Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HANDICAPPED PERSONS ASSISTANCE ACT 1974 No. 134 of 1974 - SECT 21

21. (1) Subject to this section, where an eligible organization employs a
person who is an approved officer in relation to a prescribed service, the
Minister may, in his discretion, pay to the organization, by way of financial
assistance towards meeting the cost to the organization of the remuneration of
that officer for any period commencing after the commencement of this Part, an
amount that does not exceed 50 per centum of-

   (a)  where the direction by reason of which the officer is an approved
        officer in relation to that prescribed service sets out the proportion
        of the remuneration of the officer that the Minister considers is
        attributable to the officer's employment by the organization in
        connexion with that prescribed service-that proportion of the
        remuneration of the officer in respect of that period; or

   (b)  in any other case-the remuneration of the officer in respect of that
        period.

(2) In giving an approval of a person under section 20 in respect of a
prescribed service that is to be provided by an eligible organization, the
Minister may direct that, with respect to any period ending not later than 2
years after the eligible organization commenced to provide the service,
sub-section (1) shall apply in relation to the provision of the service as if
the reference to 50 per centum in that sub-section were a reference to such
higher percentage, not exceeding 100 per centum, as the Minister determines
from time to time.

(3) Where, in respect of a period-

   (a)  an amount would, but for this sub-section, be payable to an eligible
        organization in respect of the remuneration of an approved officer in
        relation to a prescribed service; and

   (b)  there is payable by the Government of a State or by an authority
        established by or under a law of a State to the eligible organization
        an amount in respect of the remuneration of that approved officer by
        reason that he is employed in connexion with the provision of that
        prescribed service, then-

   (c)  if the amount referred to in paragraph (b) is equal to or greater than
        the amount referred to in paragraph (a), no amount is payable under
        this section in respect of the remuneration of the approved officer by
        reason that he is employed in connexion with the provision of the
        prescribed service; or

   (d)  in any other case-the amount referred to in paragraph (a) shall, by
        force of this sub-section, be reduced by an amount equal to the amount
        referred to in paragraph (b).