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Australian Land Transport Development Act 1988
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#### 15 Payments under this Act
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 19, the Minister may authorise payments under this Act of the following kinds:
(a) to a State, by way of the grant of financial assistance to the State, for expenditure by the State on:
(i) projects for the construction of:
(A) national highways; or
(B) national arterial roads;
and programs for the maintenance of national highways, being projects or programs approved under subsection 26(3);
(iii) capital railway projects and urban public transport projects approved under subsection 26(3);
(iv) projects for the construction of provincial cities and rural highways roads approved under subsection 26(3); and
(v) a project, or program of projects, approved under subsection 26(3), for:
(A) the road safety improvement of black spots; or
(B) the implementation of road safety measures;
(b) to an approved railway authority for expenditure by the authority on capital railway projects approved under subsection 26(3);
(c) to an approved research organisation for expenditure by the organisation in arranging, assisting or carrying out programs of research relating to land transport approved under subsection 26(3); and
(d) to an approved road safety organisation for expenditure by the organisation in arranging, assisting or carrying out programs of activities relating to road safety approved under subsection 26(3).
(2) An amount may not be paid under this Act to a State in relation to a project or program referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(v) unless the State has given to the Minister an undertaking that it will implement road safety initiatives identified by the Minister.