18Minister may make determinations authorising payments

18 Minister may make determinations authorising payments

(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial assistance under this Act to a State or an ATC authority. (2) However, the Minister must not make a determination authorising payment of financial assistance to an ATC authority if: (a) the Minister has determined eligibility criteria for the payment of financial assistance under this Act to the ATC authority for the ATC concerned; and (b) the Minister is satisfied that the eligibility criteria are not fulfilled. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the Minister is satisfied that, in the circumstances, the payment should be authorised despite the non‑fulfilment of the eligibility criteria. (4) The sum of the amounts authorised to be paid under subsection (1) for a year must not be more than the amount in the following table for the year:

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:55pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:165.3pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Financial assistance</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:49.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Column 1</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Year</span></p></td><td style="width:71.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Column 2</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Amount ($)</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:22.3pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">1</span></p></td><td style="width:49.8pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">2005</span></p></td><td style="width:71.8pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">15,810,000</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">2</span></p></td><td style="width:49.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">2006</span></p></td><td style="width:71.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">118,357,080</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">3</span></p></td><td style="width:49.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">2007</span></p></td><td style="width:71.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">148,981,588</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">4</span></p></td><td style="width:49.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">2008</span></p></td><td style="width:71.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">118,400,087</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">5</span></p></td><td style="width:49.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">2009</span></p></td><td style="width:71.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">96,603,544</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">6</span></p></td><td style="width:49.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">2010</span></p></td><td style="width:71.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">15,823,000</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">7</span></p></td><td style="width:49.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">2011</span></p></td><td style="width:71.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:10pt">16,951,000</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>