2008‑2009

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Rural Adjustment Amendment Bill 2009

No.      , 2009

(Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Rural Adjustment Act 1992, and for related purposes

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendment                                                                                                    3

Rural Adjustment Act 1992                                                                                        3

A Bill for an Act to amend the Rural Adjustment Act 1992, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Rural Adjustment Amendment Act 2009.

2  Commencement

                   This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3  Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment

Rural Adjustment Act 1992

1  Subsection 7(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

             (2)  A person may be appointed as a member for a maximum of 3 periods.