New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe Committee shall, subject to the provisions contained in section
thirty-four, consider and report upon all public works to be executed after
the passing of this Act (and whether such works are continuations,
completions, repairs, reconstructions, extensions, or new works), in all cases
where the estimated cost of completing such works exceeds $1,000,000.
In considering and reporting on any such work as aforesaid, the Committee
shall have regard to the stated purpose thereof, and to the necessity or
advisability of carrying it out; and, where such work purports to be of a
reproductive or revenue producing character, the Committee shall have regard
to the amount of revenue which such work may reasonably be expected to
produce, and to the present and prospective public value of such work; and
generally the Committee shall, in all cases, take such measures and procure
such information as may enable them to inform or satisfy the Legislative
Assembly as to the expediency of carrying out the work in question.