EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Declaration of List of Other Grants (Research) under Division 41 for 2011
Other Grants Guidelines (Research) 2010
Subject: Higher Education Support Act 2003
Declaration of List of Other Grants (Research) under Division 41 for 2011
Authority
Section 41-50 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (the Act) provides that before the start of a year, the Minister must, by legislative instrument, cause a list to be prepared setting out the maximum amounts of all grants which may be paid in the following year for each purpose of grant specified in the table in section 41-10 (1) of the Act. The Act is jointly administered by the Minster for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research in accordance with the Administrative Arrangements Orders of 14 October 2010. The authority of the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, under the Act, is limited to the grants listed as Items 7, 8, 10 and 11(b) in the table in section 41-10 (1) and subsection 46-10(b) of the Act.
List of Maximum Amounts
The list of maximum amounts of Other Grants (Research) for payment in 2011 sets out:
- Each item in the table in section 41-10 (1) of the Act that the Minister’s declaration covers;
- The purpose of each grant of the specified items from the table in section 41-10(1) of the Act; and
- The maximum amounts declared by the Minister for each of the specified items from the table in section 41-10(1) of the Act.
In the notes to the List of Maximum Amounts the relevant grant programs which apply to each category of grant is provided, along with other explanatory information.
Consultation and Financial Implications
The financial aspects of the list were prepared in consultation with the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations which has joint responsibility for the administration of the Act, as follows:
- to ensure the maximum amounts did not exceed the calendar year maximum amounts legislated under the Act for each of the specified items from the table in section 41-10(1) of the Act; and
- to ensure the maximum amounts did not exceed the financial year maximum amounts appropriated under the Portfolio Budget Statements 2010-11 for each of the specified items from the table in section 41-10(1) of the Act.