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River Improvement Trust Act 1940
sec.13AUnanticipated expenditure
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### sec.13A Unanticipated expenditure
A trust must, before making a payment from its general fund or a loan fund in a financial year, approve the payment by a resolution of the trust if the payment—
was not provided for in its budget for the financial year; or
exceeds the amount stated for the payment in the estimates for items of expenditure in the budget for the financial year.
Also, loan funds that are already allocated must not be diverted for any expenditure not relating to the allocation without the approval of the Treasurer.
Section 13 (5) does not stop the trust from expending revenue or loan funds on the undertaking, maintenance or repair of any works made necessary by a flood or cyclone.
s 13A ins 2014 No. 64 s 40
(sec.13A-ssec.1) A trust must, before making a payment from its general fund or a loan fund in a financial year, approve the payment by a resolution of the trust if the payment— was not provided for in its budget for the financial year; or exceeds the amount stated for the payment in the estimates for items of expenditure in the budget for the financial year.
(sec.13A-ssec.2) Also, loan funds that are already allocated must not be diverted for any expenditure not relating to the allocation without the approval of the Treasurer.
(sec.13A-ssec.3) Section 13 (5) does not stop the trust from expending revenue or loan funds on the undertaking, maintenance or repair of any works made necessary by a flood or cyclone.
- (a) was not provided for in its budget for the financial year; or
- (b) exceeds the amount stated for the payment in the estimates for items of expenditure in the budget for the financial year.