12Advances on account of money expected to become payable under sections 6 and 7

12 Advances on account of money expected to become payable under sections 6 and 7

(1) The Minister may make arrangements for the making to a State, by way of financial assistance to the State, of advances on account of amounts that are expected to become payable to the State under section 6. (2) The Minister may make arrangements for the making to a State, by way of financial assistance to the State, of advances on account of amounts that are expected to become payable to the State under section 7. (3) Upon the execution of an agreement between the Commonwealth and a State pursuant to this Act, this Act and the agreement apply, and shall be deemed at all relevant times to have applied, to and in relation to money paid to that State under subsection (1) or (2) as if that money had been paid under and in accordance with section 6 or 7, as the case requires. (4) If a State has not, before 15 April 1985, entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth pursuant to this Act, the State shall repay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts (if any) paid to the State under subsection (1) and of the amounts (if any) paid to the State under subsection (2).