Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1978 No. 188, 1978 - SECT 28

28. (1) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may approve a body,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, that is recommended to the Commission
by the Minister of a State who is responsible, or principally responsible, for
the administration of matters relating to technical and further education in
the State as the approved authority of that State for the purposes of this
section.

(2) The Commission may revoke or vary any approval given under sub-section
(1).

(3) There is payable to a State, for the purpose of financial assistance in
connection with programs of adult education to be carried out in the year 1979
in the State, the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 13 in relation to
the State.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the
conditions that-

   (a)  the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received
        by it to the approved authority of the State without undue delay;

   (b)  the State will ensure that the amount expended by the approved
        authority of the State in making contributions towards the recurrent
        expenditure of a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in connection
        with the provision, in the year 1979, by that body, or those bodies,
        of courses of adult education is not less than the sum of the amounts
        of financial assistance paid to the State under sub-section (3); and

   (c)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than
        30 September 1980, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance
        with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the
        approved authority of the State in making contributions towards the
        recurrent expenditure of a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in
        connection with the provision, in the year 1979, by that body, or
        those bodies, of courses of adult education.

(5) In this section-

   (a)  a reference to a relevant body is a reference to a body (other than a
        body established by or on behalf of the Government of a State) that is
        not conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or
        individuals; and

   (b)  a reference to a course of adult education, in relation to a relevant
        body, is a reference to a part-time course of education, being a
        course in respect of which-

        (i)    attendance is voluntary; and

        (ii)   no award is made, in respect of the completion of the course,
               or of a part of the course, that is intended as a qualification
               for any employment.