39BLiteracy and learning projects—general element

39B Literacy and learning projects—general element

(1) The Minister may, by determination in writing, authorise the payment to a State for the 1991 program year of an amount by way of financial assistance for recurrent expenditure for that year for professional development programs related to enhancing literacy and learning at secondary level. (2) The sum of any amounts paid to a State under subsection (1) for the program year must not exceed the amount set out, opposite the name of the State, in relation to that year in Part 2 of Schedule 18. (3) The Minister must not authorise a payment to a State for the program year unless the State has made an agreement with the Commonwealth for that year, or for a number of years including that year, being an agreement of a kind specified by the Minister that sets out conditions on which financial assistance is granted to the State under that subsection. (4) Financial assistance is granted to a State for the program year under subsection (1):

(a) on the conditions set out in the agreement; and

(b) on the condition that, if the State does not comply with a condition specified in the agreement relating to the grant within the time (if any) specified in the agreement for fulfilling the condition:

(i) the State will, if the Minister so determines, repay the Commonwealth an amount determined by the Minister, being an amount not exceeding the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (1) for the program year; and

(ii) the Minister may delay making any further payment to the State under subsection (1) until the State fulfils the condition.