14Construction etc of works in New South Wales

14 Construction etc of works in New South Wales

14 Construction etc of works in New South Wales

(1) The construction, maintenance, operation and control, pursuant to this Act and the Agreement, of the works to be constructed by New South Wales shall be carried out by the Ministerial Corporation.

(2)

(a) Subject to this Act and the Agreement the construction in New South Wales of the works to be constructed by New South Wales is hereby authorised; and any such work shall be deemed to be an authorised work within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts; and the provisions of the said Act, as so amended, sections thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven excepted, shall apply to and in respect of any such work.

(b) For the purposes of such construction the Ministerial Corporation shall be the constructing authority within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts.

(3)

(a) Subject to this Act and the Agreement the construction in New South Wales of the works to be constructed by Queensland is hereby authorised; and any such work shall be deemed to be an authorised work within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts; and the provisions of the said Act, as so amended, sections thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven excepted, shall apply to and in respect of any such work.

(b) In respect of the construction of the works referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection the State of Queensland or any authority or person thereto authorised by it shall be the constructing authority within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts.

(c) The Governor may resume, acquire or appropriate, subject to the provisions of the Public Works Act 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts, any land required in New South Wales for or incidental to the works authorised by this subsection and for that purpose the Ministerial Corporation shall have all the powers of a constructing authority under the said Act as so amended.

(d) The State of Queensland or any authority or person thereto authorised by it may, in respect of the maintenance, operation and control of works constructed under this subsection or taken over by that State under the Agreement, do in the State of New South Wales all such acts, matters and things as are necessary in or for the purposes of the maintenance, operation and control of such works.