4Rural Assistance Authority may grant or refuse application

4 Rural Assistance Authority may grant or refuse application

4 Rural Assistance Authority may grant or refuse application

(1) Upon receipt of an application the Rural Assistance Authority shall decide whether or not an advance shall be made.

(2) Where the Rural Assistance Authority decides to make an advance it shall furnish to the applicant a statement setting out a description of the works which the Rural Assistance Authority has approved be carried out and specifying—

(a) where the works are to be carried out by any person other than the appropriate Authority—the amount proposed to be advanced, not exceeding 90 per cent of the cost of the works as estimated by the Rural Assistance Authority, or

(b) where the works are to be carried out by the appropriate Authority—

(i) the terms and conditions on which the appropriate Authority is prepared to carry out the works,

(ii) the charge which the appropriate Authority requires to be paid for the carrying out of the works by it or in the manner in which that charge is to be assessed, and

(iii) the amount, not less than 10 per cent of that charge, to be paid to the appropriate Authority under subsection (3).

(3) If, on receipt of the statement referred to in subsection (2), the applicant is desirous of obtaining the advance, the applicant shall notify the Rural Assistance Authority in a form approved by the Rural Assistance Authority, and where the applicant desires the works to be carried out by the appropriate Authority, the notification shall be accompanied by the amount set out in the statement referred to in subsection (2) to be paid to the appropriate Authority.

s 4: Am 1986 No 104, Sch 1 (4).