12ABTransitional financial assistance for employment services

#### 12AB Transitional financial assistance for employment services (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may approve the making of a grant of financial assistance to a State or eligible organisation in relation to the provision by the State or organisation of an employment service for persons included in the target group. (2) The Minister must not approve the making of a grant under subsection (1) unless: (a) the Minister is satisfied that the making of the grant would: (i) further the objects of this Act set out in section 3 and the principles and objectives formulated under section 5; and (ii) comply with the guidelines formulated under section 5 that are applicable to the making of grants under subsection (1); and (b) both of the following apply: (i) the Minister has determined a day by which the State or organisation must obtain a certificate of compliance in respect of the service for which the grant is sought; (ii) the State or organisation has given a written notice to the Minister, in accordance with the procedure set out in the relevant guidelines formulated under section 5, stating its intention to seek to obtain such a certificate on or before that day; and (c) the Minister is satisfied that the State or organisation is meeting the standards that were the applicable standards in respect of the service under this Act as in force when the pre‑2002‑03 grant was approved. (3) The Minister may make determinations for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b)(i) and may vary such a determination so as to fix a later day than the day specified in the determination. However, the day specified in a determination, or in a determination as varied, cannot be later than 31 December 2004. (4) A grant of financial assistance under this section to a State or eligible organisation in relation to the provision of an employment service is subject to the following conditions: (a) a condition that the State or organisation meets the standards referred to in paragraph (2)(c) at all times before: (i) the day determined by the Minister for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b)(i) in relation to the service; or (ii) the day on which the State or organisation receives, or first receives, a certificate of compliance in respect of the service; whichever is the earlier; (b) a condition that the State or organisation holds a current certificate of compliance in respect of the service at all times on and after the day applying under paragraph (a) and before the end of the period to which the grant relates.