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INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2002 (NO. 1) 2002 NO. 231

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 231

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Education, Science and Training

Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1)

Section 18 of the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

Section 14 of the Act sets out the appropriations for non-ABSTUDY payments for the period from 1 January 2001 to 30 June 2005. Non-ABSTUDY payments are payments (other than ABSTUDY payments) made for the purposes of the Act to government and non-government Indigenous education providers and advisory bodies, registered educational institutions, individuals, or associated Indigenous education organisations. Payments are made under the Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Program (IESIP) which includes programmes like the National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Strategy, Targeted Outcomes Projects, and English as a Second Language - Indigenous Languages Speaking Students.

Subsection 14(5) allows the making of regulations to increase the appropriations provided for in subsection 14 by reference to changes in an index determined in writing by the Minister for Finance and Administration for the purposes of section 14 of the Act.

The Minister for Finance and Administration has determined in writing the changes in the Wage Cost Index Number 1 (WCI1). The proposed Regulations have the effect of increasing the amounts stated in section 14 by a factor of 1.041, which is the cumulative factor by which the WCI1 has changed from the 1999-00 financial year to the 2001-02 financial year.

The purpose of the proposed Regulations is to make provision for an increase in the amounts that may be payable to organisations and institutions in order to supplement the cost of delivering educational services to Indigenous students for the period from 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2005 in line with changes in the WCI1.

The effect of the proposed Regulations is to provide an additional $2.8 million for the period 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2003 and an additional $8.7 million for the period 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2005.

The Regulations commenced on the date of gazettal.