22CMinister may grant or refuse application

#### 22C Minister may grant or refuse application 22C Minister may grant or refuse application > > (1) Upon receipt of an application the Minister shall decide whether or not an advance shall be made. > > > (2) In the event of the Minister deciding that an advance shall be made, the Minister shall furnish to the applicant a statement, setting out a description of the works the Minister has approved should be carried out, the conditions as to the land use or otherwise which the owner shall be required to observe during the currency of the advance, the amount of the advance which the Minister has tentatively approved should be made and, where the Minister so determines, the cost of the works as estimated by the Minister. > > > > Where the applicant desires the Minister to carry out the works and the Minister is prepared to carry out the works, the Minister shall set out in such statement the terms and conditions under which the Minister is prepared to carry out the works, including the charge to be paid therefor or the manner in which such charge shall be assessed and the amount, if any, but not more than ten per centum of the cost of the works as estimated by the Minister, to be paid to the Minister in accordance with subsection (3). > > > (3) If, on receipt of the statement referred to in subsection (2), the applicant is desirous of obtaining the advance, the applicant shall notify the Minister to that effect in a form approved by the Minister, and where the applicant desires the works to be carried out by the Minister, the notification shall be accompanied by the amount (if any) set out in the statement referred to in subsection (2) to be paid to the Minister. > > **s 22C:** Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1.