Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 127, 1984 - SECT 25

25. (1) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may approve a body,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, that is recommended to the Commission
by the Minister of a State who is responsible, or principally responsible, for
the administration of matters relating to technical and further education in
the State as the approved authority of that State for the purposes of this
section.

(2) The Commission may revoke or vary any approval given under sub-section
(1).

(3) There is payable to a State specified in Schedule 14, for the purpose of
financial assistance in connection with programs of adult education to be
carried out in the year to which this Act applies in the State, the amount
specified in that Schedule in relation to the State and to that year.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect
of the 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 approved authority of the State without undue delay;

   (b)  the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the
        approved authority of the State in making contributions towards the
        recurrent expenditure of a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in
        connection with the provision, in that year, by that body, or those
        bodies, of courses of adult education is not less than the sum of the
        amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under sub-section
        (3) in respect of that year; and

   (c)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than
        30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by an
        approved auditor, in accordance with the approved form, as to the
        expenditure of the approved authority of the State in making
        contributions towards the recurrent expenditure of a relevant body, or
        of relevant bodies, in connection with the provision, in that year, by
        that body, or those bodies, of courses of adult education.

(5) In this section-

   (a)  a reference to a relevant body is a reference to a body (other than a
        body established by or on behalf of the Government of a State) that is
        not conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or
        individuals; and

   (b)  a reference to a course of adult education, in relation to a relevant
        body, is a reference to a part-time course of education, being a
        course in respect of which-

        (i)    attendance is voluntary; and

        (ii)   no award is made, in respect of the completion of the course,
               or of a part of the course, that is intended as a qualification
               for any employment.