Schools Assistance (Learning Together Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3) (Cth)

Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 311

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Schools assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004.

Dated 30 November 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

JULIE BISHOP

Minister for Education, Science and Training

1. Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3).

1. Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

1. Amendment of Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Regulations 2005

Schedule 1 amends the Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Regulations 2005.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]          Regulation 4.2

substitute

4.2Changes to grants for literacy, numeracy and special learning needs

(1)For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, the amounts mentioned in the table for a program year are specified for columns 3 and 5 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Act for that program year.

Grants for literacy, numeracy and special learning needs
Column 1	Column 3 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9	Column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9
Program year	Grants for schools: guarantee amount ($’000)	Grants for non‑gov’t centres: guarantee amount ($’000)
2005	7 233	3 118
2006	5 421	2 278
2007	7 373	2 736
2008	9 815	2 736

(2)For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, an amount mentioned in the table for a program year is specified for column 6 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Act for that program year.

Grants for literacy, numeracy and special learning needs
Column 1	Column 6 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9
Program year	Grants for national projects ($’000)
2006	14 096
2007	14 448

[2]          After regulation 4.5

insert

4.6Changes to capital grants for government schools

For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, an amount mentioned in the table for a program year is specified for column 3 of the table in Schedule 3 to the Act for that program year.

Capital grants for government schools
Column 1	Column 3 of the table in Schedule 3
Program year	Amount of capital infrastructure grants ($’000)
2006	429 520
2007	235 380

4.7Changes to grants of short term emergency assistance for non‑government schools

For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, an amount mentioned in the table for a program year is specified for column 2 of the table in Schedule 7 to the Act for that program year.

Grants of short term emergency assistance
Column 1	Column 2 of the table in Schedule 7
Program year	Amount of grants ($’000)
2006	387
2007	1 387

4.8Changes to grants for targeted assistance

For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, an amount mentioned in the table for a program year is specified for column 3 of the table in Schedule 8 to the Act for that program year.

Capital grants for non‑government schools
Column 1	Column 3 of the table in Schedule 8
Program year	Grants to foster languages education ($’000)
2006	24 685
2007	26 293

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See