Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1987 No. 122, 1987 - SECT 18

18. Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after subsection (3B) the following subsections:

"(3C) The Minister shall not authorise, under subsection 26 (1), payments to
the States under section 26 in respect of expenditure in respect of the year
1988 in relation to projects approved under section 25 in relation to that
year that exceed, in the aggregate, $52,276,000.

"(3D) The Minister shall not authorise, under subsection 26 (1A), payments to
the States under section 26 in respect of expenditure in respect of the year
1988 in relation to projects approved under section 25 in relation to that
year that exceed, in the aggregate, $3,037,000.";

   (b)  by omitting from subsection (4) "a year to which section 26 applies"
        and substituting "the year 1985, 1986 or 1987";

   (c)  by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:

"(4AA) Where a maximum amount is specified under subsection 25B (3A) in
relation to a project in respect of a year to which section 26 applies, the
Minister shall not authorise payments to a State under that section, by way of
financial assistance to the State in respect of expenditure in relation to the
project in respect of that year, of amounts that exceed, in the aggregate,
that maximum amount."; and

   (d)  by omitting from subsection (5) "(3)" and substituting "(4A)".