undue additional cost;

(c) are of a kind for which it is not practicable to prepare adequate tender specifications; or

(d) are of a kind for which competitive tenders are unlikely to be received.”.

NOTE

1. No. 88, 1981, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 43, 1982.