Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATURAL HERITAGE TRUST OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1997

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      1 Short title  
   2.      2 Commencement  
   3.      3 Simplified outline  
   4.      4 Establishment of the Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Reserve  
   5.      5 Nature of the Reserve  
   6.      6 Investments and income of the Reserve  
   7.      7 Money and investments not held on trust  
   8.      8 Purposes of the Reserve  
   9.      9 Debits of proceeds from the partial privatisation of Telstra and interest earned from the Trust  
   10.     10 Primary objective of the National Vegetation Initiative  
   11.     11 Primary objective of the Murray-Darling 2001 Project  
   12.     12 Primary objectives of the National Land and Water Resources Audit  
   13.     13 Primary objective of the National Reserve System  
   14.     14 Primary objectives of the Coasts and Clean Seas Initiative  
   15.     15 Meaning of environmental protection  
   16.     16 Meaning of sustainable agriculture  
   17.     17 Meaning of natural resources management  
   18.     18 Meaning of accounting transfer purpose  
   19.     19 Grant of financial assistance to a State  
   20.     20 Grant of financial assistance to a person, or a body, other than a State  
   21.     21 Principles of ecologically sustainable development  
   22.     22 $1.1 billion derived from the partial privatisation of Telstra  
   23.     23 Budget appropriations  
   24.     24 Gifts and bequests  
   25.     25 Repayments of grants  
   26.     26 Commonwealth receipts under funding agreements  
   27.     27 Income from assets acquired using Reserve money  
   28.     28 Proceeds of disposal of assets acquired using Reserve money  
   29.     29 Income from projects and related activities funded with Reserve money  
   30.     30 Establishment of Committee  
   31.     31 Functions of Committee  
   32.     32 Appointment of Committee members  
   33.     33 Procedures  
   34.     34 Disclosure of interests  
   35.     35 Remuneration and allowances  
   36.     36 Leave of absence  
   37.     37 Resignation  
   38.     38 Termination of appointment  
   39.     39 Other terms and conditions  
   40.     40 Natural Heritage Ministerial Board  
   41.     41 Estimates  
   42.     42 Minimum balance in the Reserve after 30 June 2001  
   43.     43 Annual report about the Reserve  
   44.     44 Audit of annual financial statements of the Reserve  
   45.     45 Delegation by Minister  
   46.     46 Delegation by Minister for Primary Industries and Energy  
   47.     47 Acceptance of gifts etc.  
   48.     48 Appropriations  
   49.     49 Appropriations for the purposes of the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992 and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992  
   50.     50 Regulations  
   51.     51 Transitional-transfers from the Consolidated Revenue Fund  
   52.     52 Transitional-expenses of investment  
   53.     53 External Territories  
   54.     54 Interpretation  
            
           (Assented to 18 June 1997)