Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1973 No. 214, 1973 - SECT 8

8. The financial assistance to a State constituted by a payment of moneys
under section 7 in respect of a building project in connexion with a
non-government school is granted on the conditions that-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), the State will, without undue delay, pay to
        the school authority of the school, an amount equal to the moneys so
        paid to the State, and, in making the payment, will describe the
        amount paid to the authority as a payment in respect of that
        building project made out of moneys provided to the State by Australia
        under section 7;

   (b)  the payment to the school authority will not be made unless the school
        authority agrees with the State, before or at the time of accepting
        the payment, to be bound by the following conditions:-

        (i)    the school authority will ensure that an amount equal to the
               payment is applied, within a period of 6 months after the date
               of the payment, for the purpose of meeting expenditure in
               respect of that building project;

        (ii)   the school authority will cause to be furnished to the
               Minister, within a period of 9 months after the date of
               completion of that building project, a
               certificate by a qualified accountant to the effect that he has
               satisfied himself that an amount equal to the payment has been
               applied for the purpose referred to in sub-paragraph (i);

   (c)  if the State does not fulfil the conditions to be observed by the
        State in relation to the payment under paragraphs (a) and (b), or the
        school authority does not agree to be bound by the conditions referred
        to in sub-paragraphs (b) (i) and (ii)-the State will repay to
        Australia an amount equal to the payment; and

   (d)  the State will repay to Australia amounts equal to so much of any
        amounts paid by the State to the school authority in accordance with
        this section as are repaid to the State by, or recovered by the State
        from, the school authority.