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STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1979 No. 185, 1979 - SECT 29

29. Section 30E of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (2) ''the year 1979'' and substituting ''a
year to which this section applies'';

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3) ''the year 1979'' (first occurring)
and substituting ''a year to which this section applies'';

(c) by omitting from sub-section (3) ''the year 1979'' (second occurring)
and substituting ''that year'';

   (d)  by omitting sub-sections (5) and (6) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(5) In relation to each proposal for the undertaking by the State, or by an
instrumentality of the State, of a special project relating to the training of
technical and further education teachers, being a proposal that is approved
under sub-section (2) in respect of a year to which this section applies,
there is payable to the State, for the purpose of financial assistance in
relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by that
instrumentality in connection with the proposal in respect of that year, an
amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the proposal in
respect of that year.

''(6) In relation to each proposal for the undertaking, by a college of
advanced education situated in a State, of a special project relating to the
training of technical and further education teachers, being a proposal that is
approved under sub-section (2) in respect of a year to which this section
applies, there is payable to the State, for the purpose of financial
assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the
college or the body administering the college in connection with that proposal
in respect of that year, an amount equal to the amount of the approved
expenditure on the proposal in respect of that year.'';

   (e)  by omitting from sub-section (7) ''$808,000'' and substituting
        ''$772,000''; and

   (f)  by omitting sub-sections (8) and (9) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(8) The aggregate of the amounts approved by the Minister under sub-section
(2) as amounts of approved expenditure on proposals in respect of the year
1980 shall not exceed $817,000.

''(9) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (5), in
relation to proposals approved under sub-section (2) in respect of a year
to which this section 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 connection with those
        proposals, being amounts expended before 1 January next following the
        end of that year or expended on or after that date in respect of
        commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of
        the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under
        sub-section (5) 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 within the meaning of Part IV, in accordance with a form
        approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by the State and by
        instrumentalities of the State in connection with those proposals,
        being expenditure that occurred before 1 January next following the
        end of that year or that occurred on or after that date in respect of
        commitments entered into before that date.

''(10) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (6), in
relation to approved proposals of a college of advanced education in respect
of a year to which this Act applies, on the conditions that-

   (a)  the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount
        paid to it under that sub-section in relation to those proposals;

   (b)  the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the
        college in connection with those proposals, being amounts expended
        before 1 January next following the end of that year or expended on or
        after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that
        date, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance
        paid to the State under that sub-section in relation to the college in
        respect of that year; and

   (c)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than
        30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by a
        qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the
        Commission, as to the expenditure of the college in connection with
        those proposals, being expenditure that occurred before 1 January next
        following the end of that year or that occurred on or after that date
        in respect of commitments entered into before that date.

''(11) In this section, 'year to which this section applies' means the
year 1979 or the year 1980.''.