Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1987 No. 123, 1987 - SECT 23

23. (1) If the Minister so determines, but subject to subsection (2), there is
payable to a State under this section, for the purposes of financial
assistance to the State in relation to recurrent expenditure in connection
with the provision of advanced English language courses for migrants in the
State in respect of the year 1988, such amount as the Minister may determine.

(2) The aggregate of the amounts determined by the Minister under subsection
(1) shall not exceed $3,918,000.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) 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 the year 1988 in
        relation to recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision of
        advanced English language courses for migrants in the State is not
        less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the
        State under subsection (1);

   (b)  the State will ensure that each body in that State receiving financial
        assistance by virtue of grants made under this section providing
        advanced English language courses for migrants does not charge any
        student fees in respect of that year or any part of that year except
        as provided by section 9 ;

   (c)  the State will furnish to the Minister, not later than 30 September
        1989, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with the form
        approved by the Minister, as to the amounts expended as described in
        paragraph (a); and

   (d)  the State 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 of advanced English
        language courses for migrants in that State during that year.