Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 127, 1984 - SECT 23

23. (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 improving management and administration 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-

   (a)  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; and

   (b)  determine-

        (i)    that the proposal is approved as a proposal to which
               sub-section (4) applies; or

        (ii)   that the proposal is approved as a proposal to which
               sub-section (5) applies.

(3) Subject to sub-sections (4) and (5), 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, being proposals approved as proposals
to which this sub-section applies, shall not exceed the amount specified in
Part I of Schedule 13 in relation to that State and to that year.

(5) The aggregate of the amounts determined by the Minister to be amounts of
approved expenditure in relation to approved proposals in respect of the year
to which this Act applies, being proposals approved as proposals to which this
sub-section applies, shall not exceed the amount specified in Part II of
Schedule 13 in relation to that year.