28Allocations of payments to local government bodies

#### 28 Allocations of payments to local government bodies (1) Money expended by a State by way of funding government authorities to carry out the construction or maintenance of local roads shall not be taken to have been expended in accordance with this Act unless the money is allocated by the State between local government bodies and government authorities that are not local government bodies in accordance with: (a) where the State has formulated principles for the purposes of this subsection and the Minister has approved those principles—those principles; or (b) in any other case—principles determined by the Minister. (2) The Minister shall not determine principles for the purposes of subsection (1) in relation to a State unless and until: (a) the appropriate Minister of the State has informed the Minister that the State does not propose to formulate principles for the purposes of that subsection; or (b) the Minister has, by notice in writing, requested the appropriate Minister of the State to arrange for the formulation of such principles within a specified time and, within that time, the State has not formulated such principles or has not formulated such principles that the Minister is prepared to approve. (3) A State may, with the approval of the Minister, vary principles formulated by the State for the purposes of subsection (1). (4) The Minister may vary principles determined by the Minister for the purposes of subsection (1).