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Recovery payment is own source funds for the purposes of Part 3.
2.6 If a funding recipient distributes Roads to Recovery payments which it receives to local government authorities for expenditure by those authorities on the construction and/or maintenance of roads, the funding recipient must ensure that the authorities are subject to the same obligations in respect of those payments as those to which the funding recipient is subject under clause 5.8 and Part 6.

Part 3: Own source roads expenditure obligation
3.1 Subject to clause 3.2, for each financial year in which a funding recipient receives, spends or retains any amount of a Roads to Recovery payment, the funding recipient must spend on the construction and/or maintenance of roads an amount of own source funds equal to or greater than the reference amount applicable to the funding recipient.
3.2 If a funding recipient does not fulfil the condition in clause 3.1 for a financial year, but the average expenditure of its own source funds in that year and the previous financial year, or in that year and the two previous financial years, exceeds the reference amount applicable to the funding recipient, the funding recipient is taken to have fulfilled the condition in clause 3.1 in respect of the first-mentioned financial year.

Part 4: Public information conditions
4.1 In all formal public statements, media releases or statements, displays, publications and advertising generated by a funding recipient relating to a funded project, the funding recipient must acknowledge and give appropriate recognition to the contribution of the Australian Government to that project.
4.2 If a funding recipient proposes to issue any media release relating to a funded project, the funding recipient must consult with and obtain approval of the proposed release from the Department.
4.2a If a funding recipient proposes to issue any media release or conduct any media event relating to a funded project, the funding recipient must provide the relevant local Federal Member of Parliament with the opportunity to participate in the media release and/or media event.
4.2b If a funding recipient is seeking a payment for a particular quarter, they must provide via email a summary of projects commencing, in progress, or completing within the following quarter in a Federal Electorate, and the funds claimed against those projects, to the relevant local Federal Member of Parliament. The funding recipient must copy the Department into this email and must send the email within seven calendar days of the payment being made to them.
                Example: Where a funding recipient submits a quarterly report under the program for the July to September quarter by 31 October that results in receiving a payment, it must provide details of projects commencing, progressing or completing