TT-Line Vessel Replacement Fund Act 2017

There is to be established in the Public Account an account to be called the "TT-Line Vessel Replacement Fund".

The purpose of the Fund is to accrue funds to assist with the funding from time to time of replacement vessels for the TT-Line.

There is to be paid into the Fund – amounts advanced by the Treasurer, for the purposes of the Fund, in accordance with subsection (4); and such other amounts as the Treasurer may from time to time advance for the purposes of the Fund; and any income derived from the investment of money standing to the credit of the Fund.

The Treasurer is to advance from time to time, for the purposes of the Fund, amounts equivalent to the amounts from time to time paid by TT-Line, in cash, to Ministers, as dividends, in accordance with the articles of association of TT-Line.

Except when approved under subsection (6) to be used for the purpose specified in that subsection, money standing to the credit of the Fund from time to time is to be invested by the Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation in accordance with the Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation Act 1985.

Money standing to the credit of the Fund from time to time is to be used for the purpose of assisting with the funding of replacement vessels for the TT-Line when the Treasurer, after consulting the Portfolio Minister, approves the money to be so used.