60Limits on grants under section 59

60 Limits on grants under section 59

(1) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under section 59, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of recurrent expenditure in connection with approved professional development activities, other than approved professional development activities of the kind referred to in subsection (2), that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 14 opposite to the name of the State. (2) The Minister shall not authorize payments to the States under section 59 by way of financial assistance to the States in respect of recurrent expenditure in connection with approved professional development activities involving:

(a) the temporary transfer of teachers at government schools or non‑government schools in Australia to different schools in Australia or New Zealand or otherwise than to such schools for the purpose of improving the experience, knowledge or skills, in relation to primary education or secondary education, of those teachers and of persons with whom they come into contact during temporary transfer; or

(b) the provision of assistance to parents of students at government schools or non‑government schools, and other members of the community interested in education at those schools, to improve their experience, knowledge or skills in relation to primary education or secondary education;

that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in Part II of Schedule 14.