Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE ACT 2008 - SECT 83

  (1)   In this Act:

"block grant authority" means a body corporate that the Minister determines under subsection   ( 2) to be a block grant authority for the purposes of this Part in relation to particular non - government schools in a State.

"capital expenditure" includes expenditure relating to any of the following:

  (a)   investigating the need for:

  (i)   non - government schools in particular areas; or

  (ii)   non - government schools of particular kinds in particular areas; or

  (iii)   buildings (or parts of buildings), other facilities (or parts of other facilities) or equipment;

  (b)   purchasing land, with or without buildings or parts of buildings;

  (c)   planning for the erection, alteration, extension, demolition or refurbishment of a building (or part of a building) or of another facility (or part of another facility);

  (d)   developing or preparing land for building or other purposes;

  (e)   erecting, altering, extending, demolishing or refurbishing a building, part of a building or another facility or part of a facility;

  (f)   installing or upgrading water, electricity or any other services;

  (g)   providing equipment, including information technology equipment;

  (h)   providing furniture;

  (i)   providing library materials or obtaining services and goods for cataloguing a library (or part of a library);

  (j)   the administrative expenses of a block grant authority.

  (2)   For the purposes of the definition of block grant authority in subsection   ( 1), the Minister may determine a body corporate to be a block grant authority.