Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1995 No. 29, 1995 - SECT 15

15. Section 51 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting "the schools and rural student hostels specified in the
        determination" and substituting "schools and rural student hostels";

   (b)  by adding at the end the following subsections:



"(2) The Minister must keep, in respect of each block grant authority approved
under subsection (1), a list of the schools and rural student hostels that
participate in that block grant authority.



"(3) The list is to be kept in such manner as the Minister determines, which
may be wholly or partly by means of a computer or any other electronic or
other device.



"(4) If a block grant authority notifies the Minister that:

   (a)  a particular school or rural student hostel has applied to the
        authority for participation in the authority; and

   (b)  the authority is willing to accept that school or hostel as a
        participant; particulars of that school or hostel may be added to the
        list of schools and hostels that participate in that authority.



"(5) If a block grant authority notifies the Minister that:

   (a)  a particular school or rural student hostel:

        (i)    no longer wishes to participate in the authority; and

        (ii)   has no outstanding obligations to the authority; or

   (b)  a particular school or rural student hostel has ceased to exist;
        particulars of that school or hostel may be removed from the list of
        schools and hostels that participate in that authority.



"(6) The Minister may, before taking any action under subsection (4) or (5),
make such inquiries as he or she thinks appropriate to verify the matters
notified to the Minister.



"(7) At any one time a school or rural student hostel must not be recorded as
participating in more than one block grant authority.".