Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 126 of 1984 - SECT 47

47. (1) Subject to section 49, where the Minister approves, under section  46
, a program submitted by an approved authority in relation to an approved
school system in a State as an approved program of basic learning in respect
of a year, the Minister may authorize the payment to the State, by way of
financial assistance, in respect of recurrent expenditure in respect of that
year of an approved school system in the State in connection with the
provision of that program at or in connection with systemic schools in that
approved 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 in respect of a year of an approved school system in
connection with the provision of a program of basic learning approved in
respect of that year at or in connection with systemic schools in the 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 the 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 is applied
               for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure, in respect of
               that year, of those schools, and of the approved authority in
               respect of those schools, in connection with the provision of
               the program 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 recurrent expenditure, in respect of that year, in
               connection with the provision of the program at or in
               connection with co-educational schools in the school system
               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 next
               following the expiration of that year 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 the operation of the program at or in
                     connection with 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 in respect of that program and of that year)
               as the Commonwealth Education Minister determines should be
               paid by the approved authority.