16Particulars of projects

##### 16 Particulars of projects (1) The Minister may, by notice in writing, require the appropriate Minister of a State to furnish to him, within the time specified in the notice, particulars of a project included in a program of projects submitted by the State for approval under section 7 or 11. (2) If a Minister of a State does not comply with a requirement of the Minister made to him in accordance with subsection (1), the Minister may exclude the project to which the requirement relates from the program of projects concerned. (3) Where: (a) the Minister is, in accordance with subsection (1), furnished with particulars of a project included in a program of projects submitted by a State for approval under section 7 or 11; and (b) the Minister considers that, having regard to those particulars, the project should be an approved project for the purposes of Part II or III, as the case may be; the Minister may direct that those particulars be incorporated in the program so submitted for approval as particulars of the project. (4) Where: (a) the Minister is, in accordance with subsection (1), furnished with particulars of a project included in a program of projects submitted by a State for approval under section 7 or 11; and (b) the Minister considers that, having regard to those particulars, the project should not be an approved project for the purposes of Part II or III, as the case may be; the Minister may exclude the project from the program of projects submitted to him for approval.