Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Melbourne City Link Act 1995 - SECT 14

PART 2 RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENTS

Ratification of the Agreement

14. Ratification of the Agreement



(1) The Agreement is ratified and takes effect as if it had been enacted in
this Act.

(2) The Minister-

   (a)  is deemed to have been authorised to enter into, for and on behalf of
        the State, any Project Document within the meaning of the Agreement
        that was entered into by the Minister before the commencement of this
        section; and

   (b)  may, with the approval of the Treasurer, enter into, for and on behalf
        of the State, any other Project Document within the meaning of the
        Agreement.

(3) The Government, its Ministers and its public authorities, will do all
things necessary and practicable to ensure that the State and all its public
authorities facilitate the implementation of the Agreement and to enable the
State to discharge its obligations under the Agreement.

(4) Any amount that the State is required to pay under or arising out of the
Agreement, or an agreement referred to in subsection (2), is payable from the
Consolidated Fund which is, to the necessary extent, appropriated accordingly.