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INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE 1998-2000) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2000 (NO. 1) 2000 NO. 302

STATUTORY RULES 2000 No. 302

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs

Indigenous Education (Supplementary Assistance) Act 1989

Indigenous Education (Supplementary Assistance 1998-2000) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)

Section 15 of the Indigenous Education (Supplementary Assistance) Act 1989 (the Act), provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

The purpose of these regulations is to amend the Indigenous Education (Supplementary Assistance 19982000) Regulations (the Regulations) to allow the payment of cost supplementation for funds to organisations and institutions to supplement the cost of delivering educational services to Indigenous students for the period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2001.

Section 13C of the Act provides that the regulations may state numbers to be used to vary the amounts of supplementary assistance specified in subsection 13B(8). The amounts are to be supplemented to reflect inflation by multiplying the amounts by "a stated number" reflected in the Regulations.

These regulations amend the regulations by specifying "a stated number" for the period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2001 to supplement funding appropriated by subsection 13B(8). The "stated number" reflects movements in an Index determined by the Minister for Finance and Administration. The Index determined for this purpose is the Wage Cost Index Number 1 (WCI1) which is the composite index comprising 75 per cent Safety Net Adjustment and 25 per cent Treasury Measurement of Underlying Inflation. The latest available WCI1 is for the 1999-00 financial year.

These regulations have the effect of providing for the appropriation for the period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2001 to be supplemented for a 1.5% movement in the WCI1 index between the 1998 and 1999 calendar years resulting in a stated number of 1. 0 15. These regulations provide an additional $1.92 million in supplementary assistance for the period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2001.

The Regulations apply retrospectively from 1 January 2000. The requirements of subsection 48(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 have not been contravened as the amendments provide supplementary funding and no person has been disadvantaged. A Regulation Impact Statement was not required because the Regulations have no impact on business.

The Regulations commenced on the date of Gazettal.

Details of the regulations are attached.