22Statements of expenditure etc. to be furnished

#### 22 Statements of expenditure etc. to be furnished (1) In addition to the conditions specified in any other provision of this Act, payment of an amount to a State under this Act in respect of a year is subject to the following conditions: (a) that the State will furnish to the Minister for Finance: (i) as soon as practicable after 30 June in that year, a statement, in accordance with a form approved by the Minister for Finance, as to the expenditure by the State during that year out of that amount and as to any sum set aside during that year out of that amount for expenditure by the State but not expended during that year; (ii) as soon as practicable after the expiration of the period of 6 months immediately following the expiration of that year or after the expiration of the further period (if any) approved by the Minister for Finance under paragraph 19(1)(b) or (2)(b), a statement, in accordance with a form approved by the Minister for Finance, as to the expenditure by the State during that period out of any sum set aside but not expended as mentioned in subparagraph (i); and (iii) if the Minister for Finance so directs, a certificate by the Auditor‑General of the State certifying that, in his opinion, such of the contents of a statement referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii) as the Minister for Finance specifies are correct; and (b) that, if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he is satisfied that the State has failed, with respect to that amount, to fulfil the condition specified in paragraph (a), the State will repay that amount, or such part of that amount as the Minister specifies, to the Commonwealth. (2) An amount paid to a State under section 8 that is shown in a statement mentioned in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) as having been expended during the period of 6 months or the further period referred to in that subparagraph shall not be shown to have been expended in any succeeding statement furnished by the State under subsection (1).