Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 10

10. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-sections (1) and (2) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:-

''(1) Where the amount specified opposite to the name of a State in column 2
or 3 of Schedule 4 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State in
accordance with section 15 in the period to which that column relates, the
Minister may, at the request of the State, determine in writing that the
amount so specified be varied by reducing that amount by an amount not
exceeding the amount of that excess and that the amount specified opposite to
the name of the State in the column of that Schedule relating to the period
next following that first-mentioned period be varied by increasing that amount
by an amount equal to the amount of that reduction.

''(2) Where the amount specified opposite to the name of a State in column 2
or 3 of Schedule 5 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State in
accordance with section 18 in the period to which that column relates, the
Minister may, at the request of the State, determine in writing that the
amount so specified be varied by reducing that amount by an amount not
exceeding the amount of that excess and that the amount specified opposite to
the name of the State in the column of that Schedule relating to the period
next following that first-mentioned period be varied by increasing that amount
by an amount equal to the amount of that reduction.'';

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-section:-

''(3A) Where the amount specified opposite to the name of a State in column 3,
5 or 9 of Schedule 6 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State in
accordance with section 20 for purposes referred to in paragraph 19 (1) (a),
(b) or (d), respectively, in the year that ends on 30 June 1976, the Minister
may, at the request of the State, determine in writing that the amount so
specified be varied by reducing that amount by an amount not exceeding the
amount of that excess and that the amount specified opposite to the name of
the State in column 10, 11 or 12, respectively, of that Schedule be varied by
increasing that amount by an amount equal to the amount of that reduction.'';
and

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (5) the word and figure ''or (3)''
        (wherever occurring) and substituting the figures and word
'', (3) or (3A)''.