Commonwealth Numbered Acts

States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1983 No. 119 of 1983 - SECT 15

15. (1) Subject to section 16, 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 connection with special education provided at or in
connection with government schools or government centres in the State or other
special education provided by, or on behalf of, the State, of such amounts as
the Minister determines.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the
condition that 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 recurrent expenditure, in
respect of the year 1984, in connection with special education provided at or
in connection with government schools or government centres in the State or
other special education provided by, or on behalf of, the State and, in
particular, will ensure that such part of that amount as is not less than the
amount specified in column 3 of Schedule 5 opposite to the name of the State
is so applied in connection with integration activities conducted at
government schools in the State or places of education approved by the
Minister for the purposes of the definition of ''integration activities'' in
sub-section 3 (1) at which special education is provided by, or on behalf of,
the State.

(3) For the purposes of sub-section (2), financial assistance applied by a
State for the purpose of meeting expenditure, in respect of commitments
already undertaken or to be undertaken not later than 31 December 1984, in
relation to minor building projects, or minor equipment projects, in
connection with integration activities conducted at government schools in the
State or places referred to in sub-section (2), being projects-

   (a)  the total expenditure in relation to each of which is, or will be,
        less than $30,000; or

   (b)  that are approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section,
shall be deemed to be financial assistance that has been applied by that State
for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure in connection with such
integration activities.