Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 No. 133, 1976 - SECT 18

PART IV-GRANTS FOR DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS AND IN RESPECT OF
DISADVANTAGED COUNTRY AREAS
18. (1) Subject to sub-section (2) and to section 19, the Minister may
authorize the payment to a State under this sub-section, by way of financial
assistance to the State in respect of expenditure in connexion with government
disadvantaged schools in the State, of such amounts as the Minister
determines.

(2) The Minister shall not authorize the payment of an amount to a State under
sub-section (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that the amount will not be
applied for the purpose of meeting capital expenditure except in connexion
with commitments already undertaken or to be undertaken not later than 31
December 1977.

(3) The financial assistance to a State constituted by a payment of moneys
under sub-section (1) (in this sub-section referred to as the ''relevant
financial assistance'') is granted on the conditions that-

   (a)  the relevant financial assistance will, as soon as is practicable, be
        applied by the State for the purpose of meeting expenditure in
        connexion with government disadvantaged schools in the State, being
        expenditure that-

        (i)    is recurrent expenditure in respect of the
               year to which this Act applies; or

        (ii)   is capital expenditure in connexion with a project the total
               expenditure in connexion with which is or will be less than
               $20,000, or is a project that is approved by the Minister for
               the purposes of this sub-paragraph;

   (b)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister (not later than
        30 June 1978 or such later date as the Minister approves)-

        (i)    a certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the
               person has satisfied himself that the
               relevant financial assistance has been applied by the State for
               the purpose referred to in paragraph (a); and

        (ii)   a statement in writing that summarizes the manner in which the
               relevant financial assistance has been applied by the State;
               and

   (c)  if the State does not fulfil the conditions that, under paragraphs (a)
        and (b), are to be observed by the State in relation to the
        relevant financial assistance, the State will repay to the
        Commonwealth an amount equal to the financial assistance or, if the
        Minister determines that part only of the financial assistance is
        repayable, an amount equal to that part.