Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1996 No. 70, 1996 - SECT 30

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may:

   (a)  approve the proposal; or

   (b)  refuse the application.

(2) The Minister must not approve the proposal unless:

   (a)  if the new body is required, under the law of the State in which the
        non-systemic school or the schools in the approved school system are
        situated, to be recognised by the State Minister-the new body is so
        recognised; and

   (b)  the school, or the schools in the system, are not conducted for
        profit; and

   (c)  if the application relates to a non-systemic school-the new body is a
        body corporate; and

   (d)  if there are any obligations of the existing authority under this Act
        that have not been fulfilled in respect of the school or the schools
        in the system, and the new body has agreed to fulfil those
        obligations-the agreement made by the new body with the Commonwealth
        under subsection 15(1) makes provision for the new body to fulfil
        those obligations.