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Public Works Act 1981

General provisions

227: Advances for purchase of plant and equipment

You could also call this:

“Government can help buy tools for big projects”

When the government is working on a big project, they can use money to help people buy special machines or tools. This is to make the project work better or to get the things they need for the project.

If the government gives money to someone to buy these machines or tools, they can ask for something in return to make sure the money is used properly. The person in charge of the project gets to decide how this works.

The person in charge can also make agreements and sign papers for the government to make sure everything is done correctly when giving out this money.

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Part 21 General provisions

227Advances for purchase of plant and equipment

  1. Any authority to expend public money on or in relation to a Government work shall include the power to make advances of money to any person for the purchase of any machinery, plant, appliance, or equipment which is necessary or desirable either for the better prosecution of that work or for the provision of necessary supplies for that work.

  2. Any advance under this section may be made upon such security and subject to such conditions as the Minister in charge of the department for the time being having control of the work thinks fit.

  3. That Minister may, for the purposes of this section, in the name and on behalf of the Crown, make and enforce such contracts and execute such instruments as he thinks fit.

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