Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988 No. 2 of 1989 - SECT 19

19. (1) In this section:

"Aboriginal participation project" means a project designed to promote the
participation of Aboriginals in higher education.

(2) The Minister may approve a proposal for expenditure by an institution to
which this section applies on an Aboriginal participation project as a
proposal deserving financial assistance under this section in respect of a
year to which this Chapter applies subject to such conditions as the Minister
determines.

(3) Where the Minister approves a proposal for expenditure by an institution
in respect of a year, the Minister shall determine an amount, not exceeding
the estimated expenditure on the proposal in that year, as the amount of the
approved expenditure in relation to the proposal and, subject to subsection
(4), as from 1 January in that year, the amount specified in a determination
under section 15 or 16, as the case requires, in relation to the institution
in respect of that year shall be taken to be increased by the amount of the
approved expenditure.

(4) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (3) in respect of a
year shall not exceed:

   (a)  in the case of the year 1989-$11,470,000;

   (b)  in the case of the year 1990-$12,769,000; and

   (c)  in the case of the year 1991-$13,310,000.