39HVariations of Schedule 20

39H Variations of Schedule 20

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may vary during a program year the amounts set out in Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 20. (2) The Minister must not vary the amounts set out in Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 20 that relate to a year in a way that, after the variation, the total of those amounts is greater or less than the total of those amounts before the variation. (3) As soon as practicable after making the determination, the Minister must:

(a) send a copy of it to the relevant State Minister; and

(b) cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

(4) The variation is to be made by determination in writing.