1Urban Public Transport (Research and Planning) Act 1974

URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT (RESEARCH AND PLANNING) ACT 1974

No. 46 of 1974

An Act to make Provision with respect to Research and Planning in con­nexion with Urban Public Transport.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows: —

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Urban Public Transport (Research and Planning) Act 1974.

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—

“approved project” means a work or other matter that is approved by the Minister under section 4;

“research or planning in connexion with urban public transport” means scientific, technical or economic research, investigation or planning in connexion with public transport services in urban areas, and includes—

(a) the investigation of public transport services in urban areas in relation to other means of transportation in urban areas; and

(b) research into matters affecting the needs of persons requiring transportation in urban areas;

“urban area” means—

(a) an area designated for the purposes of the Census taken in the year 1971 as—

(i) the Sydney Statistical Division;

(ii) the Melbourne Statistical Division;

(iii) the Brisbane Statistical Division;

(iv) the Adelaide Statistical Division;

(v) the Perth Statistical Division; or

(vi) the Hobart Statistical Division; or

(b) a part of Australia that is, by virtue of a declaration under section 5, an urban area for the purposes of this Act;

“year to which this Act applies” means the period of 12 months that commenced on 1 July 1973.

(2) A reference in this Act to urban areas includes a reference to a particular urban area.

(3) A reference in this Act to an amount expended in respect of an approved project of a State is a reference to an amount expended in connexion with the carrying out of a work or other matter constituting or included in an approved project of the State, being a work or matter carried out in accordance with particulars of the work or matter approved by the Minister under section 4.

Approvals in respect of projects.

4. For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may—

(a) upon receipt of a request from a State, approve—

(i) a work or other matter by way of research or planning in connexion with urban public transport, being a work or matter carried out during the year to which this Act applies;