8G. Treasurer may make advances to the Plant Diseases Eradication Fund in event of a deficiency
(1) When the Treasurer is of opinion that the moneys standing to the credit of the Plant Diseases Eradication Fund are at any time insufficient for the purposes of this Act, the Treasurer may advance to the Plant Diseases Eradication Fund moneys sufficient for the time being to make up the deficiency.
(2) Moneys advanced under subsection (1) shall be subsequently repaid to the Treasurer from moneys standing to the credit of the Plant Diseases Eradication Fund by the Protection Board as and when moneys are available to the Plant Diseases Eradication Fund to make repayment.
(3) Moneys advanced by the Treasurer under this section are so long as they remain unrepaid a charge on the Plant Diseases Eradication Fund.
[Section 8G inserted by No. 53 of 1996 s. 8.]