Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1979 No. 185, 1979 - SECT 21

21. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) ''the year 1979'' and substituting ''a
year to which this Part applies'';

(b) by omitting from sub-section (1) ''column 2 of Schedule 10 in relation
to that State'' and substituting ''Schedule 10 in relation to that State and
to that year''; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (1) in
respect of a year to which this Part applies on the conditions that-

   (a)  the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the
        State and by instrumentalities of the State, by way of recurrent
        expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of that year,
        of technical and further education at technical and further education
        institutions in the State is not less than the sum of the amounts of
        financial assistance paid to the State under sub-section (1) in
        respect of that year;

   (b)  the State will ensure that no technical and further education
        institution situated in the State charges fees in respect of that year
        or any part of that year;

   (c)  the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September
        next following the end of that year, a certificate by an approved
        auditor to the effect that the condition specified in paragraph (a)
        has been fulfilled; and

   (d)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than
        such date as the Commission specifies, such statistical and other
        information as the Commission requires in respect of the provision of
        technical and further education in that State during that year.''.