25Co‑operation by State

##### 25 Co‑operation by State (1) In addition to the conditions specified in any other provision of this Act, the grant of financial assistance to a State in accordance with section 8 is subject to the following conditions: (a) that the State will, at all reasonable times, permit a person authorized by the Minister: (i) to inspect any work involved in the carrying out of an approved project; (ii) to carry out reasonable tests on any work that has been or is being carried out on an approved project, being tests designed to ascertain whether the work has been or is being carried out in accordance with the standards applicable to that work in accordance with section 6; and (iii) to inspect and take copies of, or extracts from, any plans, designs, tenders, records or other documents relating to an approved project; (b) that, if the Minister so requests with respect to an approved project, there will be furnished to the Minister by the State, as soon as practicable after such date as the Minister specifies, a comprehensive report concerning the project or a specified part of the project, being a report containing such particulars as are specified by the Minister; (c) that the State will permit a person authorized by the Minister, at all reasonable times, to inspect and take copies of, or extracts from, any plans, designs, tenders, records or other documents relating to a project that is included in a program that has been submitted to the Minister under section 7; (d) that the State shall not, without the consent of the Minister, cause or permit a toll or fee to be charged for the right to travel in a vehicle on or over a particular part of a national road unless a toll or fee was charged for the right to travel in a vehicle on or over the road constituting that part of the national road immediately before the commencement of this Act; (e) that the State will make provision satisfactory to the Minister for the construction and maintenance of roads connecting the national roads in the State with other roads in the State; and (f) that, if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he is satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil a condition specified in a preceding paragraph, the State will repay to the Commonwealth the amount of the financial assistance paid to it in accordance with section 8, or such part of that amount as the Minister specifies. (2) In this section, approved project means an approved project within the meaning of Part II.