Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 126 of 1984 - SECT 51

51. (1) For the purposes of section 52, the Minister may, subject to
sub-section (3) of this section, approve building projects and equipment
projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal
communities in a State.

(2) Where the Minister approves a building project, or an equipment project,
under sub-section (1), being a project in connection with a non-government
school or in connection with a government school but administered by a
non-government body, the Minister may, in the instrument of approval, specify
conditions, other than conditions referred to in sub-paragraphs 52 (3) (b)
(i), (ii) and (iv), in relation to which the approved authority for the school
or the non-government body concerned will be required to enter into an
agreement with the Commonwealth before the State makes a grant to the approved
authority under section 52 in relation to the project.

(3) A project shall not be approved under sub-section (1) if-

   (a)  the project is in connection with a co-educational school and the
        Minister is of the opinion that the benefits of, and the opportunities
        created by, the project will not, as far as practicable, be equally
        available to male students and female students at the school; or

   (b)  the sole or principal object, or one of the principal objects, of the
        project is to provide facilities for use, wholly or principally, for
        or in relation to religious worship.

(4) Without limiting the generality of the expression "building projects and
equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal
communities in a State" in this section, that expression includes a project
the sole or principal object of which is to provide hostel accommodation for
students at those schools.