15CRatification of the Extension Agreement

15C Ratification of the Extension Agreement (1) The Extension Agreement is ratified and takes effect as if it had been enacted in this Act. (2) The Minister— (a) is deemed to have been authorised to enter into, for and on behalf of the State, any ESEP project document that was entered into by the Minister before the commencement of section 11 of the **Melbourne City Link (Exhibition Street Extension) Act 1998**; and (b) may, with the approval of the Treasurer, enter into, for and on behalf of the State, any other ESEP project document. (3) The Government, its Ministers and its public authorities, will do all things necessary and practicable to ensure that the State and all its public authorities facilitate the implementation of the Extension Agreement and any ESEP project document and to enable the State to discharge its obligations under the Extension Agreement and any ESEP project document. (4) Any amount that the State is required to pay under or arising out of the Extension Agreement, or any agreement referred to in subsection (2), is payable from the Consolidated Fund which is, to the necessary extent, appropriated accordingly. S. 15D inserted by No. 50/1998