1States Grants (Water Resources) Act 1964

STATES GRANTS (WATER RESOURCES).

No. 127 of 1964.

An Act to grant Financial Assistance to the States in connexion with the Measurement and Investigation of their Water Resources.

[Assented to 24th November, 1964.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Water Resources) Act 1964.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation.

3.—(1.) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

“capital expenditure” means expenditure, not being operational expenditure, incurred in—

(a) the construction of works; or

(b) the provision of equipment or facilities,

approved by the Minister under section eight of this Act or in connexion with the doing of things so approved;

“discharge”, in relation to a river in a State, means the volume of water that flows past a point or place in the course of the river during an interval of time;

“measurement” includes the recording, arrangement, analysis or publication of information obtained by measurement;

“operational expenditure” means—

(a) in relation to the measurement of the discharge of the rivers in a State, expenditure incurred in the operation and maintenance of works, equipment, facilities or things used in connexion with that measurement, whether approved by the Minister under section eight of this Act or not; and

(b) in relation to the investigation and measurement of underground water resources of a State, expenditure incurred in the operation and maintenance of works, equipment, facilities or things used in connexion with that investigation and measurement, whether approved by the Minister under section eight of this Act or not;

“river” means a surface river and includes any surface watercourse.

(2.) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following years is a year to which this Act applies:—

(a) the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five; and

(b) each of the next two succeeding years.

Grants in respect of capital expenditure in connexion with measurement of discharge of rivers.

4. Where—

(a) a State furnishes to the Treasurer such information as he requires with respect to the amount of capital expenditure by the State during a year to which this Act applies in connexion with the measurement of the discharge of the rivers in the State; and