Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 No. 131, 1976 - SECT 12

12. (1) For the purposes of this section, the Minister may approve a body,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, that is recommended to him by the
Minister of a State who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the
administration of matters relating to technical and further education in that
State as the approved authority of that State for the purposes of this
section.

(2) The Minister may revoke or vary any approval given under sub-section (1).

(3) The Minister may authorize the payment to a State under this section, by
way of financial assistance in connexion with programs of adult education to
be carried out in the year 1977 in the State, of such amounts as he
determines.

(4) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under this section
that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 6
in relation to the State.

(5) The financial assistance to a State constituted by the payment of moneys
under sub-section (1) is granted on the conditions that-

   (a)  the State will, without undue delay, pay those moneys to the approved
        authority of the State;

   (b)  the State will ensure that the moneys so paid to the approved
        authority of the State are applied by the authority, without undue
        delay, in making contributions towards the recurrent expenditure of a
        relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in connexion with the provisions
        by that body, or those bodies, of courses of adult education;

   (c)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister, not later than
        31 August 1978, a certificate by a qualified accountant to the effect
        that he has satisfied himself that the moneys have been applied in
        accordance with paragraph (b);

   (d)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister, not later than
        30 September 1977, a statement specifying the courses of adult
        education in respect of which payments have been made during the
        period of 6 months ending on 30 June 1977;

   (e)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister, not later than
        31 March 1978, a statement specifying the courses of adult education
        in respect of which payments have been made during the period of 6
        months ended on 31 December 1977; and

   (f)  if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he is
        satisfied that a condition applicable under paragraph (a), (b), (c),
        (d) or (e) in relation to the payment has not been fulfilled, the
        State will repay to the Commonwealth such sum as the Minister
        determines, being a sum not exceeding the amount of the payment.

(6) In this section-

   (a)  a reference to a relevant body is a reference to a body (other than a
        body established by or on behalf of the Government of a State) that is
        not conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or
        individuals; and

   (b)  a reference to a course of adult education, in relation to a relevant
        body, is a reference to a part-time course of education, being a
        course in respect of which-

        (i)    attendance is voluntary; and

        (ii)   no award is made, in respect of the completion of the course,
               or of a part of the course, that is intended as a qualification
               for any employment.