Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 127, 1984 - SECT 33

33. (1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the
Commission proposals for expenditure by the State and instrumentalities of the
State on equipment for use in the provision of technical and further education
in the State.

(2) The Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it by a State under
sub-section (1) as an approved proposal for expenditure (by a State or
instrumentalities of the State) in respect of the year to which this Act
applies subject to such conditions as the Commission determines, and may vary
or revoke any such approval.

(3) Subject to sub-section (4), in relation to each approved proposal for
expenditure by a State and instrumentalities of a State in respect of the year
to which this Act applies, there is payable to the State, for the purpose of
financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by
the State and by instrumentalities of the State in connection with the
approved proposal, an amount equal to the amount of the proposed expenditure.

(4) The aggregate of the amounts payable to a State under sub-section (3) in
respect of approved proposals for expenditure by the State and
instrumentalities of the State in respect of the year to which this Act
applies shall not exceed the amount specified in Schedule 17 in relation to
that State and to that year.

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

   (a)  the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the
        State and by instrumentalities of the State in connection with
        approved proposals 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 sub-section (3) in relation to approved
        proposals for expenditure by the State and instrumentalities of the
        State in respect of the year to which this Act applies; and

   (b)  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 a
        qualified auditor, in accordance with the approved form, as to the
        expenditure by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in
        connection with the proposal, 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.

(6) In this section, "year to which this Act applies" means the year 1985.