15Additional conditions

15 Additional conditions

In addition to conditions specified in any other provision of this Act, an amount of financial assistance to a State under this Act is granted on the conditions that: (a) if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he or she is satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil the conditions applicable to that amount, the State will repay that amount, or such part of that amount as the Minister specifies, to the Commonwealth; (b) if that amount exceeds the amount properly payable, the State will repay the excess to the Commonwealth; (c) in the case of an amount of financial assistance that is paid to a State in respect of an approved project under section 12—the work or other matter constituting the project will be carried out in accordance with particulars of that work or matter approved under section 5; and (d) in the case of an amount of financial assistance that is paid by the State to a body, being a college of advanced education or a body administering a college of advanced education, a student residence or an affiliated college—the State will ensure that that body furnishes to the Commission, not later than 9 months after the end of the year in which the payment is made by the State, a statement in writing signed by the Auditor‑General of the State or by a qualified accountant to the effect that he or she has satisfied himself or herself that the amount has been applied in accordance with this Act.