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Highways Act 1926
Div 2Officers and employees of Commissioner
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Division 2—Officers and employees of Commissioner
14—Staff
The Commissioner may—
(a) with the approval of the Minister administering an administrative unit of the Public Service of the State, on terms mutually arranged, make use of the services of an employee or use any facilities of the administrative unit;
(b) make use of the services of any other employees engaged for the purposes of this Act.
16—Payment of wages and salaries
(1) The wages, salaries, and expenses incurred in connection with carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be payable out of the Highways Fund without any appropriation other than this Act.
(2) If any question arises as to what sums are properly payable out of the Highways Fund under this section, that question shall be determined by the Minister, whose decision shall be final.
(3) If the amounts standing to the credit of the Highways Fund are at any time insufficient to pay all wages, salaries, and expenses payable out of that fund, the Treasurer shall advance to the fund, without any authority other than this Act, such a sum as is sufficient for those purposes. Any sum so advanced shall be recouped to the Treasurer from the Highways Fund as soon as sufficient money is available.