False or misleading statements—variation of SES score
166 False or misleading statements—variation of SES score
Scope
This section applies if:
a person made a statement relating to the grant of financial assistance for a non‑government body for the purposes of:
an Education Assistance Act; or
an agreement made as mentioned in an Education Assistance Act; and
the statement was made to:
the Minister (the Education Assistance Minister) administering that Act; or
the Secretary of the Department administered by the Education Assistance Minister; or
an APS employee in the Department administered by the Education Assistance Minister; and
the statement was false or misleading in a material particular; and
as a result of the statement, a non‑government school:
obtains a higher funding level for the purposes of meeting recurrent expenditure than, in the Minister’s opinion, the school may have obtained if the statement had not been made; or
obtains a larger amount under Division 8 (remoteness loading) of Part 4 than, in the Minister’s opinion, the school may have obtained if the statement had not been made.
Variation of SES score for the school
The Minister may make a determination under section 75 varying the SES score for the school.
A determination mentioned in subsection (2) may be stated to apply for a program year before the program year in which the determination is made.
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