12Allocations for local roads

##### 12 Allocations for local roads (1) In this section, allocation for local roads means: (a) the expenditure of moneys by a State on road works; or (b) payment of moneys by a State to a government authority in the State for expenditure by the authority on road works; being road works of one of the following kinds: (c) the construction and maintenance of rural local roads for which the State or the authority is responsible; (d) the construction of urban local roads for which the State or the authority is responsible. (2) The Minister may notify a State of the date before which a program of proposed allocations for local roads in respect of a year to which this Act applies, being proposed allocations in relation to a specified purpose, is to be submitted to him for approval. (3) The Minister, after consultation with the appropriate Minister of a State, may approve: (a) a program of proposed allocations for local roads in respect of the construction and maintenance of rural local roads in respect of the State for a year to which this Act applies; and (b) a program of proposed allocations for local roads in respect of the construction of urban local roads in respect of the State for a year to which this Act applies. (4) A State may propose to the Minister: (a) a variation of; (b) a revocation of; or (c) a revocation of, and the substitution of a new program for, a program of proposed allocations for local roads approved by the Minister under subsection (3) but the variation, revocation or revocation and substitution does not take effect for the purposes of this Part until it has been approved by the Minister. (5) Where a variation or substitution is approved under subsection (4), the program as varied or the substituted program shall be deemed to be a program of proposed allocations for local roads approved by the Minister under subsection (3).