Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Melbourne City Link Act 1995 - SECT 15C

Ratification of the Extension Agreement

15C. Ratification of the Extension Agreement



(1) The Extension 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 ESEP project document that was entered into by the
        Minister before the commencement of section 11 of the Melbourne City
        Link (Exhibition Street Extension) Act 1998; and

   (b)  may, with the approval of the Treasurer, enter into, for and on behalf
        of the State, any other ESEP project document.

(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 Extension Agreement and any
ESEP project document and to enable the State to discharge its obligations
under the Extension Agreement and any ESEP project document.

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