Public Works and Procurement Act 1912
151Declaration of national works
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151 Declaration of national works
151 Declaration of national works
(1) The Governor may, by proclamation, declare any road, bridge, ferry, wharf, public reserve or public work of any kind in any area to be a national work.
(2) A national work is, for the purposes of this Act, taken to be an authorised work and the Minister is taken to be the Constructing Authority.
(3) A work may be a national work whether or not it is a new work or an existing work.
s 151: Am 1940 No 1, sec 4 (b); 1978 No 118, Sch 2 (8). Rep 1988 No 114, Sch 4. Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2.