Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 127, 1984 - SECT 14

14. (1) The Minister may, after obtaining the advice of the Commission,
approve a proposal for expenditure by a university upon a program of research
as a proposal deserving financial assistance under this section in respect of
a specified year to which this Act applies subject to such conditions as the
Minister determines.

(2) Where the Minister approves a proposal in respect of a year to which
this Act applies, the Minister shall determine an amount, not exceeding the
estimated expenditure in connection with the proposal in respect of that year,
as the amount of approved expenditure in relation to the proposal in respect
of that year.

(3) Subject to sub-section (4), in relation to each approved proposal for
expenditure by a university, there is payable to the State in which the
university is situated, in respect of the year in respect of which the
proposal is approved, for the purposes of financial assistance in respect of
expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the university in connection with
the approved proposal in respect of that year, an amount equal to the amount
of the approved expenditure on the proposal in respect of that year.

(4) The aggregate of the amounts determined by the Minister to be the amounts
of approved expenditure in respect of proposals approved by the Minister under
this section in respect of a year to which this Act applies shall not exceed-

   (a)  in respect of the year 1985-$4,957,000;

   (b)  in respect of the year 1986-$4,957,000; or

   (c)  in respect of the year 1987-$4,957,000.

(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (3) in
relation to an approved proposal for expenditure by a university in respect of
a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that-

   (a)  the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received
        by it to the university without undue delay;

   (b)  the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the
        university in connection with the approved proposal in respect of that
        year, 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 this
        section in relation to the approved proposal in respect of that year;
        and

   (c)  the State will ensure that the university furnishes to the Commission,
        not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a
        statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with the
        approved form, as to the expenditure by the university in connection
        with the approved proposal in respect of that year, 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.