Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 No. 130 of 1989 - SECT 8

8. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Council shall prepare, and submit to the
Minister not less than 2 months before the commencement of each financial
year, the program of expenditure to be met from the Account for that financial
year.

(2) The Council shall, as soon as possible after the commencement of this Act,
prepare, and submit to the Minister, the program of expenditure to be met from
the Account for the first financial year after the commencement of this Act.

(3) The expenditure program for a financial year shall include the following
details:

   (a)  a list of all payments to be made out of the Account during the
        financial year for purposes related to the control and eradication of
        exotic animal diseases on their outbreak in Australia;

   (b)  in respect of each of those payments:

        (i)    the amount of the payment;

        (ii)   the name of the payee;

        (iii)  the purpose for which the payment is to be made; and

        (iv)   if the payment is to fund any requirement of an approved
               veterinary emergency plan-a statement to that effect,
               specifying the plan and describing in general terms the extent
               to which the payment will help to pursue the strategies
               outlined in the plan or to achieve its objectives.

(4) The expenditure program for a financial year shall also provide an
estimate of the amount likely to be spent on meeting the costs incurred by the
Commonwealth during the financial year for purposes related to the control and
eradication of exotic animal diseases on their outbreak in Australia.

(5) The expenditure program for a financial year shall also include:

   (a)  estimates of the amounts proposed to be paid out of the Account, for
        purposes related to the control and eradication of
        exotic animal diseases on their outbreak in Australia, during each of
        the 2 financial years immediately following that financial year;

   (b)  the name of the payee of each of those amounts; and

   (c)  the purpose for which each of the proposed payments would be made.

(6) The Council may, at any time during a financial year, vary the
expenditure program relating to that financial year.