Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1996 No. 70, 1996 - SECT 54

(1) The Minister may approve a project for the purposes of this section if:

   (a)  the project is to be carried out in Australia; and

   (b)  the sole or principal object of the project is the development of
        literacy or numeracy skills.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a project referred to in that subsection
may be a project relating to expenditure referred to in section 52 or 53.

(3) The Minister may make a determination authorising the payment to a State
for a program year of an amount by way of financial assistance to the State
for expenditure on a project approved under subsection (1):

   (a)  whether the project is conducted by the State or by a non- government
        body established in the State; and

   (b)  whether the project is conducted within, or outside, or within and
        outside, the State.

(4) If an amount is set out in column 4 of Schedule 6 in relation to a program
year, the sum of the amounts paid to the States under this section for the
program year must not be greater than the amount so set out.

(5) In this section:
expenditure, in relation to an approved project, includes expenditure in
publicising the project concerned, whether by disseminating information about
the project, conducting seminars in connection with the project or carrying
out other related activities in connection with the project.