New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SECT 13

13 Terms and conditions with respect to research and development

(1) The terms and conditions on which financial assistance may be granted to a person or eligible organisation in relation to the conduct of an approved research or development activity must deal with each of the following matters:

(a) the extent to which the person or organisation must conform to the principles and applications of principles set out in Schedule 1 in connection with the conduct of that activity,

(b) the purposes for which the financial assistance may be applied,

(c) the amounts to be applied for those purposes,

(d) the outcomes to be achieved for persons in the target group as a result of the carrying out of the activity or the provision to them of services to which the activity relates, or both,

(e) the performance indicators to be used in measuring the outcomes achieved for persons in the target group as a result of the carrying out of the activity or provision to them of services to which the activity relates, or both.

(2) Without limiting section 11 (c), the terms and conditions on which financial assistance may be provided to a person or eligible organisation in relation to the conduct of an approved research or development activity may also deal with any one or more of the following matters:

(a) the furnishing of information,

(b) the provision of certificates with respect to the fulfilment of terms and conditions,

(c) the repayment of financial assistance,

(d) the giving of security for the fulfilment of terms and conditions,

(e) the use and disposal of, and the recovery of amounts that under the terms and conditions are to be taken as representing the State’s interest in:

(i) land acquired (with or without buildings), and

(ii) buildings acquired, erected, altered or extended, and

(iii) equipment acquired, altered or installed,

as a result of the application of the financial assistance or of the financial assistance and other money, and

(f) the use, disposal and ownership of anything produced by the research or development activity.