Grants for libraries and for library material and equipment
4 Grants for libraries and for library material and equipment
—(1.) The Minister may authorize the payment to a State, under this Act, during the period to which this Act applies, by way of financial assistance, of such amounts as, subject to this section, he determines.
(2.) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under the last preceding sub-section that—
exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in the sixth column of the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the State;
in the case of payments authorized on or before the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two—exceed, in the aggregate, one-third of that amount; or
in the case of payments authorized on or before the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three—exceed, in the aggregate, two-thirds of that amount.
(3.) Payment of an amount to a State under this Act is subject to the condition that the amount will be applied by the State, as approved by the Minister, for purposes in connexion with libraries at secondary schools and for the acquisition of library material and equipment for use in such libraries.
(4.) The Minister shall not grant an approval under the last preceding sub-section for the application of an amount by a State in respect of a secondary school where—
in the case of a secondary school conducted by the State—if the approval were granted, the total of the amounts approved in respect of secondary schools conducted by the State would exceed the amount specified in the second column of the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the State;
in the case of a secondary school not conducted by the State, being a Roman Catholic secondary school—if the approval were granted, the total of the amounts approved in respect of
secondary schools in the State not conducted by the State, being Roman Catholic secondary schools, would exceed the amount specified in the third column of the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the State; or
in the case of a secondary school not conducted by the State, not being a Roman Catholic secondary school—if the approval were granted, the total of the amounts approved in respect of secondary schools in the State not conducted by the State, not being Roman Catholic secondary schools, would exceed the amount specified in the fourth column of the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the State.
Regulations may vary amounts.
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