(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial assistance to a State to provide transitional emergency assistance for a non-government school in the State for one or more program years if the Minister is satisfied that, because of any unexpected circumstance, the school:

(a)

is in severe financial difficulty; and

(b)

has a special need of that assistance in the program year or years.

(2) However, the sum of the amounts paid to the States under subsection (1) for a program year must not be more than the amount in the table in Schedule 6 for the program year.