STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984
STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SECT. 1. Short title.
An Act to amend the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1983 and for related purposes (Assented to 25 June 1984) Short title, &c. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act 1984. (2) The States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1983*1* is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SECT. 2. Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SECT. 3. Interpretation
3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by inserting after the definition of ''multicultural education'' in sub-section (1), the following definition: '' 'non-government body' means a body that is not managed or controlled by or on behalf of the Government of a State or of the Northern Territory;''; (b) by inserting in sub-section (15) ''the approved authority of a non-government body administering a project in connection with a government school,'' after ''non-government school,''; (c) by inserting in sub-section (17) ''a non-government body administering a project in connection with a government school'' after ''a non-government school,''; and (d) by inserting in sub-section (17) '', of that non-government body'' after ''of that school''. STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SECT. 4. Determination of levels of funding for eligible new arrivals
4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting ''$862'' and substituting ''$867''. STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SECT. 5. Approval of building projects and equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal communities
5. Section 41 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section: ''(3) Without limiting the generality of the expression 'building projects and equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal communities in a State' in this section, that expression includes a project the sole or principal object of which is to provide hostel accommodation for students at those schools.''. STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SECT. 6. Grants for building projects and equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal communities
6. Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-section: ''(2) Where a project approved under section 41 is a project in connection with a government school (other than such a project that is administered by a non-government body), financial assistance granted to a State under sub-section (1) in respect of that project is granted on the conditions that- (a) the state will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in respect of that project is applied by the State for the purpose of meeting expenditure, in respect of commitments already undertaken or to be undertaken not later than 31 December 1984, in relation to that project; and (b) the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister (not later than 30 June 1985 or such later date as the Minister approves) a certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the person has satisfied himself
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that the condition specified in paragraph (a) has been fulfilled.''; (b) by inserting in sub-section (3) ''or is a project in connection with a government school but administered by a non-government body'' after a ''a non-government school''; (c) by inserting in paragraph (3) (a) ''or to the approved authority of the non-government body, as the case requires,'' after ''the school''; (d) by inserting in paragraph (3) (b) ''or to the approved authority of the non-government body, as the case requires,'' after ''the school''; (e) by omitting from sub-section (5) ''in connection with a non-government school'' and substituting '', being a project in connection with a non-government school or being a project in connection with a government school but administered by a non-government body,''; and (f) by omitting from sub-section (6) ''or the approved authority of a non-government school'' and substituting '', the approved authority of a non-government school or the approved authority of a non-government body administering a project in connection with a government school''. STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SECT. 7. Limits on grants under section 42
7. Section 43 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs: ''(a) in relation to projects approved in connection with government schools other than projects administered by non-government bodies in connection with such schools-$5,235,000; and (b) in relation to projects approved in connection with non-government schools and to projects, approved in connection with government schools, being projects administered by non-government bodies-$2,094,000.''. STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SECT. 8. Substitution of Schedules
8. (1) Schedules 1 to 7 (inclusive) to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 1 to this Act are substituted. (2) Schedules 10 to 14 (inclusive) to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 2 to this Act are substituted. STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SECT. 9. Payments made before Royal Assent
9. Payments (including advances) by way of financial assistance made to a State or to the Northern Territory under the Principal Act shall be deemed to have been made for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act. ---------------- STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 49, 1984 - SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 1 Sub-section 8 (1) SCHEDULES TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULES 1 TO 7 (INCLUSIVE) TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT SCHEDULE 1 Section 7 GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Name of State General Prescribed Prescribed Prescribed Prescribed capital purpose purpose purpose purpose referred referred referred referred to in to in to in to in paragraph paragraph paragraph paragraph (a) of (b) of (c) of (d) of definition definition definition definition of of of of ''prescribed ''prescribed ''prescribed ''prescribed purpose'' purpose'' purpose'' purpose'' Total $ $ $ $ $ $ New South Wales . . . .32,070,000 7,429,000 4,849,000 3,970,000 4,274,000 52,592,000 Victoria . . .23,789,000 5,955,000 3,626,000 2,968,000 3,264,000 39,602,000 Queensland . .16,436,000 2,833,000 2,280,000 1,867,000 2,111,000 25,527,000 Western Australia . . 8,994,000 1,861,000 1,292,000 1,058,000 1,201,000 14,406,000
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South Australia . . 8,372,000 1,891,000 1,289,000 1,055,000 1,189,000 13,796,000 Tasmania . . . 2,794,000 585,000 429,000 351,000 402,000 4,561,000 Northern Territory . . 1,102,000 387,000 148,000 120,000 124,000 1,881,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals . . . 93,557,000 20,941,000 13,913,000 11,389,000 12,565,000 152,365,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Section 9 GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Name of State Amounts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,610,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,711,000 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,020,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,486,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,422,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,776,000 Northern Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,364,000 ------------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317,389,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- SCHEDULE 3 Section 11 GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-GENERAL EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Name of State Amounts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,156,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,143,000 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,494,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,325,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,926,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507,000 Northern Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356,000 ------------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,907,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- SCHEDULE 4 Sections 14, 33 and 53 DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS AND PRESCRIBED COUNTRY AREAS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Disadvantaged Disadvantaged government non-government Prescribed Name of State schools schools country areas Totals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ $ $ New South Wales . . 10,344,000 2,083,000 2,467,000 14,894,000 Victoria . . . . . . 8,828,000 2,244,000 1,459,000 12,531,000 Queensland . . . . . 3,060,000 466,000 2,368,000 5,894,000 Western Australia . 2,430,000 400,000 1,742,000 4,572,000 South Australia . . 2,518,000 264,000 1,026,000 3,808,000 Tasmania . . . . . . 719,000 76,000 342,000 1,137,000 Northern Territory . 757,000 27,000 366,000 1,150,000 -------------------------------------------------------- Totals . . . . . . . 28,656,000 5,560,000 9,770,000 43,986,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- SCHEDULE 5 Sections 15, 16, 34 and 35 SPECIAL EDUCATION (INCLUDING INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Government Non-government special special education education
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(including (including non- Non- integration integration integration integration Name of State activities) activities activities) activities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ $ $ New South Wales . . 7,294,000 466,000 1,938,000 135,000 Victoria . . . . . . 5,454,000 348,000 1,796,000 125,000 Queensland . . . . . 3,430,000 219,000 827,000 58,000 Western Australia . 1,944,000 123,000 406,000 28,000 South Australia . . 1,939,000 123,000 364,000 25,000 Tasmania . . . . . . 646,000 42,000 49,000 8,000 Northern Territory . 223,000 15,000 11,000 2,000 -------------------------------------------------------- Totals . . . . . . . 20,930,000 1,336,000 5,391,000 381,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- SCHEDULE 6 Section 18 GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-COMPUTER EDUCATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Government Government Government schools schools schools year year year commencing commencing commencing 1 January 1 January 1 January Name of State 1984 1985 1986 Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ $ $ New South Wales . . 1,554,000 1,554,000 1,554,000 4,662,000 Victoria . . . . . . 1,290,000 1,290,000 1,290,000 3,870,000 Queensland . . . . . 680,000 680,000 680,000 2,040,000 Western Australia . 449,000 449,000 449,000 1,347,000 South Australia . . 485,000 485,000 485,000 1,455,000 Tasmania . . . . . . 240,000 240,000 240,000 720,000 Northern Territory . 137,000 137,000 137,000 411,000 -------------------------------------------------------- Totals . . . . . . . 4,835,000 4,835,000 4,835,000 14,505,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- SCHEDULE 7 Section 22 NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Prescribed Prescribed Prescribed purpose purpose purpose referred to referred to referred to in paragraph in paragraph in paragraph (a) of (b) of (c) of definition definition definition of of of General ''prescribed ''prescribed ''prescribed Name of State capital purpose'' purpose'' purpose'' Total $ $ $ $ $ New South Wales 12,478,000 1,523,000 1,849,000 1,403,000 17,253,000 Victoria . . . 10,747,000 1,531,000 1,803,000 1,396,000 15,477,000 Queensland . . 6,843,000 492,000 789,000 670,000 8,794,000 Western Australia . . . 3,200,000 307,000 389,000 331,000 4,227,000 South Australia 2,573,000 238,000 347,000 278,000 3,436,000 Tasmania . . . 1,052,000 74,000 116,000 92,000 1,334,000 Northern Territory . . . 664,000 23,000 33,000 18,000 738,000 ------------------------------------------------------------- Totals . . . . 37,557,000 4,188,000 5,326,000 4,188,000 51,259,000