Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SEWERAGE AGREEMENTS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE

Section 3

PART I

AN AGREEMENT made the twenty-sixth day of June One thousand nine hundred and seventy-four between--

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (in this agreement called "the Australian Government") of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF VICTORIA (in this agreement called "the State Government") of the other part.

WHEREAS--

(a)   by the Sewerage Agreements Act 1973 the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia authorized the payment to the Government of a State of Australia of financial assistance for sewerage works on the terms and conditions contained in an agreement between the Australian Government and the Government of the State provided for by section 3 of that Act;

(b)   on the eighteenth day of March 1974 the Australian Government and the State Government made an agreement (in this agreement called "the Principal Agreement") under which financial assistance is provided to the State Government with the objective of eliminating within the shortest feasible time the backlog of sewerage works in the urban centre of Melbourne;

(c)   under the Principal Agreement an amount of 9,300,000 dollars was allocated to the State Government by way of financial assistance as aforesaid in respect of backlog sewerage works that are commenced before the first day of July 1974;

(d)   the Australian Government and the State Government are desirous of increasing the amount of financial assistance made available to the State Government under the Principal Agreement by a further amount of up to 3,950,000 dollars;

(e)   the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia will be requested to approve this agreement and to authorize the provision of financial assistance to the State Government to the extent and upon the terms and conditions provided for by this agreement:

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

1.   This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon either party unless and until it has been approved by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.

2.   As from the coming into force of this agreement but with operation deemed to have commenced on the first day of July 1973 as provided in sub-clause 1 (2) of the Principal Agreement, the amount of the financial assistance that may be provided in accordance with the Principal Agreement shall be increased by 3,950,000 dollars, that is, to a total amount of 13,250,000 dollars.

3.   As varied by this agreement the Principal Agreement is confirmed to the intent that its provisions shall have effect as terms and conditions of the additional financial assistance provided for by this agreement as well as to the financial assistance made available under the Principal Agreement itself.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed as at the day and year first above written.

PART II

AN AGREEMENT made the twenty-seventh day of June One thousand nine hundred and seventy-four between--

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (in this agreement called "the Australian Government") of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND (in this agreement called "the State Government") of the other part.

WHEREAS--

(a)   by the Sewerage Agreements Act 1973 the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia authorized the payment to the Government of a State of Australia of financial assistance for sewerage works on the terms and conditions contained in an agreement between the Australian Government and the Government of the State provided for by section 3 of that Act;

(b)   on the eighteenth day of March 1974 the Australian Government and the State Government made an agreement (in this agreement called "the Principal Agreement") under which financial assistance is provided to the State Government with the objective of eliminating within the shortest feasible time the backlog of sewerage works in the urban centres of Brisbane and the Gold Coast;

(c)   under the Principal Agreement an amount of 3,100,000 dollars was allocated to the State Government by way of financial assistance as aforesaid in respect of backlog sewerage works that are commenced before the first day of July 1974;

(d)   the Australian Government and the State Government are desirous of increasing the amount of financial assistance made available to the State Government under the Principal Agreement by a further amount of up to 1,000,000 dollars;

(e)   the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia will be requested to approve this agreement to authorize the provision of financial assistance to the State Government to the extent and upon the terms and conditions provided for by this agreement:

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

1.   This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon either party unless and until it has been approved by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.

2.   As from the coming into force of this agreement but with operation deemed to have commenced on the first day of July 1973 as provided in sub-clause 1 (2) of the Principal Agreement, the amount of the financial assistance that may be provided in accordance with the Principal Agreement shall be increased by 1,000,000 dollars, that is, to a total amount of 4,100,000 dollars.

3.   As varied by this agreement the Principal Agreement is confirmed to the intent that its provisions shall have effect as terms and conditions of the additional financial assistance provided for by this agreement as well as to the financial assistance made available under the Principal Agreement itself.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed as at the day and year first above written.

PART III

AN AGREEMENT made the twenty-ninth day of May One thousand nine hundred and seventy-four between--

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (in this agreement called "the Australian Government") of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (in this agreement called "the State Government") of the other part.

WHEREAS--

(a)   by the Sewerage Agreements Act 1973 the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia authorized the payment to the Government of a State of Australia of financial assistance for sewerage works on the terms and conditions contained in an agreement between the Australian Government and the Government of the State provided for by section 3 of that Act;

(b)   on the eighteenth day of January 1974 the Australian Government and the State Government made an agreement (in this agreement called "the Principal Agreement") under which financial assistance is provided to the State Government with the objective of eliminating within the shortest feasible time the backlog of sewerage works in the urban centre of Perth;

(c)   under the Principal Agreement an amount of 3,800,000 dollars was allocated to the State Government by way of financial assistance as aforesaid in respect of backlog sewerage works that are commenced before the first day of July 1974;

(d)   the Australian Government and the State Government are desirous of increasing the amount of financial assistance made available to the State Government under the Principal Agreement by a further amount of up to 3,000,000 dollars;

(e)   the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia will be requested to approve this agreement and to authorize the provision of financial assistance to the State Government to the extent and upon the terms and conditions provided for by this agreement:

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

1.   This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon either party unless and until it has been approved by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.

2.   As from the coming into force of this agreement but with operation deemed to have commenced on the first day of July 1973 as provided in sub-clause 1 (2) of the Principal Agreement, the amount of the financial assistance that may be provided in accordance with the Principal Agreement shall be increased by 3,000,000 dollars, that is, to a total amount of 6,800,000 dollars.

3.   As varied by this agreement the Principal Agreement is confirmed to the intent that its provisions shall have effect as terms and conditions of the additional financial assistance provided for by this agreement as well as to the financial assistance made available under the Principal Agreement itself.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed as at the day and year first above written.

Notes to the Sewerage Agreements Act 1974

Note 1

The Sewerage Agreements Act 1974 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 73, 1974 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

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