Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1981 No. 167, 1981 - SECT 29

29. (1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the
Commission a proposal for expenditure in connection with a program connected
with the provision of technical and further education in the State that is
proposed to be carried out in 1982, being a program by way of-

   (a)  the provision, for members of the staff of a technical and further
        education institution or of an authority administering a
        technical and further education institution, of training that is
        designed to improve the efficiency of those members in the performance
        of their work for the institution or authority and that is provided by
        that institution or authority or by another body on behalf of that
        institution or authority; or

   (b)  the development, by a technical and further education institution or
        by an authority administering a
        technical and further education institution, of a system for the
        collection and processing of statistical or other material relating to
        technical and further education.

(2) The Commission-

   (a)  may approve a proposal submitted to it by a State under sub-section
        (1) as an approved proposal for expenditure by the State in respect of
        the year 1982;

   (b)  if it does so, shall, where the approval relates to a proposal for
        expenditure in connection with a program referred to in paragraph (1)
        (a), designate the approval as an approval of the proposal for the
        purposes of sub-section (5) or (6); and

   (c)  may revoke or vary any such approval.

(3) Subject to sub-section (4), where the Commission approves a proposal for
the purposes of sub-section (6), it shall approve an amount as the amount of
approved expenditure on that proposal.

(4) The aggregate of the amounts approved by the Commission under sub-section
(3) as amounts of approved expenditure on proposals approved for the purposes
of sub-section (6) shall not exceed the amount specified in Part II of
Schedule 12.

(5) There is payable to a State, for the purpose of financial assistance in
respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by an
instrumentality of the State in accordance with an approved proposal or
approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1982 in
connection with a program or programs referred to in paragraph (1) (a) (not
being a proposal or proposals approved for the purposes of sub-section (6) ),
the amount specified in relation to the State in Column 2 of Part I of
Schedule 12.

(6) There is payable to a State for the purpose of financial assistance in
respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by an
instrumentality of the State in relation to a proposal approved for the
purposes of this sub-section, an amount equal to the amount of the approved
expenditure on the proposal.

(7) There is payable to a State for the purpose of financial assistance in
relation to recurrent expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or
by an instrumentality of the State, in accordance with an approved proposal or
approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1982 in
connection with a program or programs referred to in paragraph (1) (b), the
amount specified in relation to the State in Column 3 of Part I of Schedule
12.

(8) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (5) on the
conditions that-

   (a)  the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended in
        respect of the year 1982 by the State and by instrumentalities of the
        State in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the
        State in respect of that year in connection with programs referred to
        in paragraph (1) (a) 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
        1983, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form
        approved by the Commission, as to the 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 in connection
        with programs referred to in paragraph (1) (a).

(9) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (6) on the
conditions that-

   (a)  the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended in
        respect of the year 1982 by the State and by instrumentalities of the
        State in accordance with proposals for expenditure by the State in
        respect of that year approved for the purpose of sub-section (6) is
        not less than the sum of 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
        1983, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form
        approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by the State and by
        instrumentalities of the State in accordance with such approved
        proposals for expenditure.

(10) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (7) on the
conditions that-

   (a)  the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended in
        respect of the year 1982 by the State and by instrumentalities of the
        State in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the
        State in respect of that year in connection with programs referred to
        in paragraph (1) (b) is not less than the sum of the amounts of
        financial assistance paid to the State under sub-section (7) in
        respect of that year; and

   (b)  the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September
        1983, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form
        approved by the Commission, as to the 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 in connection
        with programs referred to in paragraph (1) (b).