Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELSTRA CORPORATION ACT 1991 - SECT 8AS

             (1)  This section applies if:

                     (a)  assistance is given under section 8AQ; and

                     (b)  Telstra or a member of the Board incurs expenses in relation to the giving of that assistance.

             (2)  The Minister for Finance may authorise the payment by the Commonwealth to Telstra, or to the member, as the case may be, of an amount equal to so much of those expenses as the Minister for Finance considers reasonable.

             (3)  The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purposes of making payments under subsection (2).

             (4)  This section does not, by implication, limit the executive power of the Commonwealth to make a payment to Telstra or to a member of the Board.