65Specified bodies corporate and extra conditions of eligibility

65 Specified bodies corporate and extra conditions of eligibility

(1) The following bodies corporate are specified for the purposes of subitem 11(c) of the table in subsection 41‑10(1) of the Act as eligible to receive a grant under this program: (a) a body corporate that the Minister is satisfied has, or will have, a physical operational presence in a Remoteness Area categorised under the ABS Remoteness Structure as Inner Regional Australia, Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia or Very Remote Australia; (b) a body corporate that is a registered entity (within the meaning of the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012); (c) a Table B provider; (d) a higher education provider to which the Minister has allocated Commonwealth supported places under section 30‑10 of the Act.

Note: Table A providers are also eligible to receive grants under a program specified for the purposes of item 11 of the table in subsection 41‑10(1) of the Act.

(2) However a body corporate mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is only eligible where they are able to satisfy the Minister that: (a) the body corporate, and each person who makes, or participates in making, decisions that affect the whole, or a substantial part, of the body’s affairs, is a fit and proper person within the meaning of the Act; and (b) the body corporate is, and is likely to remain, financially viable.