Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ROADS GRANTS ACT 1980 No. 106, 1980 - SECT 27

27. (1) In addition to the conditions specified in any other provision of this
Act, payment of an amount to a State under this Act is subject to the
condition that the State will submit to the Minister for Finance-

   (a)  as soon as practicable after 30 June in the year to which this Act
        applies, a statement, in accordance with a form approved by him-

        (i)    as to the expenditure by the State during that year out of that
               amount and as to any sum set aside during that year out of that
               amount for expenditure by the State but not expended during
               that year; and

        (ii)   as to amounts expended on road works by the State from its own
               resources during that year and as to any sum set aside during
               that year for expenditure by the State from its own resources
               on road works but not expended during that year;

   (b)  as soon as practicable after 31 December in the next succeeding year,
        a statement, in accordance with a form so approved-

        (i)    as to the expenditure by the State during the period of 6
               months ended on that date out of any sum set aside but not
               expended as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) (i); and

        (ii)   as to amounts expended on road works by the State from its own
               resources during the period of 6 months ended on that date out
               of any sum set aside but not expended as mentioned in sub-
               paragraph (a) (ii); and

   (c)  if the Minister for Finance so directs, a certificate by the Auditor-
        General of the State certifying that, in his opinion, such of the
        contents of a statement referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) as the
        Minister for Finance specifies are correct.

(2) An amount shown in a statement mentioned in paragraph (1) (b) as having
been expended during the period referred to in the paragraph shall not be
shown to have been expended in any succeeding statement furnished by a State
under sub-section (1).