States Grants (Education Assistance—Participation and Equity) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986
No. 156 of 1986
An Act to amend the States Grants (Education Assistance—Participation and Equity) Act 1983, and for related purposes
[Assented to 18 December 1986]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Education Assistance—Participation and Equity) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986.
(2) The States Grants (Education Assistance—Participation and Equity) Act 19831 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Grants for expenditure in connection with approved projects and programs for government schools
3. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “18 and 24” and substituting “8c and 18”.
4. After section 8b of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Limit on grants under section 7 in respect of 1987
“8c. The Minister shall not authorise payments to a State under section 7 in respect of the year 1987 that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 10 opposite to the name of the State.”.
Grants for expenditure in connection with approved projects or programs for systemic schools
5. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “24” and substituting “12c”.
Grants for expenditure in connection with approved projects or programs for non-systemic schools
6. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “24” and substituting “12c”.
7. After section 12b of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Limit on grants under Part in respect of 1987
“12c. The Minister shall not authorise payments to a State under this Part in respect of the year 1987 that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 11 opposite to the name of the State.”.
Grants for expenditure in connection with approved projects or programs for technical and further education institutions, &c.
8. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “18 and 24” and substituting “15c and 18”.
9. After section 15b of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Limit on grants under section 14 in respect of 1987
“15c. The Minister shall not authorise payments to a State under section 14 in respect of the year 1987 that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 12 opposite to the name of the State.”.
Grants for expenditure in relation to other approved projects or programs
10. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “sections 18 and 24” and substituting “section 18”.
Limits on grants in respect of 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987
11. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1b) “$39,879,000” and substituting “$40,542,000”; and
(b) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-sections:
“(2) The Minister shall not authorise prescribed payments in respect of the year 1987 that exceed, in the aggregate, $41,243,000.
“(3) In this section, ‘prescribed payment’ means a payment to a State under section 7, 14 or 17.”.
Grants for expenditure in relation to approved projects or programs of national significance
12. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “sections 21 and 24” and substituting “section 21”.
Limits on grants under section 20 in respect of 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987
13. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-section (3) “$335,000” and substituting “$342,000”; and
(b) by adding at the end the following sub-section:
“(4) The Minister shall not authorise payments to the States under section 20 in respect of the year 1987 that exceed, in the aggregate, $345,000.”.
Grants for expenditure in relation to approved projects or programs related to Aboriginal education
14. Section 22a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “sections 22b and 24” and substituting “section 22b”.
Limits on grants under section 22a in respect of 1985, 1986 and 1987
15. Section 22b of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-section (2) “$592,000” and substituting “$606,000”; and
(b) by adding at the end the following sub-section:
“(3) The Minister shall not authorise payments to the States under section 22a in respect of the year 1987 that exceed, in the aggregate, $612,000.”.
Repeal of section 24
16. Section 24 of the Principal Act is repealed.
17. After section 25b of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Transfer of amounts between Schedules 10 and 12
“25c. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the Commonwealth Education Minister may, at the request of the State Education Minister of a State, declare that this Act shall have effect as if there were substituted for the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 10, and the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 12, opposite to the name of the State, such other amounts as are respectively specified in the declaration, being amounts the sum of which is equal to the sum of the first-mentioned amount and the second-mentioned amount and, where the Minister so declares, this Act shall have effect accordingly.
“(2) The Minister shall not, in a declaration under sub-section (1), specify, as the amount to be substituted for the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 10, or Column 2 of Schedule 12, opposite to the name of a State, an amount that is less than the sum of the amounts of the payments to the State that have previously been authorised by the Minister in respect of the year 1987 under section 7 or 14, as the case may be.”.
Schedules
18. Schedules 7, 8 and 9 of the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Act are substituted.
Payments made before Royal Assent
19. 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.
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SCHEDULE Section 18
NEW SCHEDULES 7 TO 12 (INCLUSIVE) TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT
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SCHEDULE 7 Section 8b
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS—1986
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
New South Wales.................................. | 7,202,000 |
Victoria........................................ | 5,692,000 |
Queensland...................................... | 3,789,000 |
Western Australia.................................. | 2,150,000 |
SCHEDULE 7—continued
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
South Australia................................... | 1,945,000 |
Tasmania....................................... | 694,000 |
Northern Territory................................. | 245,000 |
Total..................................... | 21,717,000 |
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SCHEDULE 8 Section 12b
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS—1986
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
New South Wales.................................. | 809,000 |
Victoria........................................ | 801,000 |
Queensland...................................... | 409,000 |
Western Australia.................................. | 206,000 |
South Australia................................... | 175,000 |
Tasmania....................................... | 68,000 |
Northern Territory................................. | 29,000 |
Total..................................... | 2,497,000 |
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SCHEDULE 9 Section 15b
TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS—1986
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
New South Wales.................................. | 6,984,000 |
Victoria........................................ | 4,175,000 |
Queensland...................................... | 3,199,000 |
Western Australia.................................. | 1,833,000 |
South Australia................................... | 1,821,000 |
Tasmania....................................... | 640,000 |
Northern Territory................................. | 173,000 |
Total..................................... | 18,825,000 |
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SCHEDULE 10 Section 8c
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS—1987
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
New South Wales.................................. | 7,277,000 |
Victoria........................................ | 5,751,000 |
Queensland...................................... | 3,826,000 |
Western Australia.................................. | 2,175,000 |
South Australia................................... | 1,968,000 |
Tasmania....................................... | 702,000 |
Northern Territory................................. | 247,000 |
Total..................................... | 21,946,000 |
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SCHEDULE 11 Section 12c
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS—1987
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
New South Wales.................................. | 821,000 |
Victoria........................................ | 806,000 |
Queensland...................................... | 414,000 |
Western Australia.................................. | 208,000 |
South Australia................................... | 176,000 |
Tasmania....................................... | 68,000 |
Northern Territory................................. | 29,000 |
Total..................................... | 2,522,000 |
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SCHEDULE 12 Section 15c
TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS—1987
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
New South Wales.................................. | 7,158,000 |
Victoria........................................ | 4,279,000 |
Queensland...................................... | 3,280,000 |
Western Australia.................................. | 1,879,000 |
SCHEDULE 12—continued
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
South Australia................................... | 1,868,000 |
Tasmania....................................... | 655,000 |
Northern Territory................................. | 178,000 |
Total..................................... | 19,297,000 |
NOTE
1. No. 118, 1983, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 51, 72 and 128, 1984; Nos. 62 and 162, 1985; and No. 65, 1986.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 22 October 1986
Senate on 14 November 1986]