50Provision of training facilities

##### 50 Provision of training facilities (1) The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, establish a scheme, to be known as the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme, for the vocational training (including training for a professional occupation or for an agricultural occupation) of such classes of discharged members of the Forces and of other persons as the Minister determines. (2) The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, make arrangements with any State for the use, for the purposes of this Part, of any services and facilities of the State in relation to vocational training (including training for a professional occupation or for an agricultural occupation). (3) Any such arrangement may provide for the extension of any such services and facilities of the State and for the use of those services and facilities as extended in pursuance of the arrangement. (4) The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, provide, or arrange for the provision of, facilities in connexion with any such scheme. (5) Subject to such conditions as the Minister determines, the Commonwealth shall pay such allowances and expenses as the Minister determines and may make loans to persons eligible for, or undergoing, training under this Part. (5A) Subject to such limitations (if any) as the Minister determines, where the prescribed authority is satisfied that a person who has obtained a loan under the last preceding subsection is unable to repay the amount of the loan or any interest thereon, or that for any other reason the amount of the loan or any part thereof, or any interest thereon, should be written off, the prescribed authority may write off that amount or interest accordingly. (6) The Commonwealth may, subject to such conditions as the Minister determines, pay tuition and other like fees on behalf of persons undergoing training under this Part. (7) The Commonwealth may, subject to such conditions as the Minister determines, provide or supply to persons undergoing training under this Part, or arrange for the provision or supply to such persons, of such books, equipment, appliances and tools of trade as are necessary in connexion with the training.