6AAdvances

6A Advances

(1) The Minister may, by writing, at such times as the Minister thinks fit, authorise the making to a participating State of an advance on account of an amount of financial assistance that is expected to become payable to that State under section 6 in respect of expenditure by that State in a relevant period for or in connection with an approved home care service scheme, and the terms and conditions that would be applicable to a payment of such an amount of financial assistance are applicable to any such advance. (2) If the total amount of advances paid to a participating State under subsection (1) on account of an amount of financial assistance that is expected to become payable to that State under section 6 in respect of expenditure by that State in a relevant period for or in connection with an approved home care service scheme exceeds the total amount of financial assistance that is so payable, an amount equal to the amount of that excess: (a) may be deducted by the Commonwealth from the amount of financial assistance that would, but for this provision, be payable to that State under section 6 in respect of the expenditure by that State for or in connection with that scheme in a succeeding relevant period; or (b) is recoverable by the Commonwealth from that participating State as a debt due to the Commonwealth.