Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1977 No. 157, 1977 - SECT 21

21. (1) Subject to section 22, the Minister may authorize the payment to a
State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in
respect of expenditure of a non-systemic disadvantaged school in the State, of
such amounts as the Minister determines.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect
of expenditure of a non-systemic disadvantaged school in a State on the
conditions that-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), the State will, without undue delay, pay to
        the approved authority of the school an amount equal to each amount
        paid to the State under this section in relation to the school, and,
        in making the payment, will describe the amount paid to the
        approved authority as a payment made out of moneys provided to the
        State by the Commonwealth under this section; and

   (b)  the State will not make a payment to the approved authority under this
        section unless the approved authority, before or at the time of
        accepting the first payment under this section, agrees or has agreed
        with the State to be bound by the following conditions:

        (i)    the approved authority will ensure that an amount equal to the
               sum of the amounts paid to the approved authority under this
               section is applied for the purpose of meeting expenditure in
               connexion with the school, being expenditure that-

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

                (B)  is capital expenditure, in respect of commitments already
                     undertaken or to be undertaken not later than 31 December
                     1978, in relation to minor projects approved by the
                     Minister for the purposes of this section;

        (ii)   the approved authority will cause to be furnished to the
               Minister (not later than 30 June 1979 or such later date as the
               Minister approves)-

                (A)  a certificate by a qualified accountant to the effect
                     that he has satisfied himself that the condition
                     specified in sub-paragraph (i) has been fulfilled; and

                (B)  a statement, in writing, that contains such information
                     in respect of the school as is required by the Minister
                     to be so furnished;

        (iii)  if the approved authority does not fulfil a condition specified
               in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii), the authority will, if the
               Minister so determines, repay to the State such amount (not
               being an amount greater than the sum of the amounts paid to the
               approved authority under this section) as the Minister
               determines should be repaid by the approved authority.