Rural Assistance Act 1989

Any contract or arrangement or security entered into or taken by the old board under the Rural Assistance Act 1932 or any other Act, or entered into or taken under any scheme (whether or not established by an Act) administered by the old board, and in force immediately before the repeal of the Rural Assistance Act 1932 shall continue in force and have full effect as if that Act had not been repealed.

Any rights, property or interest of any farmer or other person arising out of assistance that was granted or administered by the old board before the repeal of the Rural Assistance Act 1932 is not affected by that repeal or the enactment of this Act.

An application for assistance made under the Rural Assistance Act 1932, and not determined before the repeal of that Act, shall be taken to have been made to the Authority under this Act.

A grant of assistance approved by the old board under the Rural Assistance Act 1932 but not granted before the repeal of that Act shall be granted by the Authority and the provisions of this Act shall apply to that grant.

Without limiting the generality of subclause (2), the rights, property and interest of any farmer or other person arising out of payments under the following Acts or any other prescribed Act are not affected by the repeal of the Rural Assistance Act 1932 or the enactment of this Act—

Wheat Growers Relief Act 1933 of the Commonwealth,

Wheat Growers Relief Act 1934 (No 2), and Wheat Bounty Act 1934, of the Commonwealth,

Fruitgrowers Relief Act 1933, and Financial Relief Act 1934, of the Commonwealth,

Mandarin Growers Relief Act 1934 of the Commonwealth,

Wheat Growers Relief Act 1936 of the Commonwealth,

States Grants (Drought Relief) Act 1940 of the Commonwealth,

Cereal Growers Drought Relief Act 1944.