Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                              1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement ................................................................................... 1

3............ Objectives of this Act .......................................................................... 1

4............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 2

Part 2--The National Rural Advisory Council                                                    3

Division 1--Establishment of the Council                                                           3

5............ Establishment of the Council ............................................................... 3

6............ How the Council is to be constituted ................................................... 3

7............ Period of appointment of members ..................................................... 3

Division 2--Functions of the Council                                                                    4

8............ Function of the Council ....................................................................... 4

9............ Committees ......................................................................................... 4

10.......... Staff .................................................................................................... 4

Division 3--Administrative provisions                                                                 5

11.......... Remuneration and allowances ............................................................. 5

12.......... Terms and conditions of appointment not provided for by Act ........... 5

13.......... Leave of absence ................................................................................. 5

14.......... Resignation ......................................................................................... 5

15.......... Acting appointments ........................................................................... 5

16.......... Disclosure of interests ......................................................................... 6

17.......... Termination of appointment ................................................................ 6

18.......... Meetings ............................................................................................. 7

19.......... Resolutions without meetings ............................................................. 8

20.......... Annual report ...................................................................................... 8

Part 3--The Rural Adjustment Scheme                                                                   9

Division 1--Agreements with persons other than States                            9

20A....... Agreements with persons other than States ......................................... 9

20B....... Memorandum of understanding about section 20A powers .............. 10

20C....... Delegation ......................................................................................... 10

20D....... Repayment of grants and loans, payment of interest etc. ................... 10

Division 2--State component of the Rural Adjustment Scheme           11

20E........ Agreements with States ..................................................................... 11

21.......... Payments by the Commonwealth under an agreement with a State ... 11

21A....... Performance requirements ................................................................. 11

21B....... Repayment of grants etc. ................................................................... 12

Division 3--Support to be inalienable                                                                 13

22.......... Support under the Rural Adjustment Scheme to be inalienable ......... 13

Part 4--The Farm Business Improvement Program                                      14

Division 1--Agreements with persons other than States                          14

22AA.... Agreements with persons other than States ....................................... 14

22AB.... Delegation ......................................................................................... 14

22AC.... Repayment of grants etc. ................................................................... 14

Division 2--Agreements with the States                                                            15

22AD.... Agreements with States ..................................................................... 15

22AE..... Payments by the Commonwealth under an agreement with a State ... 15

22AF..... Performance requirements etc. .......................................................... 15

22AG.... Repayment of grants etc. ................................................................... 16

Part 5--Other payment powers not limited                                                          17

22A....... Other payment powers not limited .................................................... 17

Part 6--Regulations                                                                                                             18

23.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 18

Notes                                                                                                                                              19

An Act relating to rural adjustment

  

Notes to the Rural Adjustment Act 1992

Note 1

The Rural Adjustment Act 1992 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 240, 1992 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 31 March 1999 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Rural Adjustment Act 1992	240, 1992	24 Dec 1992	1 Jan 1993
Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 1994	94, 1994	29 June 1994	S. 11: 1 July 1993 (a)	--
Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995	36, 1995	12 Apr 1995	S. 3 (items 29-50): Royal Assent (b)	S. 3 (item 50)
Rural Adjustment Amendment Act 1999	10, 1999	31 Mar 1999	Schedule 1 (items 11, 12): (c) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 10) [see Table A]
as amended by
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (item 800): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (d)	S. 2 (as am. by 146, 1999, Sch. 1 [item 800])
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 798, 799): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (e)	--
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999	170, 1999	10 Dec 1999	Schedule 6: 1 Apr 1999 (f)	Sch. 6 (item 7) [see Table A]
Rural Adjustment Amendment Act 2009	53, 2009	25 June 2009	25 June 2009	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 7 (item 120): 19 Apr 2011	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 995, 996) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]

(a)     The Rural Adjustment Act 1992 was amended by the Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 1994, subsection 2(6) of which provides as follows:

                 (6)   The amendment of the Rural Adjustment Act 1992 made by the Schedule is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1993.

(b)     The Rural Adjustment Act 1992 was amended by the Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Rural Adjustment Act 1992 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 11 and 12) only of the Rural Adjustment Amendment Act 1999, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   If the Public Service Act 1999 commences on or before the commencement of Schedule 1, items 11 and 12 of that Schedule commence immediately after the commencement of that Schedule. In any other case, those items commence immediately after the commencement of that Act.

         The Public Service Act 1999 commenced on 5 December 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584)

(d)     The Rural Adjustment Amendment Act 1999 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 800) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(e)     The Rural Adjustment Act 1992 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 798 and 799) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(f)      The Rural Adjustment Act 1992 was amended by Schedule 6 only of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

                 (4)   Schedule 6 is taken to have commenced on 1 April 1999.

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Rural Adjustment Amendment Act 1999 (No. 10, 1999)

Schedule 1 

10  Transitional--certain agreements between the Commonwealth and the States

An agreement relating to the Farm Business Improvement Program made between the Commonwealth and a State under section 20E of the Rural Adjustment Act 1992 before the commencement of this item is taken, on and after that commencement:

                     (a)  to have been made under section 22AD of that Act; and

                     (b)  not to have been made under section 20E of that Act.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 (No. 170, 1999)

Schedule 6 

7  Transitional--continuity of Council not affected by amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not affect the continuity, after this Schedule commences, of the existence and the membership of the body that is renamed by those amendments as the National Rural Advisory Council.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.