22Limits on grants under section 21 etc.

22 Limits on grants under section 21 etc.

(1) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under section 21 that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in column 6 of Schedule 7 opposite to the name of the State. (2) Where a maximum amount is specified under subsection 20(2) in relation to a project, the Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under section 21, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of expenditure in relation to the project, of amounts that exceed, in the aggregate, that maximum amount. (3) At any time, and from time to time, during the year 1984, but subject to subsection (4), the Minister may direct that this Act has effect as if some or all of the amounts specified in column 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of Schedule 7 opposite to the names of States were varied in accordance with the direction, and, where the Minister gives a direction with respect to the variation of those amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this section), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule, as from the commencing day, in substitution for those amounts, those amounts as so varied. (4) A direction given under subsection (3) shall not provide for the variation of any amounts specified in column 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of Schedule 7 in such a way that, after the variation, the aggregate of the amounts specified in that column 6 opposite to the names of States is greater or less than the total amount for all the States specified in that column. (5) As soon as practicable after the Minister has given a direction under subsection (3), the Minister shall cause a statement setting out particulars of the direction to be laid before each House of the Parliament.