Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1981 No. 52, 1981 - SECT 13

13. After section 41 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:
Approval of programs for education of severely handicapped children

"41A. (1) In this section, 'relevant institution' means an institution that
provides residential or non-residential care for severely handicapped children
(not being an institution that is a special school) or, in the case of such an
institution at which services other than residential or non-residential care
for severely handicapped children are also provided, that institution in so
far as it provides residential or non-residential care for severely
handicapped



"(2) Where a program for, or in connection with, the education of severely
handicapped children at relevant institutions, or in their own homes, is
being, or is to be, carried out by or in a State, the Minister may approve the
program for the purposes of section 41B. Grants for expenditure in relation to
approved programs for education of severely handicapped children



"41B. (1) Subject to section 41C, the Minister may authorize the payment to a
State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in
respect of expenditure in relation to a program that is being, or is to be,
carried out by or in the State and has been approved by him under section 41A,
of such amounts as the Minister determines.



"(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect
of expenditure in relation to a program on the conditions that -

   (a)  the State will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
        of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in
        relation to the program is applied by the State, in respect of
        commitments already undertaken or to be undertaken not later than 31
        December 1981, for the purpose of meeting expenditure in relation to
        the program; and

   (b)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister (not later than
        30 June 1982 or such later date as the Minister approves) a
        certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the person has
        satisfied himself that the condition specified in paragraph (a) has
        been fulfilled. Limit on grants under section 41B



"41C. The Minister shall not authorize payments to the States under section
41B that exceed, in the aggregate, $2,117,500.".