(1)

The Minister must not authorise a payment of financial assistance under this Act to a State for the establishment or operation of an ATC as a government school in the State unless a written agreement is in force between the State and the Commonwealth that sets out the following conditions:

(a) a condition that the payments received under the agreement be spent for the establishment or operation of the ATC;
(b) the conditions mentioned in Division 2 (other than section 11).

(2)

An agreement may also specify other conditions, and that the payments under this Act are made on those conditions.