Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1987 No. 123, 1987 - SECT 31

31. (1) The Minister may approve a proposal for expenditure by a State and
instrumentalities of the State in relation to building or equipment
expenditure in connection with the provision of technical and further
education at technical and further education institutions and institutes of
tertiary education in the State under this section in respect of the year 1988
subject to such conditions as the Minister determines.

(2) Where the Minister approves a proposal, the Minister shall determine an
amount, not exceeding the estimated expenditure on the proposal in the year
1988, as the amount of the approved expenditure in relation to the proposal.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), in relation to each approved proposal under
subsection (1), there is payable to the relevant State, by way of financial
assistance, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure in
relation to the proposal.

(4) The aggregate of the amounts determined by the Minister under this section
shall not exceed $174,831,000.

(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (3) in
relation to an approved proposal at a body providing technical and further
education on the conditions that:

   (a)  the State will without undue delay:

        (i)    pay to the body each amount of that financial assistance
               received by it; or

        (ii)   apply each amount of that financial assistance received by it;

   (b)  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
        connection with the proposals approved under subsection (1), is not
        less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the
        State under subsection (4) in relation to the proposals;

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

   (d)  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 (b); and

   (e)  the State will cause to be furnished 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
        technical and further education in that State during that year.