Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1996 No. 70, 1996 - SECT 15

(1) The Minister must not authorise a payment to a State under this Act for a
non-government body unless the relevant authority has (whether before or after
the commencement of this Act) made with the Commonwealth, for the program year
for which the payment is to be made, an agreement that complies with
section 16.

(2) The Minister may refuse to authorise a payment to a State under this Act
for a non-government school, or for a non-government school for a particular
level of education, during any period when the school is not recognised, or is
not recognised for that level of education, by the State Minister.

(3) The Minister may refuse to authorise, or may delay, a payment to a State
under this Act for a non-government body if the relevant authority for the
non-government body is a body corporate:

   (a)  that is being wound up; or

   (b)  in respect of whose property a receiver has been appointed; or

   (c)  whose affairs are under the control of a manager.

(4) The Minister may refuse to authorise, or may delay, a payment to a State
under this Act for a non-government body if:

   (a)  the relevant authority for the non-government body is not a body
        corporate; and

   (b)  it appears to the Minister that:

        (i)    the liabilities of the authority are substantially greater than
               its assets; or

        (ii)   the authority is, and is likely to continue for a substantial
               period to be, unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due
               for payment.