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1998-1999-2000-2001
The
Parliament of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Alcohol
Education and Rehabilitation Account Bill
2001
No. ,
2001
(Health and Aged
Care)
A Bill for an Act to establish the
Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Account, and for related
purposes
ISBN: 0642 459398
Contents
A Bill for an Act to establish the Alcohol Education and
Rehabilitation Account, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation
Account Act 2001.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
The object of this Act is to establish the Alcohol Education and
Rehabilitation Account to provide, by 1 July 2005, at least $115 million to
the Foundation, or one or more replacement bodies, to be expended on one or more
of the following purposes:
(a) to prevent alcohol and other licit substance abuse, including petrol
sniffing, particularly among vulnerable population groups such as indigenous
Australians and youth;
(b) to support evidence-based alcohol and other licit substance abuse
treatment, rehabilitation, research and prevention programs;
(c) to promote community education encouraging responsible consumption of
alcohol and highlighting the dangers of licit substance abuse;
(d) to promote public awareness of the work of the Foundation or body and
raise funds from the private sector for the ongoing work of the Foundation or
body;
(e) to provide funding grants to organisations with appropriate community
linkages to deliver the services referred to in the above paragraphs.
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
Account means the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation
Account established under section 5.
Foundation means the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation
Foundation Limited or the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation
Foundation.
funding agreement means an agreement made under
section 9 or 12.
replacement body means a body in relation to which a
determination under subsection 11(1) is in force.
(1) There is hereby established the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation
Account.
(2) The Account is a Special Account for the purposes of the Financial
Management and Accountability Act 1997.
There must be credited to the Account:
(a) $10 million on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;
and
(b) $24 million on 1 July 2002; and
(c) $40 million on 1 July 2003; and
(d) $41 million on 1 July 2004; and
(e) an amount that the Foundation or a replacement body repays to the
Commonwealth under a funding agreement.
The purpose of the Account is to make payments in accordance with a
funding agreement.
(1) Money standing to the credit of the Account must be paid out under one
or more funding agreements before 1 July 2005.
(2) A reference in this section to money being paid out of the Account is
a reference to an amount being paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and
debited from the Account.
The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, make an agreement with
the Foundation authorising the making of one or more payments to the
Foundation.
(1) The Minister may determine in writing that an agreement with the
Foundation under section 9 is terminated if:
(a) the objectives of the Foundation are inconsistent with any of the
purposes referred to in section 3; or
(b) the Foundation fails to comply with a condition of the
agreement.
(2) A determination of the Minister under subsection (1) is a
disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901.
(1) If a determination under section 10 is in force, then the
Minister may determine in writing that one or more specified bodies is a
replacement body.
(2) The Minister must not make a determination under subsection (1)
in relation to a body if the objectives of the body are inconsistent with one or
more of the purposes referred to in section 3.
(3) A determination of the Minister under subsection (1) is a
disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901.
The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, make an agreement with a
replacement body authorising the making of one or more payments to the
body.
(1) The Minister may determine in writing that an agreement with a
replacement body under section 12 is terminated if:
(a) the objectives of the body are inconsistent with any of the purposes
referred to in section 3; or
(b) the body fails to comply with a condition of the agreement.
(2) A determination of the Minister under subsection (1) is a
disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901.
The Minister must cause a copy of each funding agreement, and any
variation to the agreement, to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within
15 sitting days of that House after it is entered into.