Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1987 No. 123, 1987 - SECT 22

22. (1) For the purposes of this section, the Minister may approve a body,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, that is recommended to the Minister 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) There is payable to a State, for the purpose of financial assistance in
connection with programs of adult education, including adult literacy
programs, to be carried out in the year 1988 in the State, an amount
determined by the Minister.

(3) The aggregate of the amounts determined by the Minister under subsection
(2) shall not exceed $2,474,000.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section 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
        authority in making contributions towards the recurrent expenditure of
        a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in connection with the
        provision, in the year 1988, 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 this section;

   (c)  the State will ensure that each body in that State providing technical
        and further education does not charge any student fees in respect of
        that year or any part of that year except as provided by section 9;
        and

   (d)  the State will furnish to the Minister, not later than 30 September
        1989, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form
        approved by the Minister, as to the amounts expended as described in
        paragraph (b).

(5) In this section:

   (a)  a reference to a relevant body is a reference to a body (including 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 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.