Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 126 of 1984 - SECT 31

31. (1) If a systemic school, or a number of systemic schools, in an
approved school system in a State, is, or are, in need of short-term emergency
assistance, the Minister may authorize the payment to that State, by way of
financial assistance to the State in respect of expenditure to provide
short-term emergency assistance for that school or those schools, of such
amounts as the Minister determines.

(2) If a non-systemic school in a State is in need of short-term emergency
assistance, the Minister may authorize the payment to that State, by way of
financial assistance to the State in respect of expenditure to provide
short-term emergency assistance for that school, of such amounts as the
Minister determines.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (1) in
respect of a systemic school or systemic schools in an approved school system
on the conditions that-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), the State will, without undue delay, pay to
        the approved authority of the approved school system an amount equal
        to each amount paid to the State under that sub-section in respect of
        that school, or those schools, 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 of the
        approved school system in accordance with paragraph (a) unless the
        Commonwealth Education Minister furnishes a certificate to the
        State Education Minister for that State to the effect that the
        approved authority has agreed with the Commonwealth to be bound by the
        following conditions:

        (i)    the approved authority will ensure that an amount equal to each
               amount paid to it under this section in respect of that school
               or those schools, as the case may be, is applied to that
               school, or to those schools, in such proportions as the
               Minister determines, for the purpose of providing short-term
               emergency assistance to that school or those schools in respect
               of the year 1985;

        (ii)   the approved authority will cause to be furnished to the
               Commonwealth Education Minister (not later than 30 June 1986 or
               such later date as the Minister approves)-

                (A)  a certificate by a person who is a qualified accountant
                     to the effect that the person is satisfied that the
                     condition specified in sub-paragraph (i) has been
                     fullfilled; and

                (B)  a statement, in writing, that contains such information
                     in respect of short-term emergency expenditure of the
                     school or schools in the approved school system in
                     respect of which a payment has been made under this
                     section, as is required by the
                     Commonwealth Education Minister;

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

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (2) in
respect of a non-systemic school 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 that sub-section in respect of 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 of a
        school in accordance with paragraph (a) unless the
        Commonwealth Education Minister furnishes a certificate to the
        State Education Minister for that State to the effect that the
        approved authority has agreed with the Commonwealth to be bound by the
        following conditions:

        (i)    the approved authority will ensure that an amount equal to each
               amount paid to it under this section in respect of the school
               is applied to the school for the purpose of providing
               short-term emergency assistance to the school in respect of the
               year 1985;

        (ii)   the approved authority will cause to be furnished to the
               Commonwealth Education Minister (not later than 30 June 1986 or
               such later date as the Minister approves)-

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

                (B)  a statement, in writing, that contains such information
                     in respect of short-term emergency expenditure of the
                     school, as is required by the
                     Commonwealth Education Minister;

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

(5) The payments authorized by the Commonwealth Education Minister under
sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not exceed, in aggregate, the amount specified
in column 1 of Schedule 11.