Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1979 No. 185, 1979 - SECT 24

24. Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-sections:

''(2A) A State may, from time to time, after the commencement of this
sub-section, submit for the approval of the Commission, a proposal for
recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision of technical and
further education in that State, being a proposal for expenditure in relation
to-

   (a)  curriculum research and development;

   (b)  the provision of services and facilities that are preparatory to, or
        supplementary to, courses of technical and further education;

   (c)  the improvement of educational services provided in technical and
        further education institutions; and

   (d)  administrative services for technical and further education
        institutions.

''(2B) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may approve a proposal
submitted to it by a State under sub-section (2A) as an approved proposal for
expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1980, and may revoke or vary
any such approval.'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (3) ''in respect of the year 1979, the
        amount specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that
        State'' and substituting ''in respect of
        a year to which this Part applies, the amount specified in that
        Schedule in relation to that State and that year''; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (3) 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 in accordance with
        approved proposals for expenditure in respect of that year is not less
        than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State
        under that sub-section in respect of that year; and

   (b)  the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September
        next following the end of that year, a statement by an approved
        auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to
        recurrent expenditure by the State and by instrumentalities of the
        State in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the
        State in respect of that year.''.