States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement)

(No. 2)

No. 78 of 1969

An Act to amend section 4 of the States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1968.

[Assented to 26 September 1969]

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 and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act (No. 2) 1969.

(2.) The States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1968, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1968–1969.

Commencement.

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

Additional grant of financial assistance to Queensland.

3 Section 4 of the States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1968 is amended by inserting after sub-section (1.) the following sub-section:—

“(1a.) Notwithstanding the provisions of the last preceding sub-section, any amount payable to the State of Queensland under that sub-section may, if the Minister so determines, be paid after the expiration of the year referred to in that sub-section.”.