262   Annual contribution to works program by Hunter Catchment Management Trust

(1)  The Hunter Catchment Management Trust is liable to pay to the Minister in each financial year:

(a)  one-quarter of the estimated cost of constructing any flood works that the Minister proposes to construct during that financial year, and

(b)  one-quarter of the estimated cost of maintaining any flood works that the Minister proposes to maintain during that financial year.

(2)  The following amounts are to be deducted from the estimated costs for the purpose of calculating the Hunter Catchment Management Trust’s liability under this section:

(a)  any contribution to those costs for which a local council will be liable under this Division,

(b)  any amount that the Trust has paid to the Minister under this section during the previous financial year but that remained unexpended at the end of that year.

(3)  Any estimates are to be made by the Minister whose decision is final.