Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00855:schedule:1:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00855
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 8/9)
Character Range: 22969–25946

$30 million of the total allocation for capital purposes (ie, the Infrastructure Programme) for recurrent purposes to achieve additional VET activity. The additional VET activity funded from this flexibility, commensurate with the funds reallocated to recurrent purposes, will be over and above current outputs/outcomes measured for the purpose of this paragraph.

30. The Commonwealth's commitment to maintain current levels of funding in real terms applies to the funding appropriated under the Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992 in respect of 2000, amounting to $931.415 million.

31. The Commonwealth and the States/Territories acknowledge that expansion of VET, including New Apprenticeships, will play an important part in developing the broad skills base needed to support innovation in enterprises. To this end, the Commonwealth will provide additional funding of $50 million over the indexed 2000 base in 2001, $75 million over the indexed 2000 base in 2002 and $100 million over the indexed 2000 base in 2003 as a contribution to growth, including in the number of New Apprentices. The amounts for 2002 and 2003 will be subject to indexation.

32. The additional Commonwealth funding will be allocated among the States/Territories on a per capita share basis. A State/Territory will receive its share of this funding for a year only if it gives a commitment to provide additional State‑sourced funding equal to the amount of Commonwealth funding provided under paragraph 31 for that year (using State‑sourced expenditure for the 1999‑2000 financial year within the ANTA Agreement scope and boundaries as the base). If a State/Territory gives a commitment to match only part of its share, it will receive Commonwealth funding equal to that part. Should a State/Territory decline to provide some or all of the additional State‑sourced funding, the Commonwealth Minister may make available the surplus amount that would have been that State/Territory's share (or part thereof) of the additional Commonwealth funding for allocation to other States/Territories, subject to those States/Territories agreeing to provide an equal amount of State‑sourced funding. The additional VET activity funded from the combined additional Commonwealth and State/Territory funding for each State/Territory will be over and above current outputs/outcomes measured for the purpose of paragraph 29.

33. The additional Commonwealth funding referred to in paragraph 31 will be paid to a State/Territory in any year only if the State/Territory complies with the User Choice Policy and Principles, as agreed by the Ministerial Council in November 2000, the Ministerial Council approves the State's/Territory's Annual VET Plan for that year (which must include a report on progress against the previous year's Annual VET Plan) and the Commonwealth Minister concurs in that approval on the basis that the VET Plan is satisfactory in respect of the requirements in paragraph 25 for