23Grants for courses of teacher education provided by non‑government teachers colleges

23 Grants for courses of teacher education provided by non‑government teachers colleges

(1) The Minister may authorize the payment to a State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of recurrent expenditure of the non‑government teachers college situated in that State in providing, in a particular year to which this Act applies, courses of teacher education in respect of that year, of such payments as the Minister approves. (2) The sum of the amounts payable under subsection (1) to a State in which a non‑government teachers college is situated in relation to that non‑government teachers college shall not exceed:

(a) in the case where the non‑government teachers college is Avondale College:

(i) in respect of the year 1982—$890,000;

(ii) in respect of the year 1983—$958,000; or

(iii) in respect of the year 1984—$1,036,000;

(b) in the case where the non‑government teachers college is McAuley College:

(i) in respect of the year 1982—$1,121,000;

(ii) in respect of the year 1983—$1,303,000; or

(iii) in respect of the year 1984—$1,528,000.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to the non‑government teachers college situated in that State, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, on the conditions that:

(a) subject to paragraph (b), the State will, without undue delay, pay to the approved authority of the college an amount equal to each amount paid to the State under this section in relation to the college;

(b) the State will not make a payment to the approved authority of the college under this section unless the approved authority, before or at the time of accepting the first payment under this section, has agreed or agrees with the State to be bound by the following conditions:

(i) the approved authority of the college will ensure that the amount applied for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure incurred, in respect of that year, by the college in the provision in that year of courses of teacher education is not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the approved authority under this section in relation to the college in respect of that year;

(ii) the approved authority of the college will ensure that the college does not charge any student fees in respect of that year or a part of that year in respect of his undertaking a course of teacher education at the college;

(iii) the approved authority will cause to be furnished to the Commission not later than 30 September in the year next following the end of that year:

(A) a certificate by a qualified accountant to the effect that he has satisfied himself that the condition specified in subparagraph (i) has been fulfilled; and