Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (FRUIT-GROWING RECONSTRUCTION) ACT 1974 No. 157, 1974 - SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
Section 4

THIS AGREEMENT is made the Second day of December One thousand nine hundred
and seventy-four between-

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA of the first part,
THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES of the second part,
THE STATE OF VICTORIA of the third part,
THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND of the fourth part,
THE STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA of the fifth part,
THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA of the sixth part, and
THE STATE OF TASMANIA of the seventh part and is a further supplemental
agreement to the agreement in relation to the provision of financial
assistance for persons engaged in fruit-growing industries throughout
Australia known as the 1972-1973 Fruit-Growing Reconstruction Agreement and
constituted by the agreement that was approved by the States Grants
(Fruit-growing Reconstruction) Act 1972 and was made the second day of
November 1972 as varied by the agreement that was approved by the States
Grants (Fruit-growing Reconstruction) Act 1973 and was made the twenty-fourth
day of November 1973 (which agreements are in this agreement respectively
referred to as "the Principal Agreement" and "the First Supplemental
Agreement" and together as "the Revised Agreement").

WHEREAS-

                (A)  the parties are desirous of extending further the
                     financial assistance to be provided under the
                     Revised Agreement and of varying certain of the
                     provisions of the Revised Agreement; and

                (B)  the Australian Parliament will be requested to approve
                     this agreement and to authorize the grant of financial
                     assistance to the States in accordance with the
                     provisions of the Revised Agreement as varied by this
                     agreement:

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows- Approval of Agreement
1. This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon
any party until it has been approved by the Australian Parliament.
Commencement of Agreement
2. Upon being approved by the Australian Parliament this agreement shall be
deemed to have commenced on the first day of July 1974 so that the Revised
Agreement shall be regarded as having been varied on that date and as
providing for and giving effect to acts done on and from that date as if it
had been so varied. Operation of Agreement
3. The Revised Agreement as varied by this agreement shall be construed as if
this agreement were incorporated in and formed part of the Revised Agreement
and so that, except where the context otherwise requires, references in the
Revised Agreement to the Principal Agreement or to the Principal Agreement as
varied by the First Supplemental Agreement were references to the
Revised Agreement as varied by and incorporating the provisions of this
agreement. Interpretation
4. Except where the contrary intention appears, expressions used in this
agreement that are expressions to which meanings are attributed in the
Principal Agreement have in this agreement the respective meanings so
attributed to them. Extension of Financial Assistance
5. Clause 7 of the Principal Agreement as varied by the First Supplemental
Agreement is varied by deleting the date "the thirtieth day of June, 1974" and
inserting in its place the date "the thirty-first day of December, 1975".
Amendments of Schedule
6. (1) The Schedule to the Principal Agreement is amended as follows:

   (a)  by deleting from paragraph 3.1 as varied by the First Supplemental
        Agreement the date "31 October 1974" and inserting in its place the
        date "30 June 1976";

   (b)  by deleting from paragraph 3.1 the sentence that was added by
        paragraph (f) of sub-clause 5(1) of the First Supplemental Agreement.

(2) The amendment made by paragraph (b) of sub-clause (1) of this clause shall
be deemed to have taken effect on the fifth day of April 1974. Confirmation
and Title of Agreement
7. The Revised Agreement as varied by this agreement is confirmed and, as so
varied, shall be known as "the 1972-1974 Fruit-growing Reconstruction
Agreement".

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed on behalf of the parties
respectively as at the day and year first above written. SIGNED by THE
HONOURABLE EDWARD GOUGH WHITLAM, Prime Minister of Australia, in the presence
of-

  P. WARN                                      E. G. WHITLAM
SIGNED by THE HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT WILLIAM ASKIN, Premier of New South Wales,
in the presence of-

  K. P. STEVENS                                R. W. ASKIN
SIGNED by THE HONOURABLE RUPERT JAMES HAMER, Premier of Victoria, in the
presence of-

  K. D. GREEN                                  R. J. HAMER
SIGNED by THE HONOURABLE JOHANNES BJELKE-PETERSEN, Premier of Queensland, in
the presence of-

  KEITH SPANN                                  JOH. BJELKE-PETERSEN
SIGNED by THE HONOURABLE DONALD ALLAN DUNSTAN, Premier of South Australia, in
the presence of-

  G. R. HOWELLS                                D. A. DUNSTAN
SIGNED by THE HONOURABLE SIR CHARLES WALTER MICHAEL COURT, Premier of Western
Australia, in the presence of-

  BRIAN V. JOHNSON                             CHARLES COURT
SIGNED by THE HONOURABLE ERIC ELLIOTT REECE, Premier of Tasmania, in the
presence of-

  C. W. HALLAM                                 ERIC  REECE
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