Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 126 of 1984 - SECT 78

78. (1) Financial assistance is granted to a State under section 54, 62, 64,
66 or 71 on the additional condition that the State will cause to be furnished
to the Minister (not later than 30 June 1986 or such later date as the
Minister approves in relation to the grant)-

   (a)  a certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the person is
        satisfied that the condition specified in sub-section 54 (2), 62 (2),
        64 (2), 66 (2) or 71 (2), as the case may be, has been fulfilled; and

   (b)  a statement, in accordance with a form approved by the Minister, that
        summarizes the manner in which the amount applied by the State in
        pursuance of the condition so specified has been so applied.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under a section contained in
this Part on the additional condition that, if the State does not fulfil a
condition specified in this Part with respect to that grant, the State will,
if the Minister so determines, repay to the Commonwealth such amount (not
being an amount greater than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance
paid to the State under that section) as the Minister specifies in the
determination as the amount that should be repaid by the State.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under section 54, 62, 64, 66,
69 or 71 on the additional condition that, if the State establishes, or
proposes to establish, a committee of persons (by whatever name described) for
the sole or principal purpose of providing advice in respect of the
distribution of financial assistance granted under one or more of those
sections, the State Education Minister will, before making any appointment or
further appointment to that committee, consult the Commonwealth Education
Minister with respect to the criteria for making appointments to that
committee.

(4) Nothing in this Act shall be taken to authorize the recovery by the
Commonwealth in respect of financial assistance granted to a State under a
section contained in this Part of any amount from that State or of any amount
under an agreement entered into for the purposes of a condition specified in
that section in respect of that financial assistance if the aggregate of that
amount and any amount previously recovered from that State in respect of that
financial assistance, or previously recovered under such an agreement entered
into in relation to that financial assistance would exceed, in the aggregate
the amount of that financial assistance.