Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HANDICAPPED PERSONS ASSISTANCE ACT 1974 No. 134 of 1974 - SECT 10

10. (1) The Minister may, in his discretion, on behalf of Australia, make a
grant of moneys in accordance with this Act to an eligible organization as
assistance in respect of the capital cost of an approved project.

(2) Subject to this section, the amount of a grant in respect of an approved
project shall not exceed-

   (a)  four-fifths of the capital cost of the project; or

   (b)  4 times the amount of the contribution of the eligible organization
        towards the capital cost of the project, whichever is the less.

(3) For the purposes of sub-section (2), the contribution of an eligible
organization towards the capital cost of an approved project is the sum of-

   (a)  the moneys (if any) expended, and the moneys presently available for
        expenditure, by the organization towards the capital cost of the
        project, being moneys that the Minister is satisfied-

        (i)    in the case of an organization that is not a local governing
               body-did not become available as a result of the borrowing of
               those moneys or any other moneys by the organization and were
               not received by the organization from the Government of
               Australia or of a State or from a government authority;

        (ii)   in the case of an organization that is a
               local governing body-were not received by the organization
               (otherwise than by way of the borrowing of those moneys by the
               organization) from the Government of Australia or of a State or
               from a government authority; and

        (iii)  in the case of an organization that is not a
               local governing body but received the moneys from a
               local governing body-were not received by the
               local governing body (otherwise than by way of the borrowing of
               those moneys by the local governing body) from the Government
               of Australia or of a State or from a government authority; and

   (b)  where-

        (i)    the capital cost of the project includes an amount determined
               under sub-section 8 (3) by the Minister in respect of the land
               included in the project; and

        (ii)   no amount was expended by the organization in respect of that
               land or the amount expended by the organization in respect of
               that land was less than the amount so determined by the
               Minister,

the amount so determined less any amount so expended.

(4) The Minister shall not make or agree to make a grant under this section to
an eligible organization in respect of an approved project unless he is
satisfied that the sum of the moneys (if any) expended, and the moneys
presently available for expenditure, by the organization towards the capital
cost of the project, the amount (if any) treated under paragraph (3) (b) as
included in the contribution of the eligible organization towards the capital
cost of the project and the amount of the grant, will be not less than the
capital cost of the project.

(5) Payment of a grant under this section in respect of an approved project
shall not be made except to a corporation in which, or trustees in whom, there
is vested or to be vested the title in the land.