New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NEW SOUTH WALES--QUEENSLAND BORDER RIVERS ACT 1947 - SECT 14

14 Construction etc of works in New South Wales

(1) The construction, maintenance, operation and control, pursuant to this Act and the Agreement, of the works to be constructed by New South Wales shall be carried out by the Ministerial Corporation.

(2)

(a) Subject to this Act and the Agreement the construction in New South Wales of the works to be constructed by New South Wales is hereby authorised; and any such work shall be deemed to be an authorised work within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1912 , as amended by subsequent Acts; and the provisions of the said Act, as so amended, sections thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven excepted, shall apply to and in respect of any such work.

(b) For the purposes of such construction the Ministerial Corporation shall be the constructing authority within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1912 , as amended by subsequent Acts.

(3)

(a) Subject to this Act and the Agreement the construction in New South Wales of the works to be constructed by Queensland is hereby authorised; and any such work shall be deemed to be an authorised work within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1912 , as amended by subsequent Acts; and the provisions of the said Act, as so amended, sections thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven excepted, shall apply to and in respect of any such work.

(b) In respect of the construction of the works referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection the State of Queensland or any authority or person thereto authorised by it shall be the constructing authority within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1912 , as amended by subsequent Acts.

(c) The Governor may resume, acquire or appropriate, subject to the provisions of the Public Works Act 1912 , as amended by subsequent Acts, any land required in New South Wales for or incidental to the works authorised by this subsection and for that purpose the Ministerial Corporation shall have all the powers of a constructing authority under the said Act as so amended.

(d) The State of Queensland or any authority or person thereto authorised by it may, in respect of the maintenance, operation and control of works constructed under this subsection or taken over by that State under the Agreement, do in the State of New South Wales all such acts, matters and things as are necessary in or for the purposes of the maintenance, operation and control of such works.

(4)

(a) In constructing any works authorised by this section a constructing authority shall enter into such contracts and take all such necessary steps for the proper execution thereof as such authority may think proper.

(b) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) of this subsection the provisions of section thirty-eight of the Public Works Act 1912 , as amended by subsequent Acts, shall apply to and in respect of any contracts referred to in that paragraph.

(c) For the purposes of this section but not otherwise the following amendment shall be made in the Public Works Act 1912 , as amended by subsequent Acts, that is to say: