(1) The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into a written agreement with a body corporate under which the Commonwealth makes one or more grants of money to the body for the following purposes:
(a) facilitating frequent and regular contact with the community by care recipients to whom residential care or home care is provided;
(b) helping such care recipients to maintain independence through contact with people in the community;
(c) assisting such care recipients from particular linguistic or cultural backgrounds to maintain contact with people from similar backgrounds.
A grant of money under this subsection is a community visitors grant .
(2) A * community visitors grant is payable to a body:
(a) at such time as is specified in the agreement; and
(b) in full or in such instalments as are specified in the agreement.