2008

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

Schools Assistance Bill 2008

(Government)

(1)     Clause 15, page 19 (line 20), before “The Minister may”, insert “(1)”.

[financial viability of schools]

(2)     Clause 15, page 20 (lines 4 and 5), omit “if a law of the Commonwealth or a State requires the body or authority to be audited—”, substitute “a law of the Commonwealth or a State requires the body or authority to be audited, and the Minister determines that this paragraph applies because”.

[financial viability of schools]

(3)     Clause 15, page 20 (after line 8), at the end of the clause, add:

             (2)  A determination made under paragraph (1)(c) is not a legislative instrument, but is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

[financial viability of schools]

(4)     Clause 24, page 26 (line 16), after subclause (1), insert:

          (1A)  A funding agreement must not require a report mentioned in subsection (1) to include any information that would identify a particular donor as a funding source of any non-government school or non-government body.

[funding sources]