Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1977 No. 157, 1977 - SECT 26

PART IV-JOINT GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
26. (1) Subject to section 27, the Minister may authorize the payment to a
State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in
respect of expenditure in relation to the education of students receiving
primary education or secondary education in disadvantaged country areas in the
State, of such amounts as the Minister determines.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the
conditions that-

   (a)  the State will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
        of financial assistance paid to the State under this section is
        applied by the State for the purpose of meeting expenditure in
        relation to the education of students receiving primary education or
        secondary education in disadvantaged country areas 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 respect of commitments already
               undertaken or to be undertaken, not later than 31 December
               1978, in relation to projects the total expenditure in relation
               to each of which is, or will be, less than $25,000, or projects
               that are approved by the Minister for the purpose of this
               section; and

   (b)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister (not later than
        30 June 1979 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 condition specified in
               paragraph (a) has been fulfilled; and

        (ii)   a statement, in writing, that summarizes the manner in which
               the amount applied by the State in pursuance of the condition
               specified in paragraph (a) has been so applied.