Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1987 No. 123, 1987 - SECT 34

34. (1) At any time, and from time to time, during the year 1988, but subject
to subsection (2) and to section 36, the Minister may direct that this Act has
effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in any one or more of the
relevant provisions in relation to that year were varied in accordance with
the direction, and this Act has effect accordingly as from 1 January 1988.

(2) Where the Minister approves a building project under paragraph 27 (1) (a)
as a building project, the Minister shall, subject to subsection (3) and to
section 36, direct that this Act has effect as if:

   (a)  Schedule 9 were varied by including in that Schedule particulars of
        the project and of the amount of the approved expenditure on that
        project in respect of the year 1988; and

   (b)  all or any of the amounts specified in a relevant provision or 2 or
        more relevant provisions were varied in accordance with the direction,
        being variations consequential upon the variation referred to in
        paragraph (a); and this Act has effect accordingly as from 1 January
        1988.

(3) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2):

   (a)  in the case of a direction that relates to only one relevant
        provision-that would have the effect of varying the amounts in that
        provision in such a way that, after the variation, the aggregate of
        the amounts specified in that provision in relation to the year 1988
        is greater or less than the aggregate of those amounts before the
        direction; or

   (b)  in the case of a direction that relates to 2 or more relevant
        provisions-that would have the effect of varying the amounts in those
        provisions in such a way that, after the variation, the aggregate of
        the amounts specified in those provisions in relation to that year is
        greater or less than the aggregate of those amounts before the
        direction.

(4) Subject to section 36, the Minister may, from time to time, direct that
this Act has effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in Column 3 of
Schedule 9 were varied in accordance with the direction, and this Act has
effect accordingly as from the commencement of this Act.

(5) The Minister may, from time to time, direct that this Act has effect as if
a description of a project specified in Column 2 of Schedule 9 were varied in
accordance with the direction, and this Act has effect accordingly as from the
commencement of this Act.
(6) In this section, "relevant provision" means subsection 31 (4) or Schedule
9 or 10.