Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 126 of 1984 - SECT 32

32. (1) Subject to section 34, the Minister may authorize the payment to a
State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in
respect of recurrent expenditure of an approved school system in the State in
connection with general education in English as a second language provided at
or in connection with systemic schools in the school system, of such amounts
as the Minister determines.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect
of recurrent expenditure of an approved school system in the State in
connection with general education in English as a second language provided at
or in connection with systemic schools in the 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 this section in relation to the
        approved school system, 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 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 the
               sum of the amounts paid to the approved authority under this
               section is applied for the purpose of meeting
               recurrent expenditure, in respect of the year 1985, of each of
               those schools or the group comprising all of those schools, and
               of the approved authority in respect of those schools, in such
               proportions as the Commonwealth Education Minister determines,
               in connection with general
               education in English as a second language provided at or in
               connection with those schools;

        (ii)   the approved authority will ensure that the benefits of, and
               the opportunities created by, the application of an amount
               equal to so much of that amount as is applied for the purpose
               of meeting expenditure of that kind, being expenditure of
               co-educational schools, and of the approved authority in
               respect of those schools, are, as far as practicable, equally
               available to male students and female students at those
               schools;

        (iii)  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 Commonwealth Education 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
                     general education in English as a second language
                     provided at or in connection with any systemic school or
                     schools in the school system as is required by the
                     Commonwealth Education Minister to be so furnished;

        (iv)   if the approved authority does not fulfil a condition specified
               in sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii), 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.