Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ROADS GRANTS ACT 1980 No. 106, 1980 - SECT 29

29. (1) In addition to the conditions specified in any other provision of this
Act, a grant of financial assistance to a State in accordance with Part II is
subject to the following conditions:

   (a)  that the State will, at all reasonable times, permit a person
        authorized by the Minister-

        (i)    to inspect any work involved in the carrying out of an approved
               project;

        (ii)   to carry out reasonable tests on any work that has been or is
               being carried out on an approved project, being tests designed
               to ascertain whether the work has been or is being carried out
               in accordance with the standards applicable to that work in
               accordance with section 6; and

        (iii)  to inspect and take copies of, or extracts from, any plans,
               designs, tenders, records or other documents relating to an
               approved project;

   (b)  that, if the Minister so requests with respect to an approved project,
        there will be furnished to the Minister by the State, as soon as
        practicable after such date as the Minister specifies, a comprehensive
        report concerning the project or a specified part of the project,
        being a report containing such particulars as are specified by the
        Minister;

   (c)  that the State will permit a person authorized by the Minister, at all
        reasonable times, to inspect and take copies of, or extracts from, any
        plans, designs, tenders, records or other documents relating to a
        project that is included in a program that has been submitted to the
        Minister under section  7 ;

   (d)  that the State shall not, without the consent of the Minister, cause
        or permit a toll or fee to be charged for the right to travel in a
        vehicle on or over a particular part of a national road unless a toll
        or fee was charged for the right to travel in a vehicle on or over the
        road constituting that part of the national road immediately before
        the commencement of this Act;

   (e)  that the State will make provision satisfactory to the Minister for
        the construction and maintenance of roads connecting the
        national roads in the State with other roads in the State;

   (f)  that, if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he is
        satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil a condition specified in
        a preceding paragraph, the State will repay to the Commonwealth the
        amount of the financial assistance paid to it in accordance with Part
        II, or such part of that amount as the Minister specifies.
(2) In this section, "approved project" means an approved project within the
meaning of Part II.