32Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with programs of adult education provided by non‑government bodies

32 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with programs of adult education provided by non‑government bodies

(1) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may approve a body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that is recommended to the Commission by the Minister of a State who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters relating to technical and further education in the State as the approved authority of that State for the purposes of this section. (2) The Commission may revoke or vary any approval given under subsection (1). (3) There is payable to a State specified in Schedule 14, for the purpose of financial assistance in connection with programs of adult education to be carried out in a year to which this Part applies in the State, the amount specified in Schedule 14 in relation to the State and to that year. (4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect of a year to which this Part applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the approved authority of the State without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the approved authority of the State in making contributions towards the recurrent expenditure of a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in connection with the provision, in that year, by that body, or those bodies, of courses of adult education is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (3) in respect of that year; and

(c) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by an approved auditor in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the approved authority of the State in making contributions towards the recurrent expenditure of a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in connection with the provision, in that year, by that body, or those bodies, of courses of adult education.

(5) In this section:

(a) a reference to a relevant body is a reference to a body (other than a body established by or on behalf of the Government of a State) that is not conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals; and

(b) a reference to a course of adult education, in relation to a relevant body, is a reference to a part‑time course of education, being a course in respect of which:

(i) attendance is voluntary; and

(ii) no award is made, in respect of the completion of the course, or of a part of the course, that is intended as a qualification for any employment.