26Payment of funds from Commonwealth

26 Payment of funds from Commonwealth

(1)  In this section –

national partnership payment means a payment made to Tasmania under section 16 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 of the Commonwealth;

national specific purpose payment means a payment made to Tasmania under section 12 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 of the Commonwealth.

(2)  The Minister is to ensure that Commonwealth financial assistance paid to Tasmania –

(a) as a national specific purpose payment for the purposes of skills and workforce development; or

(b) as a national partnership payment in relation to vocational education, training, skills, workforce development or any one or combination of these matters –

is applied to expenditure as specified in the national specific purpose payment or national partnership payment or as otherwise required by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 of the Commonwealth.