Version No. 004
Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Act 1999
No. 64 of 1999
Version incorporating amendments as at 8 February 2008
table of provisions
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1Purpose
2Commencement
3Definitions
4Regional Infrastructure Development Fund
5Application of the Fund
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SCHEDULE 1—Municipal Councils in Regional Victoria
SCHEDULE 2—Other Municipal Councils
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ENDNOTES
1. General Information
2. Table of Amendments
3. Explanatory Details
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Version No. 004
Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Act 1999
No. 64 of 1999
Version incorporating amendments as at 8 February 2008
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Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Act 1999
No. 64 of 1999
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1Purpose
The main purpose of this Act is to provide for a fund to be called the Regional Infrastructure Development Fund to be established in the Public Account as part of the Trust Fund.
2Commencement
(1)Section 1 and this section come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), the remaining provisions of this Act come into operation on a day to be proclaimed.
(3)If a provision referred to in subsection (2) does not come into operation before 1 July 2000, it comes into operation on that day.
3Definitions
In this Act—
Fund means the Regional Infrastructure Development Fund;
S. 3 def. of regional Victoria amendedby No.32/2003 s.3.
regional Victoria means—
(a)the municipal districts of the municipal councils set out in Schedule 1; and
(b)the alpine resorts within the meaning of the Alpine Resorts Act 1983.
4Regional Infrastructure Development Fund
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(1)There shall be established in the Public Account as part of the Trust Fund an account to be known as the "Regional Infrastructure Development Fund".
(2)There shall be paid into the Fund—
(a)all money that is appropriated by Parliament for the purpose of the Fund; and
(b)interest received from the investment of money in the Fund.
(3)Money standing to the credit of the Fund may be invested in any manner in which trust funds may be invested under the Trustee Act 1958.
5Application of the Fund
(1)There shall be paid out of the Fund amounts authorised by the Minister—
(a)to be used to provide financial assistance for or with respect to capital works relating to any of the following matters—
(i)the improvement of transport within regional Victoria and connecting regional Victoria with other parts of the State;
(ii)the development of industries in regional Victoria;
(iii)the development and improvement of tourism facilities in regional Victoria or that will benefit regional Victoria;
(iv)providing regional Victoria with access to education and information technology;
S. 5(1)(a)(iva) insertedby No.32/2003 s.4(a).
(iva)the extension of reticulated natural gas to and within regional Victoria and the municipal districts of the municipal councils set out in Schedule 2;
(v)generally benefiting or supporting the development of regional Victoria;
S. 5(1)(ab) insertedby No.32/2003 s.4(b).
(ab)to be used to provide financial assistance for the development and implementation of natural gas extension projects in regional Victoria and the municipal districts of the municipal councils set out in Schedule 2;
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(b)for the payment of the costs and expenses incurred in the administration of this Act and monitoring and reporting on the financial operations and financial position of the Fund.
S. 5(2) amended by No. 11/2002 s.3(Sch. 1 item 55).
(2)The Minister must not authorise the payment of any amount of $2 000 000 or more from the Fund for the purpose of subsection (1)(a) except with the approval of the Minister administering Part 7 of theFinancial Management Act 1994.
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Sch. renumbered as Sch.1 by No.32/2003 s.5(a), amended by No.32/2003 s.5(b)–(e).
SCHEDULE 1
Municipal Councils in Regional Victoria
Sch. 1
Alpine Shire Council / MacedonRanges Shire CouncilArarat Rural City Council / Mansfield Shire Council
Ballarat City Council / Mildura Rural City Council
BassCoast Shire Council / Mitchell Shire Council
Baw Baw Shire Council / Moira Shire Council
Benalla Rural City Council / Moorabool Shire Council
Buloke Shire Council / Mount Alexander Shire Council
Campaspe Shire Council / Moyne Shire Council
Central Goldfields Shire Council / Murrindindi Shire Council
Colac-Otway Shire Council / Northern Grampians Shire Council
Corangamite Shire Council / Pyrenees Shire Council
East Gippsland Shire Council / Borough of Queenscliffe
Gannawarra Shire Council / South Gippsland Shire Council
Glenelg Shire Council / Southern Grampians Shire Council
Golden Plains Shire Council / Strathbogie Shire Council
Greater Bendigo City Council / SurfCoast Shire Council
Greater Geelong City Council / Swan Hill Rural City Council
Greater Shepparton City Council / Towong Shire Council
Hepburn Shire Council / Wangaratta Rural City Council
Hindmarsh Shire Council / Warrnambool City Council
Horsham Rural City Council / Wellington Shire Council
Indigo Shire Council / West Wimmera Shire Council
LaTrobe Shire Council / Wodonga Rural City Council
Loddon Shire Council / Yarriambiack Shire Council
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Sch. 2 insertedby No.32/2003 s.6.
SCHEDULE 2
Other Municipal Councils
Sch. 2
Cardinia Shire Council
Casey City Council
Hume City Council
Melton Shire Council
MorningtonPeninsula Shire Council
Nillumbik Shire Council
Whittlesea City Council
Wyndham City Council
YarraRanges Shire Council.
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ENDNOTES
1.General Information
Endnotes
Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 11 November 1999
Legislative Council: 8 December 1999
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to provide for a fund to be called the Regional Infrastructure Development Fund to be established in the Public Account as part of the Trust Fund and for other purposes."
The Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Act 1999 was assented to on 21 December 1999 and came into operation as follows: Sections1,2on21 December 1999: section 2(1); rest of Act on 1 July 2000: section 2(3).
2.Table of Amendments
Endnotes
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Act 1999 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2002, No. 11/2002
Assent Date: / 23.4.02Commencement Date: / S. 3(Sch. 1 item 55) on 24.4.02: s. 2(1)
CurrentState: / This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Act 1999
Regional Infrastructure Development Fund (Amendment) Act 2003, No.32/2003
Assent Date: / 27.5.03Commencement Date: / 1.7.03: s.2(2)
CurrentState: / All of Act in operation
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3.Explanatory Details
Endnotes
No entries at date of publication.
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