247Minister may direct transfer of Secretary property, rights and liabilities held on behalf of the Crown

247 Minister may direct transfer of Secretary property, rights and liabilities held on behalf of the Crown (1) The Minister may give a direction in writing to the Secretary directing the Secretary to transfer, in accordance with the direction, any property, rights and liabilities held by the Secretary on behalf of the Crown of a kind specified in the direction to the Public Transport Development Authority. (2) A direction under subsection (1) may include directions as to the method of valuation to be used by the Secretary for the purposes of determining the value of property, rights and liabilities to be transferred. (3) Within the time period specified in a direction under subsection (1), the Secretary must give to the Minister a statement containing the information required by the Minister relating to the property, rights and liabilities held by the Secretary on behalf of the Crown to which the direction relates, as at the date specified by the Minister for the purposes of this section. (4) Unless the Secretary otherwise agrees, the time period specified in a direction under subsection (1) must not be less than 45 days. (a) must give the value of the property, rights and liabilities held by the Secretary on behalf of the Crown to be transferred; and (b) must allocate the property, rights and liabilities held by the Secretary on behalf of the Crown shown in the statement in accordance with the directions of the Minister; and (c) must be signed by the Secretary. (7) The Minister may at any time direct the Secretary to amend a statement given to him or her under this section as specified in the direction. (9) An amendment under subsection (8) to an allocation statement made after the relevant date in relation to that statement may be made with effect from that relevant date if the Minister is satisfied that the amendment does not adversely affect any property, rights or liabilities of a person other than the Secretary on behalf of the Crown or the Public Transport Development Authority in relation to that statement. S. 248 inserted by No. 61/2011 s. 4 (as amended by No. 43/2012 s. 3(Sch. item 55)).