Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 127, 1984 - SECT 21

21. (1) The Minister may, after obtaining the advice of the Commission,
approve a proposal for expenditure by a State and instrumentalities of the
State for the purpose of providing special services in connection with the
provision of technical and further education in the State as a proposal
deserving financial assistance under this section in respect of the year to
which this Act applies subject to such conditions as the Minister determines.

(2) Where the Minister approves a proposal in respect of the 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 the approved expenditure in relation to the proposal in
respect of that year.

(3) Subject to sub-section (4), in relation to each approved proposal, there
is payable to the State in respect of which the proposal was submitted, in
respect of the year in respect of which the proposal was approved, an amount
equal to the amount of the approved expenditure in relation to the proposal in
respect of that year.

(4) The aggregate of the amounts determined by the Minister to be amounts of
approved expenditure in relation to approved proposals of a State in respect
of the year to which this Act applies shall not exceed the amount specified in
Schedule 11 in relation to that State and to that year.