Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The moneys
standing to the credit of the Main Roads Trust Account other than those
standing to the credit of the Railway Crossing Protection Account maintained
under section 32A shall be applied —
(a)
firstly, in meeting the costs of the administration of, and the exercise by
the Commissioner of his functions under, this Act; and
(b)
secondly, in payment of any amount specified or determined by the Treasurer to
be credited to the Consolidated Account as a contribution towards the payment
of interest and sinking fund contributions payable on loan moneys that have,
from time to time, been appropriated by Parliament for expenditure on road
construction; and
[(c), (d) deleted]
(e)
thirdly, in expenditure, by the Commissioner, in such manner and proportions
as the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, from time to
time determine, on road construction and other works, on making payments to
local governments or boards for road construction, on lights and signs for the
direction of traffic and on the construction, erection and maintenance of
lights for the lighting of any road or bridge; and
(f)
finally, for any other purpose that the Minister may, on the recommendation of
the Commissioner, from time to time determine.
[(2)-(13) deleted]
(14) The warrant of
the Commissioner is sufficient authority to the Treasurer to make any payment
provided by this section, and in authorising any such payment the Commissioner
shall make such adjustment, in respect of moneys erroneously or improperly
credited to the Main Roads Trust Account as the circumstances may from time to
time require.
(15) Any unexpended
moneys standing to the credit of the Main Roads Trust Account at the end of a
financial year may be applied under this section to any other year, without
fresh appropriation.
[Section 32 inserted by No. 47 of 1969
s. 6; amended by No. 28 of 1974 s. 3; No. 96 of 1975
s. 32; No. 54 of 1977 s. 3; No. 9 of 1979 s. 16;
No. 21 of 1980 s. 2; No. 106 of 1981 s. 29; No. 25 of
1982 s. 8; No. 6 of 1993 s. 11; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4;
No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 56 of 1997 s. 52; No. 77 of
2006 s. 4 and Sch. 1 cl. 104(7)-(9) and (11); No. 19 of
2010 s. 63(2) and (3).]