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Health Services Act 1988
30Approved borrowers and guarantees
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30 Approved borrowers and guarantees
(1) The Minister and the Treasurer may declare a registered funded agency to be an approved borrower for the purposes of this section.
(2) An approved borrower may, with the approval of the Minister and the Treasurer, obtain financial accommodation, whether within or outside Victoria, secured or arranged in a manner and for a period approved by the Treasurer.
(3) The due satisfaction of amounts payable by a registered funded agency as a result of or in connection with the provision to the registered funded agency of financial accommodation to which subsection (2) applies including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the payment of the expenses of enforcing or obtaining or endeavouring to enforce or obtain such satisfaction, is guaranteed by the Government of Victoria.
(4) An amount required by the Treasurer to satisfy a guarantee given under subsection (3) shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund which is hereby to the necessary extent appropriated accordingly and any amount recovered by the Treasurer in respect of an amount so paid by the Treasurer shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
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