Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 No. 133, 1976 - SECT 5

PART II-GENERAL BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT GRANTS



5. (1) Subject to sub-section (2) and to section 7, the Minister may authorize
the payment to a State under this sub-secton, by way of financial assistance
to the State in respect of building projects and equipment projects in
connexion with government primary schools and government secondary schools in
the State, of such amounts as the Minister determines.

(2) The Minister shall not authorize the payment of an amount to a State under
sub-section (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that the amount will be
applied for the purpose of meeting commitments already undertaken or to be
undertaken not later than 31 December 1977.

(3) The financial assistance to a State constituted by a payment of moneys
under sub-section (1) (in this section referred to as the ''relevant financial
assistance'') is granted on the conditions that-

   (a)  the relevant financial assistance will, without undue delay, be
        applied by the State for the purpose of meeting expenditure in respect
        of building projects and equipment projects in connexion with
        government primary schools, and building projects and
        equipment projects in connexion with government secondary schools, in
        the State, other than any project the sole or principal object, or one
        of the principal objects, of which is to provide housing or other
        residential accommodation in any capital city for teaching or other
        staff;

   (b)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister (not later than
        30 June 1978 or such later date as the Minister approves)-

        (i)    a certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the
               person has satisfied himself that the
               relevant financial assistance has been applied by the State for
               the purpose referred to in paragraph (a); and

        (ii)   a statement in writing that specifies-

                (A)  the projects (not including a project the total
                     expenditure in connexion with which was less than
                     $20,000) in respect of which the relevant
                     financial assistance has been applied, the amount so
                     applied in respect of each of the projects and the total
                     of those amounts; and

                (B)  the amount of the relevant financial assistance applied
                     in respect of projects the total expenditure in connexion
                     with each of which was less than $20,000; and

   (c)  if the State does not fulfil the conditions that, under paragraphs (a)
        and (b), are to be observed by the State in relation to the
        relevant financial assistance, the State will repay to the
        Commonwealth an amount equal to the financial assistance or, if the
        Minister determines that part only of the financial assistance is
        repayable, an amount equal to that part.