Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1973 No. 214, 1973 - SECT 5

5. (1) The financial assistance to a State constituted by a payment of moneys
under section 4 is granted on the conditions that-

   (a)  the moneys will, without undue delay, be applied by the State for the
        purpose of meeting expenditure in respect of building projects in
        connexion with government primary schools, and building projects in
        connexion with government secondary schools, in the State, other than
        any building project the sole or principal object of which is-

        (i)    to increase the maximum number of students that may be provided
               for at government primary schools, or the maximum number of
               students that may be provided for at
               government secondary schools, in the State; or

        (ii)   to provide housing or other residential accommodation for
               teaching or other staff in any capital city;

   (b)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister, within such
        period as the Minister requires, a certificate by an authorized person
        to the effect that the person has satisfied himself that the moneys
        have been applied by the State for the purpose referred to in
        paragraph (a), being a certificate that specifies the
        building projects for the purposes of which the moneys have been
        applied and, in respect of each such project, the amount of the moneys
        so applied; and

   (c)  if the State does not fulfil the conditions to be observed by the
        State in relation to the payment under paragraphs (a) and (b)-the
        State will repay to Australia an amount equal to the payment.

(2) Moneys paid to a State under section 4 may be applied for the purpose of
meeting expenditure in respect of a building project in connexion with a
government primary school or a government secondary school notwithstanding
that the school is a government disadvantaged school or a government special
school, but moneys paid to a State under that section shall not, except with
the approval of the Minister, be applied for the purpose of meeting
expenditure in respect of a library project or in respect of so much of a
building project as relates to the provision of a library.