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HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1990 No. 122 of 1990 - SECT 9

9. (1) Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting subsections (3) and (4) and substituting the following
        subsection:

"(3) Where the Minister approves a proposal for expenditure by an institution
in respect of a year, the Minister is to determine an amount, not exceeding
the estimated expenditure on the proposal in that year, as the amount of the
approved expenditure in relation to the proposal and, subject to subsection
(5), as from 1 January in that year, the amount specified in a determination
under section 15 or 16, as the case requires, in relation to the institution
in respect of that year is to be taken to be increased by the amount of the
approved expenditure.";

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (5) (b) "$1,315,000" and substituting
        "$1,487,000";

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (5) (c) "$1,315,000; and" and substituting
        "$1,555,000;";

   (d)  by omitting from paragraph (5) (d) "$1,315,000" and substituting
        "$1,555,000";

   (e)  by adding at the end of subsection (5) the following word and
        paragraph:

"; and (e) in the case of the year 1993 - $3,667,000.";

   (f)  by omitting subsection (6).

(2) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the Minister had approved a
proposal for expenditure under subsection 22 (2) of the Principal Act (whether
or not a determination had also been made under subsection 22 (3) of the
Principal Act in relation to the proposal), but an amount had not been paid to
a State under subsection 22 (4) of the Principal Act for the purpose of
financial assistance in relation to the approved proposal, the approval under
subsection 22 (2) and any determination made under subsection 22 (3) in
relation to the proposal are taken, after the commencement of this Act, to
have been given or made, as the case requires, under the Principal Act as
amended by this Act.

(3) Where, before the commencement of this Act:

   (a)  an amount of financial assistance was paid to a State under subsection
        22 (4) of the Principal Act; and

   (b)  a condition under subsection 22 (6) of the Principal Act relevant to
        that payment had not been satisfied; section 22 of the Principal Act,
        as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, continues
        to apply in relation to that payment.