Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts Measures No. 1) Regulations 2024
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 14 March 2024
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Katy Gallagher
Minister for Finance
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts Measures No. 1) Regulations 2024.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. | 16 March 2024 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
1 In the appropriate position in Part 1 of Schedule 1AB (table)
Insert:
5 | Arrangements with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) | To make contributions, including additional or voluntary contributions, towards the operations and projects of ICAO. |
2 In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)
Insert:
647 | Regional Roads Australia Mobile Program | To provide funding for investment in telecommunications infrastructure and services to support improvements in mobile coverage along roads in regional, rural and remote areas, including in communities adjacent to such roads |
648 | Supporting Media Literacy in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities | To improve media literacy in culturally and linguistically diverse communities, with a view to combatting misinformation and disinformation and supporting economic and civic engagement, by funding the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia to: (a) assist the Commonwealth to develop and implement improved community engagement strategies; and (b) provide a grants program to support community organisations to develop and deliver information and education resources. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or (b) that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation; or (c) undertaken in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth. |