Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial assistance to a State for expenditure for a program year in connection with a non - government rural student hostel (the funded hostel ) in the State.
Note: Assistance under this section is in addition to the financial assistance for non - government rural student hostels that is available under section 99.
(2) The amount determined under subsection ( 1) for the funded hostel and the program year must not be more than the amount worked out using the formula:
where:
"number of students for the hostel for the program year" means the number of students who, on the day in the program year determined by the Minister as the census day for hostels in the State in which the hostel is located:
(a) are resident at the funded hostel; and
(b) are undertaking primary or secondary education.