3(2)Despite anything in the
Financial Administration Act, if an assignment of a sum of money referred to in paragraph (1)(
a) or (
b) is made by a project company, the Comptroller, the New Brunswick Highway Corporation and the Province shall have no right to retain, by way of deduction or set-off out of any sum of money referred to in either of those paragraphs that may be due or payable by the New Brunswick Highway Corporation or the Province, the amount of any indebtedness by the project company to the New Brunswick Highway Corporation or the Province.