Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1976 No. 35, 1976 - SECT 11

PART III-GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
11. (1) Subject to section 13, the Minister may authorize the payment to a
State under this sub-section, by way of financial assistance to the State for
the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure in respect of the year to which
this Act applies in connexion with government primary schools and government
secondary schools in the State, of such amounts as the Minister determines.

(2) The financial assistance to a State constituted by a payment of moneys
under sub-section (1) (in this sub-section referred to as the ''relevant
financial assistance'') is granted on the conditions that-

   (a)  the relevant financial assistance will, as soon as is practicable, be
        applied by the State, according to the respective needs of the schools
        concerned, for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure in respect
        of the year to which this Act applies in connexion with
        government primary schools and government secondary schools in the
        State and, in particular, will ensure that such part of the
        relevant financial assistance as is not less than the amount specified
        in column 2 of Schedule 3 opposite to the name of the State is applied
        in respect of recurrent expenditure in relation to migrant education
        provided at those schools;

   (b)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister (not later than
        30 June 1977 or such later date as the Minister approves)-

        (i)    a certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the
               person has satisfied himself that the
               relevant financial assistance has been applied by the State as
               required by paragraph (a), being a certificate that specifies
               the amount applied by the State for the purpose of meeting
               recurrent expenditure in respect of the
               year to which this Act applies in relation to migrant education
               provided at government primary schools and government
               secondary schools in the State; and

        (ii)   a statement in writing that summarizes, in respect of
               government primary schools and in respect of
               government secondary schools, the manner in which the
               relevant financial assistance has been applied by the State;
               and

   (c)  if the State does not fulfil the conditions that, under paragraphs (a)
        and (b), are to be observed by the State in relation to the
        relevant financial assistance, the State will repay to the
        Commonwealth an amount equal to the financial assistance or, if the
        Minister determines that part only of the financial assistance is
        repayable, an amount equal to that part.