Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1987 No. 123, 1987 - SECT 20

20. (1) In relation to each non-government teachers college specified in
Schedule 7, there is payable to the relevant State, for the purposes of
financial assistance in relation to recurrent expenditure of the college in
providing, in the year 1988, courses of teacher education, the amount
specified in that Schedule in relation to the college reduced by the amount
calculated under section 6 in relation to the college in respect of that year.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in
relation to the college on the conditions that:

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), the State will pay each amount of that
        financial assistance received by it to the approved authority of the
        college without undue delay;

   (b)  the State will not make a payment to the authority under this section
        in respect of that year unless the authority, before or at the time of
        accepting the first payment under this section in respect of that
        year, has agreed or agrees with the State to be bound by the following
        conditions:

        (i)    the authority will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended
               by way of recurrent expenditure by the college in providing
               courses of teacher education is not less than the amount
               specified in Schedule 7 in relation to the college;

        (ii)   the authority will ensure that the college does not charge any
               student fees in respect of that year or a part of that year in
               respect of the student's undertaking a
               course of teacher education at the college;

        (iii)  the authority will ensure that the college will impose in
               respect of that year an amount of charge as provided by section
               8 in respect of each student undertaking a
               course of teacher education;

        (iv)   the authority will furnish to the Minister not later than 30
               September 1989:

                (A)  a certificate by a qualified accountant, in accordance
                     with the approved form, to the effect that the accountant
                     is satisfied that the condition specified in subparagraph
                     (i) has been fulfilled; and

                (B)  a statement, in accordance with the approved form,
                     containing such information in respect of the
                     recurrent expenditure of the college, and such other
                     financial information in respect of the college, as the
                     Minister requires;

        (v)    if the approved authority does not fulfil a condition specified
               in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), the authority will,
               if the Minister so determines, pay to the State such amount
               (not being an amount greater than the sum of the amounts paid
               to the authority under this section) as the Minister
               determines;

        (vi)   the authority will furnish to the Minister, not later than such
               date as the Minister specifies, such statistical and other
               information as the Minister requires in respect of the
               provision by the college, in respect of that year, of courses
               of teacher education; and

   (c)  if an amount that the authority of the college is liable to pay to a
        State under the condition referred to in subparagraph (b) (v) is paid
        by it to the State, or is recovered by the State from it, the State
        will pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to that amount.