States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977

An Act relating to the grant of financial assistance to the States in connexion with universities, colleges of advanced education and technical and further education institutions

Part I—Preliminary

1 Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977.

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

building project means:

(a) the purchase of land, with or without buildings;

(b) the planning, erection, alteration or extension of a building or other facilities;

(d) the installation of water, electricity or other services.

college of advanced education means:

(a) an institution that is a college of advanced education for the purposes of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 other than such an institution that is situated in a Territory;

(b) the New South Wales Higher Education Board;

(d) the Victoria Institute of Colleges;

(e) the Board of Advanced Education of Queensland;

(f) the South Australian Board of Advanced Education; or

(g) the Western Australian Teacher Education Authority.

commencing day means the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Commission means the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission established by the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977.

qualified auditor means, in relation to the furnishing of a statement, for the purposes of a condition of a grant of financial assistance to a State under this Act, in relation to a University, a college of advanced education or a student residence or affiliated college of a University or college of advanced education:

(a) the Auditor‑General of the State;

(b) a person who is registered as a company auditor or public accountant under a law in force in a State or Territory;

(d) a person approved by the Commission as a person competent to furnish such a statement;

other than such a person who is employed by the University, by the college or by the body administering the college, student residence or affiliated college, as the case may be.

technical and further education institution means:

(a) an institution (other than a university or school), situated in a State, that provides technical and further education, being an institution conducted by, or on behalf of, the Government of a State; or

(b) an institution situated in a State, or a proposed institution to be situated in a State, that is specified in a direction for the time being in force under section 5 of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977.

University means an institution that is a University for the purposes of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 other than such an institution that is situated in a Territory.

(2) Where the Minister is satisfied that an institution, being a University, college of advanced education or technical and further education institution that is known by a name other than a name specified in a Schedule is substantially identical with an institution specified in a Schedule, the Minister may, in his discretion and with the approval of the State in which the first‑mentioned institution is situated, by instrument in writing, declare that he is so satisfied, and, upon the making of the declaration, the first‑mentioned institution shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the institution so specified in that Schedule.

(3) For the purposes of this Act:

(a) a State shall be deemed to have paid moneys to a college of advanced education that is not a body corporate if it has paid those moneys to the body administering that college; and

(b) a college of advanced education that is not a body corporate shall be deemed to have done any act or thing that is required or permitted by this Act to be done if the body administering the college has done that act or thing.

4 Approval of, and directions relating to, building projects

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister:

(a) may approve a building project (other than a minor building project within the meaning of Part II) submitted to him by a University as an approved building project of the University in respect of the year 1978;

(b) may approve a building project (other than a minor building project or a planning project within the meaning of Part III) submitted to him by a State as an approved building project of the college in respect of the year 1978;

(c) may approve a building project (other than a minor building project within the meaning of Part IV) submitted to him by a State as an approved building project of a technical and further education institution in respect of the year 1978; and

(d) may direct that information included in a specified class of information be furnished to the Commission in respect of building projects (not being minor building projects of technical and further education institutions) included in a specified class of building projects at such times and in such manner as are specified in the direction.

(2) The building projects that may be approved by the Minister under subsection (1) are building projects additional to the building projects specified in Schedule 7.

(3) Where the Minister approves a building project under subsection (1), the Minister shall also approve:

(a) an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project; and

(b) an amount of expenditure, not exceeding the estimated expenditure on the project in the year 1978, as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(4) As soon as practicable after the Minister has approved a building project under subsection (1), the Minister shall cause a statement specifying the project, the approved cost of the project and the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978 to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

(5) For the purposes of this Act, the Commission may, after consideration of information furnished to it with respect to a building project of a University or a building project of a college of advanced education, or a technical and further education institution, in a State, being a building project specified in Schedule 7 or a building project approved by the Minister or by the Commission in respect of the year 1978, give directions to the University, or to the State, as the case may be, with respect to the manner in which the project is to be carried out.

(6) The Minister may vary or revoke an approval or direction given by him under this section and the Commission may vary or revoke a direction given by it under this section.

Part II—Universities

5 Interpretation

(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

capital expenditure means expenditure on a building project.

minor building project in relation to a University, means a building project included in a class of building projects determined by the Minister to be a class of minor building projects in respect of that University, or of a class of Universities in which that University is included.

university purposes, in relation to a University, means:

(a) the general teaching and research purposes of the University in connexion with courses of study provided by that University (including preparatory work in connexion with proposed courses of study); and

(b) building projects of the University, not being building projects that involve the purchase of land, in relation to each of which the total expenditure does not exceed $30,000 or an amount equal to 0.25 per centum of the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1 in relation to that University, whichever is the lesser amount.

recurrent expenditure means expenditure that is not capital expenditure.

(2) In this Act, a reference to a teaching hospital of a University shall be read as including a reference to a hospital in which students enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine, or School of Medicine, of that University receive clinical instruction.

(3) Where a building project of a University consists of, or includes, the erection, alteration or extension of a building, that project shall be deemed to include the provision of furnishings for the building, or for the altered parts or the extensions of the building, as the case may be.

6 Grants for expenditure on university purposes

(1) In relation to each University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the expenditure of the University for university purposes in respect of the year 1978, the amount specified in Column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that University.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a University on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University for university purposes in respect of the year 1978 is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (1) in relation to the University;

(c) the State will ensure that no University situated in the State charges fees in respect of the year 1978, or any part of that year;

(d) the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the University for university purposes in respect of the year 1978; and

(e) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission by the University, not later than such date as the Commission specifies, such statistical and other information as the Commission requires from the University in respect of the provision of tertiary education by the University during the year 1978.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 2 on the further condition that the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University for university purposes in respect of the year 1978, being purposes included in the purposes specified in Column 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to the University, is not less than the amount specified in Column 3 of Schedule 2 in relation to those purposes.

(3A) Where the amount expended by a University on university purposes (within the meaning of the States Grants (Universities Assistance) Act 1976) in respect of the year 1977 exceeded the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State in which that University was situated in relation to recurrent expenditure by that University on those purposes in respect of that year under section 5 of that Act, then, for the purposes of this Act, an amount equal to the excess in respect of that year shall be treated as if it had been expended by the University on university purposes (within the meaning of this Act) in respect of the year 1978.

(4) In this section, fees means tuition, examination, matriculation and other fees payable to a University by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, the University in connexion with a course of study or attendance at the University, and includes fees payable to the University in respect of the conferring of a degree or diploma, but does not include:

(a) fees the payment of which is voluntary;

(b) fees payable in respect of an organization of students, or of students and other persons, or in respect of the provision to students of amenities or services that are not of an academic nature;

(d) fees payable in connexion with, or in connexion with attendance for the purposes of, studies that are not included in the studies that are required or permitted to be undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a degree or diploma of the University.

7 Special research grants

(1) In relation to each University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 3, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to research expenses of the University in respect of the year 1978, the amount specified in Column 2 of that Schedule in relation to the University.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a University on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University for the purpose of meeting the research expenses of the University in respect of the year 1978 is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to the University; and

(c) the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the University for the purpose of meeting the research expenses of the University in respect of the year 1978.

8 Grants for equipment

(1) A University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 4 may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Commission proposals for expenditure on equipment for use by the University.

(2) The Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it by a University under subsection (1) as an approved proposal of the University in respect of the year 1978 subject to such conditions as the Commission determines, and may revoke or vary any such proposal.

(3) Subject to subsection (5), in relation to each University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 4, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the University in connexion with an approved proposal or approved proposals of the University in respect of the year 1978, the amount specified in Column 2 of that Schedule in relation to the University.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to a University on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the University in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the University in respect of the year 1978, being amounts expended before 1 January 1979 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to the University; and

(c) the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by the University in respect of the year 1978, being expenditure that occurred before 1 January 1979 or that occurred on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date.

(5) Financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to a University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 5 is granted on the further condition that the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the University in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the University on equipment specified in Column 2 of Schedule 5 in relation to the University in respect of the year 1978, being amounts expended before 1 January 1979 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date is not less than the amount specified in Column 3 of Schedule 5 in relation to that equipment.

9 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges

(1) There is payable to each State, for the purposes of financial assistance in relation to student residences and affiliated colleges of Universities situated in that State, in respect of the year 1978, amounts determined in accordance with this section.

(2) In relation to each student residence of a University, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, in respect of the year 1978:

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $9,384 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $146.40 by the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in respect of that student residence; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $331.59 by the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that student residence;

whichever is the lesser amount.

(3) In relation to each affiliated college of a University, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, in respect of the year 1978, an amount ascertained by multiplying the basic grant in respect of that college by the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that college.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college is:

(a) if the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that college is less than 50—$331.59;

(b) if the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that college is more than 49 but less than 75—$331.59 reduced by $2.50 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 50;

(c) if the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that college is more than 74 but less than 100—$269.02 reduced by $1.25 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 75; and

(d) if the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that college is more than 99—$237.74 reduced by $0.20 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.

(5) For the purposes of subsections (2), (3) and (4), the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to a student residence or an affiliated college shall be ascertained, subject to subsection (6), by adding:

(a) the number of resident full‑time undergraduate students at that student residence or affiliated college in that year;

(b) one‑half of the number of resident full‑time post‑graduate students at that student residence or affiliated college in that year; and

(c) one‑tenth of the number of non‑resident students receiving tutorial assistance at that student residence or affiliated college in that year.

(6) Where, but for this subsection, the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to a student residence or affiliated college ascertained in accordance with subsection (5) would include a fraction, the prescribed number of students is:

(a) if the fraction is not less than one‑half—one more than the number so ascertained, disregarding the fraction; or

(b) in any other case—the number so ascertained, disregarding the fraction.

(7) Where a student residence or an affiliated college, or a part of such a residence or college was not in use during the whole of the academic year comprised in the year 1978, the Commission may determine that an amount payable under this section in respect of that year in relation to that residence or college shall be such part only of the amount that would otherwise be payable as the Commission thinks appropriate.

(8) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to a student residence or affiliated college of a University on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University or to the body administering the student residence or affiliated college without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University or other body administering the student residence or affiliated college, for the provision of tutorial assistance to students of, or for meeting the administrative costs of, the student residence or affiliated college in respect of the year 1978, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to that student residence or affiliated college; and

(c) the State will ensure that the University or other body administering the student residence or affiliated college furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the University or other body for the provision of the tutorial assistance, or for meeting the administrative costs, referred to in paragraph (b).

(9) For the purposes of subsection (5), the number of students at a student residence, or affiliated college, included in a class of students referred to in that subsection in the year 1978 is the number that is the average of the maximum numbers of students of that class during the several terms of that year.

(10) This section does not apply in relation to a student residence or affiliated college that does not provide collegiate accommodation.

(11) In this section:

affiliated college, in relation to a University means a residential college (not being a student residence) affiliated with the University and approved by the Commission, for the purpose of this Act, as an affiliated college.

collegiate accommodation means residential accommodation (including related facilities) for students of a University, being accommodation that, having regard to the facilities and services provided for the students, is, in the opinion of the Commission, of a collegiate nature.

full‑time student means a student who is pursuing, at a University or at a college of advanced education, a course of study, either at undergraduate or at post‑graduate level, which the Commission is satisfied is such as reasonably to require the attention of the student on a full‑time basis.

non‑resident student, in relation to a student residence or an affiliated college, means a student of a University not occupying collegiate accommodation at that, or at any other, student residence or affiliated college, who is enrolled as a non‑resident student of that residence or college and is receiving at that residence or college tutorial assistance other than tutorial assistance that is provided by the relevant University to all students of that University pursuing a particular course of study.

resident full‑time post‑graduate student, in relation to a student residence or affiliated college, means a full‑time student who is a resident of the student residence or affiliated college occupying collegiate accommodation and is engaged at a University or at a college of advanced education in study or research at post‑graduate level.

resident full‑time undergraduate student, in relation to a student residence or affiliated college, means a full‑time student, not being a resident full‑time post‑graduate student, who is a resident of the student residence or affiliated college occupying collegiate accommodation.

student residence, in relation to a University, means a hall, college or other establishment at which any students of the University reside, being an establishment:

(a) administered by the University or by a body corporate established by the University; and

(b) approved by the Commission, for the purposes of this Act, as a student residence.

10 Recurrent grants in respect of teaching hospitals

(1) In relation to each University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 6, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in respect of contributions by the University towards the appropriate costs, in respect of the year 1978, of the teaching hospital or teaching hospitals of the University, the amount specified in Column 2 of that Schedule in relation to the University.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to the teaching hospitals of a University on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University in making contributions towards the appropriate costs, in respect of the year 1978, of the teaching hospital or teaching hospitals of the University is not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State by way of financial assistance under this section in relation to the teaching hospital or teaching hospitals of that University; and

(c) the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the University in making contributions towards the appropriate costs, in respect of the year 1978, of the teaching hospital or teaching hospitals of the University.

(3) In this section, appropriate costs, in relation to a teaching hospital of a University, are:

(a) the expenditure (other than expenditure on building projects or expenditure on the purchase of equipment) incurred by the hospital in relation to parts of the hospital used exclusively by students enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine, or School of Medicine, of the University, and by students enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine, or School of Medicine, of any other University in relation to which that hospital is a teaching hospital, and by their teachers and to facilities and equipment so used in connexion with those parts of the hospital; and

(b) the expenditure, up to an amount of $3,300, incurred in the purchase of books and periodicals for the medical library of the hospital.

11 Building projects etc.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), in relation to each building project specified, in relation to a University, in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7, in respect of the year 1978, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the building project, the amount specified in Column 3 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the description of the project in Column 2.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), where the Minister approves, under section 4, a building project of a University in respect of the year 1978, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to that project, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(3) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsections (1) and (2) shall not exceed the total of the amounts specified in Column 3 of Part I of Schedule 7 in relation to the Universities specified in Column 1 of that Part of that Schedule that are situated in that State.

(4) The Commission may approve a minor building project submitted to it by a University as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1978 and, where it does so, it shall also approve an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project and the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(5) The Commission may revoke or vary an approval given by it under subsection (4) and, if it varies the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsection (6)) the amount as so varied shall be deemed to have been, as from the date on which the project was approved under subsection (4), the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(6) Subject to subsection (7), where the Commission approves, under subsection (4), a minor building project of a University in respect of the year 1978, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1978, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(7) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (6), in relation to a University specified in Column 1 of Part II of Schedule 7, shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the University.

(8) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to an approved building project of a University subject to the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or under any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with the relevant direction under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(d) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(e) the State will ensure that, if the Commission so requests a University, there will be furnished to the Commission by the University, as soon as practicable after such date as the Commission specifies, such particulars as are specified by the Commission concerning the progress or expected progress of the work or matter constituting the project; and

(f) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the approved project.

(10) In this section, a reference to an approved building project of a University shall be read as a reference to:

(a) a building project specified in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 in relation to the University;

(b) a building project of the University approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(a) as an approved building project of the University in respect of the year 1978; or

(c) a project approved by the Commission under subsection (4) as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1978.

11A Building project—Newman College

(1) There is payable to Victoria, for the purpose of financial assistance in respect of the year 1978 in relation to the building project specified in Column 2 of Part VII of Schedule 7, the amount specified in Column 3 of that Part.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to Victoria under this section in relation to the building project referred to in subsection (1) subject to the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project to the body administering Newman College without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended, in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1979, in connection with the project, will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or under any previous Act that granted financial assistance to States in connection with Universities;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction given under paragraph 4(1)(d); and

(d) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the project.

Part III—Colleges of Advanced Education

12 Interpretation

(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

college purposes, in relation to a college of advanced education, means:

(a) the general teaching purposes of the college in connexion with courses of study and programs of continuing education provided at the college, being courses and programs approved by the Commission under section 13 (including preparatory work in connexion with proposed courses of study approved by the Commission under that section);

(b) building projects of the college, not being building projects that involve the purchase of land, in relation to each of which the total expenditure does not exceed $30,000 or an amount equal to 0.25 per centum of the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 8 opposite to the name of the college in Column 1 of that Schedule, whichever is the lesser amount; and

minor building project, in relation to a college of advanced education, means a building project (other than a planning project of the college) included in a class of building projects determined by the Minister to be a class of minor building projects in respect of that college of advanced education, or of a class of colleges of advanced education in which that college is included.

planning project in relation to a college of advanced education, means a project by way of the planning of a building or other facilities included in a class of projects of that kind determined by the Minister to be a class of planning projects in respect of that college or of a class of colleges in which that college is included.

(2) Where a building project of a college of advanced education consists of, or includes, the erection, alteration or extension of a building, that project shall be deemed to include the provision of furnishings and equipment for the building, or for the altered parts or the extensions of the building, as the case may be.

13 Approvals in respect of courses

For the purposes of this Act, the Commission may:

(a) approve courses of study and proposed courses of study in respect of a college of advanced education; and

(b) approve programs of continuing education in respect of a college of advanced education;

and may revoke or vary any such approval.

14 Grants for expenditure on college purposes

(1) Subject to this Act, in relation to a college of advanced education specified in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 8, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the expenditure of the college for college purposes in respect of the year 1978, the amount specified in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 8 in relation to that college.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a college of advanced education on the conditions that:

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under subsection (1) in relation to the college;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the college for college purposes in respect of the year 1978 is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (1) in relation to the college;

(c) the State will ensure that no college of advanced education situated in the State charges fees in respect of the year 1978 or any part of that year;

(d) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the college for college purposes in respect of the year 1978; and

(e) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than such date as the Commission specifies, such statistical and other information as the Commission requires in respect of the provision of tertiary education by the college during the year 1978.

(3) Where the amount payable to a State under section 6 of the States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976 in relation to recurrent expenditure of a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1977 for college purposes within the meaning of that Act exceeds the amounts expended by that college in respect of that year for those purposes, the Minister may, at the request of the State in which that college is situated, being a request made not later than 30 June 1978, direct that the amount specified opposite to the name of that college in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 8 and the amount specified opposite to the name of the State in which the college is situated in column 3 of Part II of that Schedule shall each be increased by an amount specified in the direction, being an amount not exceeding the amount of the excess, and this Act shall, upon the giving of the direction, have effect as if those increased amounts were specified in place of the amounts so specified.

(4) Where the total amount payable to a State under section 6 of the States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976 in relation to the recurrent expenditure of all the colleges of advanced education in the State in respect of the year 1977 for college purposes within the meaning of that Act exceeds the sum of the amounts expended by all the colleges in that State in respect of recurrent expenditure in respect of that year for those purposes and of the amounts (if any) by which amounts specified in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 8 have been increased under subsection (3), the Minister may, at the request of the State, being a request made not later than 30 June 1978, direct that the amounts specified in relation to that State in columns 2 and 3 of Part II of that Schedule shall each be increased by an amount specified in the direction, being an amount not exceeding the amount of the excess, and this Act shall, upon the making of the direction, have effect as if that increased amount were specified in place of the amount so specified.

(5) The Minister shall not, after he has given a direction under subsection (4) in relation to a State, give a direction, or a further direction, in relation to the State under subsection (3).

(6) An amount equal to the amount (if any) by which the sum of the amounts paid to a State for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to recurrent expenditure of a college of advanced education for college purposes in respect of the year 1977 exceeds the sum of the amounts of recurrent expenditure of the college in respect of that year for college purposes shall be deemed to have been paid to the State under this Act for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure of the college for college purposes in respect of the year 1978 and that first‑mentioned sum shall be deemed to have been reduced by an amount equal to the excess.

(6A) Where the amount expended by a college of advanced education on college purposes (within the meaning of the States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976) in respect of the year 1977 exceeded the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State in which that college was situated in relation to recurrent expenditure by that college on those purposes in respect of that year under section 6 of that Act, then, for the purposes of this Act, an amount equal to the excess in respect of that year shall be treated as if it had been expended by the college on college purposes (within the meaning of this Act) in respect of the year 1978.

(7) In this section, fees means tuition, examination and other fees payable by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, a college of advanced education in connexion with a course of study at the college approved by the Commission under section 13, and includes fees payable by a student to the college of advanced education in respect of the conferring of a degree, diploma, certificate or other award in respect of such a course of study, but does not include:

(a) fees the payment of which is voluntary;

(b) fees payable to an organization of students;

(d) fees in respect of tuition provided in a program of continuing education approved under paragraph 13(b).

15 Variations of amounts specified in Schedule 8

(1) At any time, and from time to time, during the year 1978, but subject to this section, the Minister may direct that this Act has effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 8 and Column 2 of Part II of Schedule 8 were varied in accordance with that direction, and, where the Minister gives a direction with respect to the variation of any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencing day), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(2) At any time, and from time to time, during the year 1978, but subject to this section, the Commission may direct that this Act has effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 8 and Column 2 of Part II of Schedule 8 were varied in accordance with the direction, and, where the Commission gives a direction with respect to the variation of any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (1), (3), (4), (5) and (6)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencing day), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(3) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2) with respect to an amount specified in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 8 opposite to the name of a college of advanced education situated in a State, or with respect to an amount specified in Column 2 of Part II of Schedule 8 opposite to the name of a State, except at the request of the State.

(4) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2) with respect to the amount specified in Column 2 of Part II of Schedule 8 opposite to State College of Victoria System or Victoria Institute of Colleges System except at the request of Victoria.

(5) The Commission shall not give a direction under subsection (2) that will have the effect of varying an amount specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 8 opposite to the name of a college of advanced education:

(a) if that amount has previously been varied in accordance with a direction given under subsection (1); or

(b) if the amount as so varied would be greater or less, by more than $200,000, than the amount that is specified, or the amount that would, but for any direction or directions previously given under this section, be the amount that is specified, in that Column opposite to that name.

(6) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2) in relation to a State:

(a) that will have the effect of varying an amount in such a way that, after the variation, the aggregate of the amounts specified in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 8, opposite to the names of the colleges situated in the State, and the amount specified in Column 2 of Part II of Schedule 8 opposite to the name of the State, is greater or less than the amount specified in column 3 of Part II of Schedule 8 opposite to the name of the State; or

(b) that could result in a State becoming liable to repay an amount to the Commonwealth under this Act.

(7) As soon as practicable after the Commission has given a direction under subsection (2), the Commission shall furnish to the Minister particulars of the direction.

(8) As soon as practicable after the Minister has given a direction under subsection (1), or has been furnished under subsection (7) with particulars of a direction given by the Commission under subsection (2), the Minister shall cause a statement setting out particulars of the direction to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

16 Grants for equipment

(1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Commission proposals for expenditure by the college in respect of the year 1978 on equipment for use by the college.

(2) The Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it under subsection (1) in relation to a college of advanced education as an approved proposal for expenditure by the college in respect of the year 1978 on equipment subject to such conditions as the Commission determines, and may revoke or vary any such approval.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), in relation to each approved proposal for expenditure by a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1978 on equipment, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the college or by the body administering the college in accordance with the approved proposal, an amount equal to the amount of the proposed expenditure.

(4) The sum of the amounts payable to a State other than Victoria under subsection (3) shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 9 in relation to the State.

(5) The sum of the amounts payable to Victoria under subsection (3) shall not exceed:

(a) in the case of amounts payable in relation to colleges of advanced education included in the State College of Victoria system—$481,000; and

(b) in the case of amounts payable to colleges of advanced education included in the Victoria Institute of Colleges system—$1,846,000.

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (3) in relation to approved proposals for expenditure by a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1978 on equipment on the conditions that:

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under subsection (3) in relation to those proposals;

(b) the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the college in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the college in respect of the year 1978, being amounts expended before 1 January 1979 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (3) in relation to the college; and

(c) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the college in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the college in respect of the year 1978, being expenditure that occurred before 1 January 1979 or that occurred on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date.

17 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges

(1) There is payable to each State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to student residences and affiliated colleges of colleges of advanced education in the State, in respect of the year 1978, amounts determined in accordance with this section.

(2) In relation to each college of advanced education providing collegiate accommodation at a student residence or at student residences, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, in respect of the year 1978:

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $9,384 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $146.40 by the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in respect of that student residence; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $331.59 by the number of resident full‑time students at the student residence, or at the student residences, as the case may be, in the year 1978;

whichever is the lesser amount.

(3) In relation to each affiliated college of a college of advanced education, there is payable to the State in which the college of advanced education is situated, in respect of the year 1978, an amount ascertained by multiplying the basic grant in respect of the affiliated college by the number of resident full‑time students at the affiliated college in the year 1978.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college is:

(a) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college in the year 1978 is less than 50—$331.59;

(5) Where a student residence or affiliated college, or a part of such residence or college, was not in use during the whole of the academic year comprised in the year 1978, the Commission may determine that an amount payable under this section in respect of that year in relation to that residence or college shall be such part only of the amounts that would otherwise be payable as the Commission thinks appropriate.

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State in accordance with this section in relation to a student residence or student residences, or to an affiliated college, of a college of advanced education on the conditions that:

(a) in the case of financial assistance in relation to a student residence or student residences of a college of advanced education:

(i) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college of advanced education each amount of that financial assistance paid to it in relation to the student residence or student residences;

(ii) the State will ensure that the amount expended by, or on behalf of, the college of advanced education for the purpose of meeting the administrative costs of the student residence or student residences in respect of the year 1978 is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to the student residence or student residences of the college; and

(iii) the State will ensure that the college of advanced education furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by, or on behalf of, the college for the purpose of meeting the administrative costs of the student residence or student residences in respect of the year 1978; and

(b) in the case of financial assistance in relation to an affiliated college of a college of advanced education:

(i) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college of advanced education or other body administering the affiliated college an amount equal to each amount paid to the State under this section in relation to that affiliated college;

(ii) that the State will ensure that the amount expended by the college of advanced education or other body administering the affiliated college for meeting the administrative costs of that affiliated college in respect of the year 1978 is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to that affiliated college; and

(iii) the State will ensure that the college of advanced education or other body administering the affiliated college furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the college or other body for meeting the administrative costs of the affiliated college in respect of the year 1978.

(7) For the purposes of this section, the number of resident full‑time students of a student residence or affiliated college in the year 1978 is the number that is the average of the maximum numbers of such students during the several terms of that year.

(8) This section does not apply in relation to a student residence or affiliated college that does not provide collegiate accommodation and, for the purposes of this section, no account shall be taken of resident full‑time students occupying non‑collegiate accommodation.

(9) In this section:

affiliated college, in relation to a college of advanced education, means a residential college (not being a student residence) affiliated with the college of advanced education and approved by the Commission, for the purpose of this Act, as an affiliated college.

collegiate accommodation means residential accommodation (including related facilities) for students of a college of advanced education, being accommodation that, having regard to the facilities and services provided for the students, is, in the opinion of the Commission, of a collegiate nature.

full‑time student means a student who is pursuing, at a college of advanced education or at a university, a course of study that the Commission is satisfied is such as would reasonably require full‑time study.

non‑collegiate accommodation means residential accommodation (including related facilities) for students of a college of advanced education, other than collegiate accommodation.

resident full‑time student, in relation to a student residence or an affiliated college, means a full‑time student who:

(a) is a resident of the student residence or affiliated college; and

(b) in the case of a student of a college of advanced education—is pursuing a course of study approved by the Commission under paragraph 13(a).

student residence, in relation to a college of advanced education, means a hall, college or other establishment at which any students of the college reside, being an establishment:

(a) administered by:

(i) the college or the body administering the college; or

(ii) a body established by the college or by the body administering the college; and

(b) approved by the Commission, for the purposes of this Act, as a student residence.

term includes a semester and any other period into which an academic year is divided.

18 Building projects etc.

(1) Subject to section 19, in relation to each building project specified, in relation to a college of advanced education, in Column 2 of Part III of Schedule 7, in respect of the year 1978 there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the building project, the amount specified in Column 3 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the description of the project in Column 2.

(2) Subject to section 19, where the Minister approves a building project of a college of advanced education under section 4, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to that project, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(3) The Commission may approve:

(a) a minor building project submitted to it by a State as an approved minor building project of the college in respect of the year 1978; or

(b) a planning project submitted to it by a State as an approved planning project of the college in respect of the year 1978;

and, if it approves such a project, it shall also approve an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project and the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(4) The Commission may revoke or vary an approval given by it under subsection (3) and, if it varies the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1978, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsection (5)), the amount as so varied shall be deemed to have been, as from the date on which the project was approved under subsection (3), the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(5) Subject to section 19, where the Commission approves a minor building project, or a planning project, of a college of advanced education under subsection (3), there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, an amount equal to the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to an approved building project or an approved planning project of a college of advanced education subject to the conditions that:

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with the relevant direction under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(d) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(e) the State will, if the Commission so requests, cause to be furnished to the Commission, as soon as practicable after such date as the Commission specifies, such particulars as are specified by the Commission concerning the progress or expected progress of the work or matter constituting the project; and

(8) In this section, a reference to an approved building project of a college of advanced education shall be read as a reference to:

(a) a building project specified in Column 2 of Part III of Schedule 7 in relation to the college;

(b) a building project of a college of advanced education approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(b) as an approved building project of the college in respect of the year 1978; or

(c) a project approved by the Commission under subsection (3) of this section as an approved minor building project of the college in respect of the year 1978.

18A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a college of advanced education, the expenditure on that project in respect of the year 1978 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under section 18, such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in column 2 of Part VIII of Schedule 7 opposite to the name of the State in column 1 of that Part.

(3) Subsections 18(6) and (7) apply to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under section 18.

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a college of advanced education shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 7 in relation to the college; or

(ii) a building project of the college approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(b) as an approved building project of the college in respect of the year 1978; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1978 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 7 in relation to a college of advanced education—the amount specified in column 3 of Part III of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

(ii) where the project is a building project of a college of advanced education approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(b)—the amount of expenditure approved by the Minister under subsection 4(3) as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

19 Limits on payments in respect of building projects

(1) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsections 18 (1) and (2) shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7 in relation to the State.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to a State other than Victoria under subsection 18(5) in relation to minor building projects of colleges of advanced education situated in the State shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 3 of Part IV of Schedule 7 in relation to the State.

(3) The total of the amounts payable to a State other than Victoria under subsection 18(5) in respect of approved planning projects of colleges of advanced education situated in the State shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 4 of Part IV of Schedule 7 opposite to the name of the State in Column 1 of that Part.

(4) The total of the amounts payable to Victoria in respect of approved minor building projects of colleges of advanced education included in the State College of Victoria System shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 3 of Part IV of Schedule 7 opposite to State College of Victoria System in Column 1 of that Part.

(5) The total of the amounts payable to Victoria in respect of approved minor building projects of colleges of advanced education included in the Victoria Institute of Colleges System shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 3 of Part IV of Schedule 7 opposite to Victoria Institute of Colleges System in Column 1 of that Part.

(6) The total of the amounts payable to Victoria in respect of approved planning projects of colleges of advanced education included in the State College of Victoria System shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 4 of Part IV of Schedule 7 opposite to State College of Victoria System in Column 1 of that Part.

(7) The total of the amounts payable to Victoria in respect of approved planning projects of colleges of advanced education included in the Victoria Institute of Colleges System shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 4 of Part IV of Schedule 7 opposite to Victoria Institute of Colleges System in Column 1 of that Part.

Part IV—Technical and further education institutions

20 Interpretation

(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

approved auditor means, in relation to the furnishing of a statement for the purposes of a condition of a grant of financial assistance to a State under this Part:

(a) in a case where the Commission has approved, in writing, a person to be an approved auditor of that State—that person; or

(b) in any other case—the Auditor‑General of that State.

capital expenditure means:

(a) expenditure on a building project other than a building project the estimated cost of which does not exceed $2,000; or

(b) expenditure exceeding $2,000 for the purchase of, or otherwise in connexion with, a single item of equipment.

minor building project means a building project:

(a) that does not involve the purchase of land; and

(b) the estimated cost of which exceeds $2,000 but does not exceed $60,000.

recurrent expenditure means expenditure other than capital expenditure.

student residence, in relation to a technical and further education institution, means a hall, college or other establishment at which any students of the institution reside, being an establishment:

(a) administered by:

(i) the authority or body administering the institution; or

(ii) a body established by the authority or body administering the institution; and

(b) approved by the Commission, for the purposes of this Part, as a student residence.

technical and further education means education provided by way of a course of instruction or training:

(a) that is, or that is preparatory to, a course of a kind relevant to a trade, technical or other skilled occupation; or

(b) that otherwise meets the educational needs of persons who are not enrolled in a full‑time course of primary or secondary education at a school.

(2) Where a building project consists of the erection, alteration or extension of a building, the project shall be deemed to include the provision of furnishings and equipment for the building, or for the altered parts or the extensions of the building, as the case may be.

21 Grants for recurrent expenditure

(1) There is payable to a State under this section, for the purpose of financial assistance to the State in relation to recurrent expenditure in connexion with the provision, in respect of the year 1978, of technical and further education at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 10 in relation to the State.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, by way of recurrent expenditure in connexion with the provision, in respect of the year 1978, of technical and further education at technical and further education institutions in the State is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (1);

(b) the State will ensure that no technical and further education institution situated in the State charges fees in respect of the year 1978 or any part of that year;

(c) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a certificate by an approved auditor to the effect that the auditor has satisfied himself that the condition specified in paragraph (a) has been fulfilled; and

(d) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than such date as the Commission specifies, such statistical and other information as the Commission requires in respect of the provision of technical and further education in that State during the year 1978.

(3) In this section, fees means tuition, examination and other fees payable to a technical and further education institution by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, the institution in connexion with his course of study or attendance at the institution, and includes fees payable to the institution in respect of the awarding of a qualification, but does not include:

(a) fees the payment of which is voluntary;

(b) fees payable in respect of an organization of students, or of students and other persons, or in respect of the provision to students of amenities or services that are not of an academic nature;

(d) fees payable in connexion with, or in connexion with attendance for the purposes of, studies that are not, or that are not preparatory to, studies for the purpose of obtaining a qualification relevant to a trade, technical or other skilled occupation.

22 Proposals for expenditure on training and data processing

(1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Commission a proposal for expenditure in connexion with a program, connected with the provision of technical and further education in the State, that is proposed to be carried out in the year 1978, being a program by way of:

(a) the provision of training for members of the staff of a technical and further education institution, or an authority administering a technical and further education institution, being training designed to improve the efficiency of those members in the performance of their work for the institution or authority and provided by such an institution or authority or by another body on behalf of such an institution or authority; or

(b) the development, by a technical and further education institution or by an authority administering a technical and further education institution, of a system for the collection and processing of statistical or other material relating to technical and further education.

(2) The Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it by a State under subsection (1) as an approved proposal for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1978, and may revoke or vary any such approval.

(3) There is payable to a State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by an instrumentality of the State, in accordance with an approved proposal or approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1978 in connexion with a program or programs referred to in paragraph (1)(a), the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 11 in relation to the State.

(4) There is payable to a State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to recurrent expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by an instrumentality of the State, in accordance with an approved proposal or approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1978 in connexion with a program or programs referred to in paragraph (1)(b), the amount specified in Column 3 of Schedule 11 in relation to the State.

(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (3) on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals of expenditure by the State in connexion with programs referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under that subsection; and

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the State in connexion with programs referred to in paragraph (1)(a).

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (4) on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals of expenditure by the State in connexion with programs referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under that subsection; and

23 Variation of amounts in Schedule 11

(1) At any time, and from time to time, during the year 1978, but subject to this section, the Minister may, at the request of a State, direct that this Act has effect as if the amounts specified in Columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 11 in relation to the State were varied in accordance with that direction, and, where the Minister gives a direction with respect of the variation of any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (2), (3) and (4)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencing day), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(2) At any time, and from time to time, during the year 1978, but subject to this section, the Commission may, at the request of the State, direct that this Act has effect as if the amounts specified in Columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 11 in relation to a State were varied in accordance with the direction, and, where the Commission gives a direction with respect to the variation of any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (1), (3) and (4)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencing day), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(3) The Commission shall not give a direction under subsection (2):

(a) that will have the effect of varying the amounts specified in Columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 11 in relation to a State if those amounts have previously been varied in accordance with a direction given under subsection (1); or

(b) that will have the effect of varying an amount specified in Column 2 or 3 to an amount that is greater or less, by more than $200,000, than the amount that is specified or the amount that would, but for any direction or directions previously given under this section, be the amount specified, in that Column.

(4) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2) in relation to a State:

(a) that will have the effect of varying amounts in such a way that, after the variation, the aggregate of the amounts specified in Columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 11 in relation to the State is greater or less than the amount specified in Column 4 of that Schedule in relation to the State; or

(b) that will result in a State becoming liable to repay an amount to the Commonwealth under this Act.

24 Other recurrent grants

(1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Commission, a proposal for recurrent expenditure in connexion with the provision of technical and further education in that State, being a proposal for expenditure in relation to:

(a) curriculum development;

(b) the assessment of community needs for technical and further education;

(c) the development of techniques for enabling a student to control the pace at which he makes progress in a course of study;

(d) the publicizing of technical and further education;

(e) the provision of training that is preparatory to, or supplementary to, a course of technical and further education;

(f) the provision of counselling services at technical and further education institutions;

(g) the provision, or improvement, of external study facilities;

(h) the provision in a technical and further education institution, for persons who are undertaking full‑time primary or secondary education, of programs designed to introduce those persons to technical and further education;

(i) the taking of measures to increase the scope of courses of technical and further education;

(j) the taking of measures to improve safety, health and welfare at technical and further education institutions;

(k) the taking of measures to improve the planning of major building projects;

(l) the improvement of educational materials and resources;

(m) the provision of assistance towards the administrative costs of student residences; and

(n) the provision of assistance towards the operating costs of a system for the collection and processing of statistical or other material relating to technical and further education.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it by a State under subsection (1) as an approved proposal for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1978, and may revoke or vary any such approval.

(3) There is payable to a State specified in Column 1 of Schedule 12, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to recurrent expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by an instrumentality of a State, in accordance with an approved proposal or approved proposals for expenditure by that State in respect of the year 1978, the amount specified in Column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that State.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (3) on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1978 is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under that subsection; and

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to recurrent expenditure by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1978.

25 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with programs of expenditure on voluntary adult education

(1) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may approve a body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that is recommended to the Commission by the Minister of a State who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters relating to technical and further education in the State as the approved authority of that State for the purposes of this section.

(2) The Commission may revoke or vary any approval given under subsection (1).

(3) There is payable to a State, for the purpose of financial assistance in connexion with programs of adult education to be carried out in the year 1978 in the State, the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 13 in relation to the State.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the approved authority of the State without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the approved authority of the State in making contributions towards the recurrent expenditure of a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in connexion with the provision, in the year 1978, by that body, or those bodies, of courses of adult education is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (3); and

(c) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the approved authority of the State in making contributions towards the recurrent expenditure of a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in connexion with the provision, in the year 1978, by that body, or those bodies, of courses of adult education.

(5) In this section:

(a) a reference to a relevant body is a reference to a body (other than a body established by or on behalf of the Government of a State) that is not conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals; and

(b) a reference to a course of adult education, in relation to a relevant body, is a reference to a part‑time course of education, being a course in respect of which:

(i) attendance is voluntary; and

(ii) no award is made, in respect of the completion of the course, or of a part of the course, that is intended as a qualification for any employment.

26 Building projects etc.

(1) In relation to each building project specified, in relation to a technical and further education institution, in Column 2 of Part V of Schedule 7, in respect of the year 1978, there is payable to the State in which the institution is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, the amount specified in Column 3 of that Schedule in relation to the description of the project in Column 2.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), where the Minister approves a building project of a technical and further education institution under paragraph 4(1)(c), in respect of the year 1978, there is payable to the State in which the institution is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

(3) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsections (1) and (2) shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of Part VI of Schedule 7 in relation to the State.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to an approved building project of a technical and further education institution subject to the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the amount expended, in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or under any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to technical and further education institutions;

(b) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with the relevant direction under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(c) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(d) the State will, if the Commission so requests, furnish to the Commission, as soon as practicable after such date as the Commission specifies, such particulars as are specified by the Commission concerning the progress or expected progress of the work or matter constituting the project; and

(e) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the project.

(6) In this section, a reference to an approved building project of a technical and further education institution shall be read as a reference to:

(a) a building project specified in Column 2 of Part V of Schedule 7 in relation to the institution; or

(b) a building project of a technical and further education institution approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(c) as an approved building project of the institution in respect of the year 1978.

26A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a technical and further education institution, the expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the institution is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under section 26, such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in column 3 of Part VIII of Schedule 7 opposite to the name of the State in column 1 of that Part.

(3) Subsections 26(4) and (5) apply to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if the grant were a grant of financial assistance under section 26.

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a technical and further education institution shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in column 2 of Part V of Schedule 7 in relation to the institution; or

(ii) a building project of the institution approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(c) as an approved building project of the institution in respect of the year 1978; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1978 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in column 2 of Part V of Schedule 7 in relation to a technical and further education institution—the amount specified in column 3 of Part V of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

(ii) where the project is a building project of a technical and further education institution approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(c)—the amount of expenditure approved by the Minister under subsection 4(3) as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

27 Grants for minor building projects and equipment

(1) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved minor building project shall be read as a reference to a minor building project included in a class of minor building projects, related to the provision of technical and further education, approved by the Commission for the purposes of this section; and

(b) a reference to approved equipment shall be read as a reference to equipment of a kind included in a class of equipment, related to the provision of technical and further education, approved by the Commission for the purposes of this section.

(2) In respect of the year 1978, there is payable to a State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred, by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, in carrying out approved minor building projects and on approved equipment, the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 14 in relation to the State.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of:

(i) the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, in relation to work carried out during 1978, in connection with approved minor building projects; and

(ii) the amounts expended on approved equipment before 1 January 1979 or on or after that date in pursuance of commitments entered into before that date;

is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section;

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1978, a statement specifying the approved minor building projects carried out, and the approved equipment in respect of which moneys have been expended, during the period of 6 months ending on 30 June 1978;

(i) the approved minor building projects carried out, and the approved equipment in respect of which money has been expended, during the period of 6 months ending on 31 December 1978; and

(ii) the approved equipment, not being equipment referred to in subparagraph (i), in respect of which commitments have been entered into during the year ending on 31 December 1978; and

(d) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission:

(i) as to the amount expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, in relation to work carried out during 1978, in connection with approved minor building projects specified in the statements furnished in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection; and

(ii) as to the amount expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State on approved equipment so specified before 1 January 1979 or on or after that date in pursuance of commitments entered into before that date.

Part V—Miscellaneous

28 Variation of building grants in Schedule 7

(1) At any time, and from time to time, during the year 1978, but subject to this section, the Minister may, after receiving advice from the Commission, direct that this Act has effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in Schedule 7 were varied in accordance with that direction, and, where the Minister gives a direction with respect to any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencing day), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(2) At any time, and from time to time, during the year 1978, but subject to this section, the Commission may direct that this Act has effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in Schedule 7 were varied in accordance with the direction, and, where the Commission gives a direction with respect to the variation of any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencing day), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(3) The Minister shall not give a direction under subsection (1) varying an amount or amounts specified in Schedule 7 that will have the effect of increasing or decreasing the aggregate of the amounts that may be paid to a State under sections 11, 11A, 18, 18A, 26 and 26A unless the State has agreed to the variation or variations.

(4) The Commission shall not give a direction under subsection (2):

(a) that will have the effect of varying an amount specified in Schedule 7 if that amount has previously been varied in accordance with the direction given under subsection (1);

(b) that will have the effect of varying an amount specified in Schedule 7 to an amount that is greater or less, by more than $200,000, than the amount that is to be varied or that would be varied if no previous direction or directions had been given under this section; or

(c) that will have the effect of increasing or decreasing the aggregate of the amounts that may be paid to a State under sections 11, 11A, 18, 18A, 26 or 26A.

(5) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2) in respect of an amount specified in Schedule 7 in relation to a State or to an institution or other body situated in a State:

(a) unless the Minister or the Commission, has consulted the State in relation to the proposed variation;

(b) that will have the effect of varying the amount in such a way that, after the variation, the aggregate of the amounts payable to the States under sections 11, 11A, 18, 18A, 26 and 26A is greater or less than $137,963,000; or

(6) As soon as practicable after the Commission has given a direction under subsection (2), the Commission shall furnish to the Minister particulars of the direction.

(7) As soon as practicable after the Minister has given a direction under subsection (1) or has been furnished under subsection (6) with particulars of a direction given by the Commission under subsection (2), the Minister shall cause a statement setting out particulars of the direction to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

29 Additional conditions

In addition to the conditions specified in any other provision of this Act, financial assistance is granted to a State under this Act on the conditions that:

(a) if the Minister informs the State that he is satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil the conditions applicable to that financial assistance, the State will pay an amount equal to the amount of the financial assistance or to such part of the amount of the financial assistance as the Minister specifies, to the Commonwealth; and

(b) if the amount of the financial assistance paid to the State under a provision of this Act exceeds the amount of that financial assistance that is properly payable to the State under that provision, the State will pay an amount equal to the excess to the Commonwealth.

30 Time and manner of payments

Financial assistance payable to a State under this Act shall be paid in such amounts, and at such times, as the Minister determines in accordance with arrangements approved by the Minister for Finance.

31 Delegation

(1) The Commission may, by resolution, either generally or as otherwise provided by the resolution:

(a) delegate to a full‑time member of the Commission or to the Universities Council established under section 19 of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 any of its powers under section 4 in relation to building projects of universities or any of its powers under Part II;

(b) delegate to a full‑time member of the Commission or to the Advanced Education Council established under section 22 of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 any of its powers under section 4 in relation to building projects or planning projects of colleges of advanced education or any of its powers under Part III; and

(c) delegate to a full‑time member of the Commission or to the Technical and Further Education Council established under section 25 of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 any of its powers under section 4 in relation to building projects of technical and further education institutions or any of its powers under Part IV.

(2) A power so delegated, when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exercised by the Commission.

(3) A delegation of a power under this section:

(a) may be revoked by resolution of the Commission (whether or not constituted by the persons constituting the Commission at the time the power was delegated);

(b) does not prevent the exercise of the power by the Commission; and

(4) Section 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies in relation to a delegation under this section as if the Commission were a person.

(5) A certificate signed by the Chairman stating any matter with respect to a delegation of a power under this section is prima facie evidence of that matter.

(6) A document purporting to be a certificate mentioned in subsection (5) shall, unless the contrary is established, be deemed to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.

32 Advances

The Minister and the Minister for Finance may make arrangements for the making by the Minister for Finance to a State, by way of financial assistance to the State, of advances on account of an amount that is expected to become payable under section 9 or 17 to the State, and the conditions that would be applicable to a payment of the amount under that section are applicable to any such advance.

33 Payments may be made out of Consolidated Revenue Fund or Loan Fund

Payments (including an advance under section 32) to a State under this Act may be made out of:

(a) in the case of payments under section 8, 11, 11A, 16, 18, 18A, 26, 26A or 27—the Consolidated Revenue Fund or the Loan Fund; or

(b) in any other case—the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

34 Authority to borrow

The Treasurer may, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911, or in accordance with the provisions of an Act authorizing the issue of Treasury Bills, borrow moneys not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of the amounts payable to the States under sections 8, 11, 11A, 16, 18, 18A, 26, 26A and 27.

35 Application of moneys borrowed

Moneys borrowed under section 34 shall be issued and applied only for the expenses of borrowing, for the purpose of making payments to the States in accordance with section 8, 11, 11A, 16, 18, 18A, 26, 26A or 27 and for the purpose of making payments to the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with section 36.

36 Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund from Loan Fund

(1) Where an amount has been paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with section 8, 11, 11A, 16, 18, 18A, 26, 26A or 27, the Minister for Finance may authorize the payment to that Fund, out of the Loan Fund, of an amount not exceeding the amount so paid.

(2) In any statement of the receipts and expenditure, or of the expenditure, of the Consolidated Revenue Fund prepared by the Minister for Finance under section 49 or 50 of the Audit Act 1901, amounts paid to the Consolidated Revenue Fund under subsection (1) of this section shall not be shown as receipts of that Fund but shall be shown as having reduced the total of the amounts expended from that fund under this Act.

37 Appropriation [see Notes 2 and 3]

The Consolidated Revenue Fund and the Loan Fund are appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act.

Part VI—Amendments of other Acts

Division 1—Amendments of States Grants (Universities Assistance) Act 1976

38‑44 Published Separately

Division 2—Amendments of States Grants (Universities) Act 1976

45‑49 Published separately

Division 3—Amendments of States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976

50 Principal Act

The States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976 is in this Division referred to as the Principal Act.

51

After section 8 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

“8A Termination of payments under section 8

“Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, section 8 does not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to a State after 31 December 1977.”.

52 Schedules 1 and 2

Schedules 1 and 2 to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 18 to this Act are substituted.

53 Schedule 3

Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Parts II and III and substituting the Parts set out in Schedule 19 to this Act.

54 Payments made before Royal Assent [see Notes 4‑9]

Payments (including advances) by way of financial assistance made to a State under the Principal Act shall be deemed to have been made for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

Division 4—Amendments of States Grants (Technical and Further Education Assistance) Act 1976

55‑58 Published separately

Division 5—Amendments of other Acts

59 Published separately

60 Published separately

61 Published separately

62 Published separately

63 Published separately

64 Published separately

65 Published separately

After section 12 of the States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1976 the following section is inserted:

“12A. Termination of payments under section 12

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, section 12 does not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

67 Published separately [see Note 12]

68 Published separately [see Note 13]

69 Published separately [see Note 14]

70 Published separately [see Note 15]

Schedule 1—Grants for expenditure on university purposes

Section 6

Column 1	Column 2
University	Amount of grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney.....................	72,531,000
The University of New South Wales...........	70,165,000
University of New England................	21,752,000
The University of Newcastle................	18,033,000
The Macquarie University.................	27,472,000
The University of Wollongong..............	9,915,000
Total...........................	219,868,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne..................	61,972,000
Monash University......................	51,612,000
La Trobe University.....................	26,643,000
Deakin University.......................	11,244,000
Total...........................	151,471,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland...............	57,835,000
James Cook University of North Queensland.....	10,818,000
Griffith University......................	8,092,000
Total...........................	76,745,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide.................	38,053,000
The Flinders University of South Australia......	17,497,000
Total...........................	55,550,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia...........	35,465,000
Murdoch University.....................	10,557,000
Total...........................	46,022,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania...................	17,205,000
Total—All States..................	566,861,000

Schedule 2—Special purposes in relation to grants for expenditure on university purposes

Section 6(3)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
University	Purpose	Amount of expenditure in respect of 1978
		$
University of Sydney	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	726,000
The University of New South Wales	Australian Graduate School of Management, for teaching and research	1,208,000
The University of Newcastle	School of Medicine, for teaching and research	1,288,000
University of Melbourne	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	620,000
The Flinders University of South Australia	School of Medicine, for teaching and research	2,476,000
Murdoch University	School of Veterinary Studies, for teaching and research	1,828,000

Schedule 3—Special research grants for universities

Section 7

Column 1	Column 2
University	Amount of grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney.........................	582,000
The University of New South Wales...............	515,000
University of New England.....................	166,000
The University of Newcastle....................	116,000
The Macquarie University......................	210,000
The University of Wollongong...................	66,000
Total...............................	1,655,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne.......................	593,000
Monash University...........................	454,000
La Trobe University..........................	205,000
Total...............................	1,252,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland...................	449,000
James Cook University of North Queensland..........	61,000
Griffith University...........................	44,000
Total...............................	554,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide.....................	382,000
The Flinders University of South Australia...........	111,000
Total...............................	493,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia...............	260,000
Murdoch University..........................	50,000
Total...............................	310,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania........................	116,000
Total—All States.......................	4,380,000

Schedule 4—Grants for equipment for universities

Section 8

Column 1	Column 2
University	Grant for approved proposals in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney..........................	3,776,000
The University of New South Wales................	2,737,000
University of New England......................	602,000
The University of Newcastle......................	880,000
The Macquarie University.......................	568,000
The University of Wollongong....................	687,000
Total................................	9,250,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne........................	3,077,000
Monash University............................	1,397,000
La Trobe University...........................	511,000
Deakin University............................	789,000
Total................................	5,774,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland.....................	2,890,000
James Cook University of North Queensland...........	556,000
Griffith University............................	233,000
Total................................	3,679,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide......................	1,919,000
The Flinders University of South Australia............	812,000
Total................................	2,731,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia................	1,340,000
Murdoch University...........................	466,000
Total................................	1,806,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania.........................	522,000
Total, All States.........................	23,762,000

Schedule 5—Specified equipment in relation to grants for equipment for universities

Section 8(5)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
University	Equipment	Amount of expenditure on approved proposals in respect of 1978
		$
The University of Newcastle	Equipment for Medical School		255,000
	Library material for Medical Library	57,000
The University of Wollongong	Library material for University Library	221,000
Deakin University	Library material for University Library	221,000
James Cook University of Queensland	Library material for University Library	221,000
The Flinders University of South Australia	Equipment for School of Medicine	358,000
	Library material for Medical Library	62,000
Murdoch University	Equipment for School of Veterinary Studies	284,000

Schedule 6—Grants for recurrent expenditure of teaching hospitals of universities

Section 10

Column 1	Column 2
University	Grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney........................	330,000
The University of New South Wales..............	317,000
Total..............................	647,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne......................	346,000
Monash University..........................	204,000
Total..............................	550,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland..................	232,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide....................	210,000
The Flinders University of South Australia..........	53,000
Total..............................	263,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia..............	113,000
Tasmania:
University of Tasmania.......................	56,000
Total—All States......................	1,861,000

Schedule 7

Sections 11, 11A, 18, 18A and 26

Part I—Grants for specified building projects of universities

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
University	Project	Amount
		$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney	Westmead Hospital‑Clinical teaching facilities (estimated cost to complete of $9,452,000)	6,381,000
	Renovations to Madson Building at an estimated cost to complete of $200,000	200,000
The University of New South Wales	Medical Building at an estimated cost to complete $95,000	95,000
The University of Newcastle	Medical School—Pre‑clinical Teaching Facilities at an estimated cost to complete of $687,000	687,000
	Newcastle Medical School—Clinical teaching facilities at an estimated cost to complete of $8,580,000	1,826,000
The Macquarie University	Library at an estimated cost to complete of $865,000	865,000
Victoria—
Monash University	Medical School Building at an estimated cost to complete of $2,163,000	2,163,000
La Trobe University	North Building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,026,000	1,026,000
Deakin University	Administration/Staff/Student Facilities Building at an estimated cost of $2,180,000	2,180,000
Queensland—
Griffith University	Science Building at an estimated cost to complete of $786,000	786,000
	Australian Environmental Studies Building at an estimated cost to complete of $253,000	253,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide	Medical School building at an estimated cost to complete of $4,726,000	3,845,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia	Teaching facilities in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital at an estimated cost of $350,000	350,000
Murdoch University	Veterinary School building at an estimated cost to complete of $2,585,000	2,585,000
	East Academic Building at an estimated cost to complete of $999,000	999,000
	West Academic Building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,422,000	1,422,000

Part II—Grants for minor building projects of universities approved by the Commission

Column 1	Column 2
University	Amount
	$
University of Sydney............................	436,000
The University of New South Wales..................	482,000
University of New England........................	164,000
The University of Newcastle.......................	273,000
The Macquarie University........................	164,000
The University of Wollongong.....................	218,000
University of Melbourne.........................	382,000
Monash University.............................	273,000
La Trobe University............................	164,000
Deakin University..............................	382,000
The University of Queensland......................	436,000
James Cook University of North Queensland............	218,000
Griffith University.............................	218,000
The University of Adelaide........................	218,000
The Flinders University of South Australia.............	109,000
The University of Western Australia..................	218,000
Murdoch University............................	368,000
University of Tasmania..........................	164,000

Part III—Grants for specified building projects of colleges of advanced education

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
College of Advanced Education	Project	Maximum grant in respect of 1978
		$
New South Wales—
Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education	Teaching and administration building at an estimated cost to complete of $7,923,000	3,000,000
Catholic College of Education	Extensions to Castle Hill Campus at an estimated cost to complete of $302,000	302,000
Catholic Teachers College, Sydney	Refurbishing of existing buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $120,000	120,000
Cumberland College of Health Sciences	Teaching and administrative buildings, stages 2 and 3 at an estimated cost to complete of $1,092,000	1,050,000
	Maintenance depot at an estimated cost to complete of $130,000	130,000
Hawkesbury Agricultural College	Library building at an estimated cost to complete of $819,000	315,000
	Student amenities at an estimated cost to complete of $546,000	368,000
Kuring‑gai College of Advanced Education	Academic office building at an estimated cost to complete of $874,000	450,000
Mitchell College of Advanced Education	Administrative building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,038,000	997,000
	Staff offices and lecture rooms at an estimated cost to complete of $1,639,000	682,000
	Site development at an estimated cost to complete of $213,000	213,000
Newcastle College of Advanced Education	Art building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,223,000	100,000
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education	Teaching building—stage 1 at an estimated cost to complete of $3,365,000	200,000
Nursery School Teachers College	Purchase of hall at an estimated cost of $90,000	90,000
Riverina College of Advanced Education	Academic office building at an estimated cost to complete of $522,000	522,000
	Information resources centre at an estimated cost to complete of $1,639,000	475,000
	Complete lecture unit 2 at an estimated cost of $95,000	95,000
The Milperra College of Advanced Education	Education building at an estimated cost to complete of $76,000	73,000
	Fitting out of student cafeteria at an estimated cost to complete of $218,000	138,000
The New South Wales Institute of Technology	Fitting out of level 2A—building 1 at an estimated cost to complete of $1,380,000	459,000
	Extension of building 2 at an estimated cost to complete of $4,996,000	3,748,000
	Fitting out of level 3A—building 1 at an estimated cost to complete of $1,420,000	200,000
	Brickfield Hill replacement facilities at an estimated cost to complete of $4,370,000	100,000
Total—New South Wales		13,827,000
Victoria—
State College of Victoria—
State College of Victoria, Burwood	Contribution to the replacement of assembly hall at an estimated cost of $120,000	120,000
State College of Victoria, Coburg	Library building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,934,000	945,000
	Sewerage works at an estimated cost to complete of $230,000	230,000
State College of Victoria, Frankston	Additions to administration building at an estimated cost to complete of $258,000	248,000
State College of Victoria, Hawthorn	College additions and alterations to existing buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $1,092,000	933,000
State College of Victoria, Institute of Catholic Education—Mercy College	Alterations and additions at an estimated cost to complete of $70,000	70,000
State College of Victoria, Institute of Early Childhood Development	Alterations to buildings on Abbotsford site at an estimated cost to complete of $218,000	144,000
State College of Victoria, Melbourne	Alterations to the arts centre at an estimated cost to complete of $76,000	73,000
Total, State College of Victoria		2,763,000
Victoria Institute of Colleges—
Ballarat College of Advanced Education	Education building at an estimated cost to complete of $2,800,000	2,800,000
	Arts building at an estimated cost to complete of $2,042,000	1,200,000
	Site works and services at an estimated cost to complete of $120,000	120,000
Bendigo College of Advanced Education	Education building at an estimated cost to complete of $2,966,000	197,000
	Library/union building at an estimated cost to complete of $3,037,000	235,000
	Site works and services at an estimated cost to complete of $65,000	65,000
Caulfield Institute of Technology	Business studies building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,925,000	1,850,000
	Alterations to existing buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $863,000	863,000
Footscray Institute of Technology	Physical education centre at an estimated cost to complete of $3,358,000	1,500,000
	Farnsworth Avenue relocation at an estimated cost to complete of $465,000	250,000
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education	Site works and services at an estimated cost to complete of $35,000	35,000
Lincoln Institute	Purchase of land and planning	174,000
Prahran College of Advanced Education	Teaching building at an estimated cost to complete of $597,985	597,985
Preston Institute of Technology	Alterations to existing buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $382,000	331,000
	Resources centre at an estimated cost to complete of $1,639,000	136,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Building for union and other purposes at an estimated cost to complete of $4,174,000	100,000
	Alterations to existing buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $775,000	550,000
Swinburne College of Technology	Art building at an estimated cost to complete of $2,754,000	90,000
The Victorian College of the Arts	Academic building at an estimated cost to complete of $4,233,000	405,000
Victoria Institute of Colleges	Purchase of land at an estimated cost of $161,000	161,000
Victorian College of Pharmacy	Alterations to existing buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $125,000	125,000
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education	Site works at an estimated cost to complete of $332,000	332,000
	Buildings for art and design, administration and computer and student amenities at an estimated cost to complete of $1,798,000	800,000
	Store/maintenance building at an estimated cost to complete of $74,000	71,000
	Total, Victoria Institute of Colleges	12,987,985
Total, Victoria		15,750,985
Queensland—
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education	Teaching building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,360,000	1,308,000
	Residential accommodation at an estimated cost to complete of $588,000	588,000
	Structures laboratory at an estimated cost to complete of $170,000	170,000
Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education	Lecture theatre and staff offices at an estimated cost to complete of $1,233,000	500,000
	Matched contribution to complete McGregor College at an estimated cost of $695,000	695,000
Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education	Library building at an estimated cost to complete of $2,567,000	2,473,000
	Community building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,316,000	1,286,000
	Purchase of property	30,000
	Upgrading of home economics facilities at an estimated cost to complete of $235,000	226,000
North Brisbane College of Advanced Education	Community building at an estimated cost to complete of $143,000	70,000
	Teaching building at an estimated cost to complete of $765,000	765,000
	New campus site works at an estimated cost to complete of $313,000	313,000
Queensland Agricultural College	Extension of library building at an estimated cost to complete of $147,000	147,000
	Glasshouse complex at an estimated cost to complete of $200,000	200,000
Queensland Institute of Technology	Fire equipment installation at an estimated cost to complete of $428,000	428,000
Total, Queensland		9,199,000
South Australia—
Roseworthy Agricultural College	Student union at an estimated cost to complete of $14,000	14,000
	Student residences at an estimated cost to complete of $155,000	155,000
Salisbury College of Advanced Education	Relocation of science laboratories at an estimated cost to complete of $11,000	10,000
South Australian Institute of Technology	Alterations to Playford building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,065,000	1,062,040
	Alterations and extensions to buildings on The Levels campus at an estimated cost to complete of $262,000	176,960
Sturt College of Advanced Education	Library/teaching resources centre at an estimated cost to complete of $812,000	812,000
	Alterations to theatre at an estimated cost to complete of $374,000	374,000
Torrens College of Advanced Education	Stages 4 and 5 buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $4,303,000	3,627,000
Total, South Australia		6,231,000
Western Australia—
Churchlands Teachers College	Music and drama facilities at an estimated cost to complete of $703,000	703,000
	Teaching accommodation at an estimated cost to complete of $112,000	112,000
	Business studies building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,000,000	725,000
Western Australian Institute of Technology	Engineering building stage 4 at an estimated cost to complete of $55,000	52,000
	General facilities, Muresk at an estimated cost to complete of $27,000	26,000
	Therapy building—Shenton Park at an estimated cost to complete of $235,000	235,000
	Health science building at an estimated cost to complete of $2,367,000	1,450,000
	Applied science building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,653,000	1,453,000
	Muresk campus library at an estimated cost to complete of $120,000	120,000
Total, Western Australia		4,876,000
Tasmania—
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education	Complete library at an estimated cost of $1,300,000	1,300,000
	Art building at an estimated cost to complete of $727,000	727,000
Total, Tasmania		2,027,000
Total, All States		51,910,985

Part IV—Grants for projects of colleges of advanced education

Column 1		Column 2	Column 3		Column 4
State		Grants for building projects in respect of 1978	Grants for minor building projects in respect of 1978		Grants for planning projects in respect of 1978
		$	$		$
New South Wales.........		13,827,000	1,520,000		327,000
Victoria—	15,750,985
State College of Victoria System			631,000	55,000
Victoria Institute of Colleges System			1,149,000	159,000
Queensland.............		9,199,000	993,000		118,000
South Australia..........		6,231,000	671,000		60,000
Western Australia.........		4,876,000	486,857		125,143
Tasmania..............		2,027,000	327,000		7,000

Part V—Grants for specified building projects of technical and further education institutions

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Institution providing technical and further education	Projects	Maximum grants in respect of 1978
		$
New South Wales—
Campbelltown Technical College	Buildings for trade courses at an estimated cost to complete of $4,920,000	610,000
Glendale Technical College	Buildings for engineering trades and commercial courses—Planning and site development	191,000
Granville Technical College	Metal fabrication and building trades building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,175,000	1,156,000
	Bricklaying and general studies building at an estimated cost to complete of $1,039,000	981,000
Hornsby Technical College	Automotive and electrical trades building at an estimated cost to complete of $2,291,000	432,000
Liverpool Technical College	Alterations to existing buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $1,009,000	1,009,000
Macquarie Fields Technical College	Centre for technical and further education at an estimated cost to complete of $214,000	214,000
Meadowbank Technical College	Arts and science buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $363,000	363,000
Mount Druitt Technical College	Buildings for engineering trades at an estimated cost to complete of $4,522,000	3,250,000
North Sydney Technical College	Buildings for trade courses at an estimated cost to complete of $3,349,000	1,028,000
	T.V. Studio for technician training at an estimated cost to complete of $856,000	319,000
Ryde Technical College	School of hotel and catering administration at an estimated cost to complete of $3,087,000	3,087,000
Shellharbour Technical College	Centre for technical and further education at an estimated cost to complete of $241,000	241,000
Sydney Technical College	Business studies building at an estimated cost to complete of $7,435,000	1,788,000
Wollongong Technical College	Foundry and additional laboratories at an estimated cost to complete of $3,600,000	1,336,000
Victoria—
Box Hill Technical College	Buildings for engineering and building technology courses at an estimated cost to complete of $6,255,000	1,837,000
	Humanities and science building—Planning and site development	214,000
Collingwood Technical College	Building for middle‑level courses at an estimated cost to complete of $6,978,000	2,456,000
Dandenong Technical College	Buildings for trade and commercial courses at an estimated cost to complete of $4,904,000	3,506,000
Footscray Technical College	Design activities	210,000
Newport Technical College	Buildings for engineering courses at an estimated cost to complete of $2,892,000	2,184,000
	Buildings for electrical and building courses at an estimated cost to complete of $5,425,000	639,000
Preston Technical College	Learning resources centre and teaching block at an estimated cost to complete of $2,011,000	996,000
	Applied Science and business studies buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $3,422,000	755,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Engineering building—Planning and site development	100,000
Queensland—
Bald Hills Technical College	Technology building at an estimated cost to complete of $4,216,000	1,066,000
	Planning for automotive building and site services	819,000
Cairns Technical College	Automotive building at an estimated cost to complete of $321,000	321,000
	Electrical building and learning resources centre at an estimated cost to complete of $3,917,000	1,754,000
Gold Coast College of Technical and Further Education	Planning and site development	381,000
Ipswich College of Technical and Further Education	Technology building and design of second stage at an estimated cost to complete of $4,640,000	1,131,000
Mount Gravatt Technical College	Automotive and technology buildings at an estimated cost to complete of $4,194,000	3,802,000
	Design of administration building	78,000
Yeronga Technical College	Learning resources centre and classrooms at an estimated cost to complete of $1,468,000	1,468,000
South Australia—
Elizabeth Community College	Learning resource centre and classrooms at an estimated cost to complete of $2,303,000	1,995,000
Gilles Plains Community College	First stage of new college at an estimated cost to complete of $9,752,000	2,270,000
Noarlunga Community College	Design activities	52,000
Western Australia:
Balga Technical School	Classroom block at an estimated cost to complete of $847,000	847,000
Bentley Technical College	Rural Studies building—Planning and site development	100,000
Carine Technical School	First stage of a new college at an estimated cost to complete of $4,411,000	2,110,000
Thornlie Technical College	Trade courses building—Planning and site development	331,000
Tasmania—
Devonport Technical College	Engineering trades building at an estimated cost to complete of $547,000	547,000

Part VI—Summary of grants to states for specified building projects of technical and further education institutions

Column 1	Column 2
State	Total grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales.......................	16,005,000
Victoria.............................	12,897,000
Queensland...........................	10,820,000
South Australia........................	4,317,000
Western Australia.......................	3,388,000
Tasmania............................	547,000
Total......................	47,974,000

Part VII—Building grant—Newman College

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Affiliated College	Project	Amount
		$
Victoria—
Newman College—Melbourne University	Fire Protection measures at an estimated cost to complete of $28,000	28,000

Part VIII—Additional grants for major building projects of colleges of advanced education

Column 1	Column 2
State	Total of additional grants for major building projects of colleges of advanced education
	$
New South Wales..........................	427,000
Victoria.................................	385,015
Queensland..............................	Nil
South Australia............................	Nil
Western Australia..........................	Nil
Tasmania................................	59,000
Total............................	871,015

Schedule 8

Section 14

Part I—Grants for expenditure by colleges of advanced education on college purposes

Column 1	Column 2
College of Advanced Education	Grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales—
Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education	4,859,000
Armidale College of Advanced Education	3,815,000
Catholic College of Education	1,246,000
Catholic Teachers College, Sydney	2,160,000
Cumberland College of Health Sciences	4,881,000
Good Samaritan Teachers College	446,000
Goulburn College of Advanced Education	2,945,000
Hawkesbury Agricultural College	4,418,000
Kuring‑gai College of Advanced Education	6,028,000
Mitchell College of Advanced Education	7,099,000
Nepean College of Advanced Education	2,888,000
New South Wales Higher Education Board	1,230,000
New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music	1,871,000
Newcastle College of Advanced Education	7,173,000
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education	2,434,000
Nursery School Teachers College	737,000
Orange Agricultural College	1,063,000
Riverina College of Advanced Education	8,027,000
Sydney College of the Arts	2,439,000
Sydney Kindergarten Teachers College	1,109,000
Sydney Teachers College	8,108,000
The Guild Teachers College	1,095,000
The Milperra College of Advanced Education	2,038,000
The New South Wales Institute of Technology	17,177,000
Wollongong Institute of Education	3,299,000
Victoria—
State College of Victoria—
State College of Victoria	467,000
State College of Victoria—Burwood	4,815,000
State College of Victoria—Coburg	3,715,000
State College of Victoria—Frankston	3,337,000
State College of Victoria—Hawthorn	4,143,000
State College of Victoria—Institute of Catholic Education	3,684,000
State College of Victoria—Institute of Early Childhood Development	2,300,000
State College of Victoria—Melbourne	12,291,000
State College of Victoria—Rusden	6,606,000
State College of Victoria—Toorak	4,006,000
Victoria Institute of Colleges—
Ballarat College of Advanced Education	6,058,000
Bendigo College of Advanced Education	6,384,000
Caulfield Institute of Technology	10,371,000
Footscray Institute of Technology	6,141,000
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education	4,243,000
Lincoln Institute	5,816,000
Prahran College of Advanced Education	3,244,000
Preston Institute of Technology	5,827,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	27,576,000
Swinburne College of Technology	11,987,000
The Victorian College of the Arts	1,447,000
Victoria Institute of Colleges	1,041,000
Victorian College of Pharmacy	1,988,000
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education	2,967,000
Queensland—
Board of Advanced Education	498,000
Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers College	1,422,000
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education	5,823,000
Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education	8,338,000
Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education	6,903,000
Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education	5,458,000
North Brisbane College of Advanced Education	4,299,000
Queensland Agricultural College	4,627,000
Queensland Conservatorium of Music	1,045,000
Queensland Institute of Technology	16,428,000
Townsville College of Advanced Education	2,405,000
South Australia—
Adelaide College of Advanced Education	4,016,000
Kingston College of Advanced Education	1,129,000
Murray Park College of Advanced Education	4,059,000
Roseworthy Agricultural College	2,219,000
Salisbury College of Advanced Education	3,625,000
South Australian Board of Advanced Education	432,000
South Australian Institute of Technology	14,317,000
Sturt College of Advanced Education	4,199,000
Torrens College of Advanced Education	7,191,000
Western Australia—
Churchlands Teachers College	5,036,000
Claremont Teachers College	2,335,000
Graylands Teachers College	1,206,000
Mount Lawley Teachers College	3,859,000
Western Australian Institute of Technology	30,295,000
Western Australian Teacher Education Authority	353,000
Western Australian Secondary Teachers College	4,496,000
Tasmania—
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education	9,326,000

Part II—Unallocated moneys and State aggregates for expenditure by colleges of advanced education on college purposes

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Unallocated moneys in respect of 1978	State aggregates in respect of 1978
	$	$
New South Wales................	Nil	98,585,000
Victoria—		140,454,000
State College of Victoria System......	Nil
Victoria Institute of Colleges System...	Nil
Queensland....................	Nil	57,246,000
South Australia.................	Nil	41,187,000
Western Australia................	Nil	47,580,000
Tasmania.....................	Nil	9,326,000

Schedule 9—Grants for equipment for colleges of advanced education

Section 16

Column 1	Column 2
State	Maximum grant for approved proposals in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales......................	1,028,000
Victoria—
State College of Victoria System............	481,000
Victoria Institute of Colleges System.........	1,846,000
Queensland..........................	1,079,000
South Australia........................	693,000
Western Australia......................	427,000
Tasmania...........................	170,000

Schedule 10—General purpose recurrent grants in connexion with technical and further education

Section 21

Column 1	Column 2
State	Amount of grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales............................	13,986,000
Victoria..................................	8,921,000
Queensland................................	3,173,000
South Australia.............................	3,442,000
Western Australia...........................	3,243,000
Tasmania.................................	806,000
Total.............................	33,571,000

Schedule 11—Grants for staff training and data processing in connexion with technical and further education

Section 22

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	Maximum grant for staff training	Maximum grant for data processing	Aggregate amount in respect of 1978
	$	$	$
New South Wales........	869,000	110,000	979,000
Victoria..............	379,000	253,000	632,000
Queensland............	379,000	112,000	491,000
South Australia.........	295,000	104,000	399,000
Western Australia.......	296,000	88,000	384,000
Tasmania.............	90,000	12,000	102,000
Total.........	2,308,000	679,000	2,987,000

Schedule 12—Other recurrent grants in connexion with technical and further education

Section 24

Column 1	Column 2
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales.......................	5,210,000
Victoria.............................	3,923,000
Queensland...........................	1,628,000
South Australia........................	1,326,000
Western Australia.......................	1,208,000
Tasmania............................	386,000
Total........................	13,681,000

Schedule 13—Grants for programs of adult education related to technical and further education

Section 25

Column 1	Column 2
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales.......................	84,000
Victoria.............................	60,000
Queensland...........................	37,000
South Australia........................	25,000
Western Australia.......................	25,000
Tasmania............................	12,000
Total......................	243,000

Schedule 14—Grants for minor building projects and equipment for technical and further education institutions

Section 27

Column 1	Column 2
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales............................	1,852,000
Victoria..................................	1,352,000
South Australia.............................	281,000
Western Australia...........................	225,000
Tasmania.................................	225,000
Total........................	3,935,000

Schedule 18

Section 52

New Schedules 1 and 2 to be inserted in the States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976

Schedule 1

Section 6

Part I‑Grants for recurrent expenditure in respect of 1977 by specified colleges

Column 1	Column 2
College of Advanced Education	Grant in respect of 1977
	$
New South Wales‑
Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education.......	4,531,000
Armidale College of Advanced Education.............	3,630,000
Catholic College of Education.....................	934,000
Catholic Teachers College, Sydney.................	1,949,000
Cumberland College of Health Sciences..............	4,311,000
Good Samaritan Teachers College..................	526,000
Goulburn College of Advanced Education.............	2,732,000
Hawkesbury Agricultural College..................	3,958,000
Kuring‑gai College of Advanced Education......	5,436,000
Mitchell College of Advanced Education.............	6,580,000
Nepean College of Advanced Education..............	2,491,000
New South Wales Higher Education Board............	909,000
New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music.......	1,737,000
Newcastle College of Advanced Education............	6,632,000
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education........	2,310,000
Nursery School Teachers College..................	677,000
Orange Agricultural College......................	1,052,000
Riverina College of Advanced Education.............	7,195,000
Sydney College of the Arts.......................	1,922,000
Sydney Kindergarten Teachers College...............	1,010,000
Sydney Teachers College........................	7,601,000
The Guild Teachers College......................	1,056,000
The Milperra College of Advanced Education..........	1,670,000
The New South Wales Institute of Technology..........	15,374,000
Wollongong Institute of Education..................	3,143,000
Total ...........................	89,366,000
Victoria‑
Ballarat College of Advanced Education..............	5,601,000
Bendigo College of Advanced Education.............	5,827,000
Caulfield Institute of Technology..................	9,715,000
College of Nursing, Australia.....................	1,051,000
Footscray Institute of Technology..................	5,513,000
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education............	3,618,000
Lincoln Institute..............................	4,042,000
Prahran College of Advanced Education..............	3,044,000
Preston Institute of Technology....................	4,931,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.............	25,320,000
State College of Victoria........................	545,000
State College of Victoria, Burwood.................	4,406,000
State College of Victoria, Coburg..................	3,446,000
State College of Victoria, Frankston.................	3,047,000
State College of Victoria, Hawthorn.................	3,753,000
State College of Victoria, Institute of Catholic Education...	2,533,000
State College of Victoria, Institute of Early Childhood Development	2,150,000
State College of Victoria, Melbourne................	11,598,000
State College of Victoria, Rusden..................	5,978 000
State College of Victoria, Toorak..................	3,792,000
Swinburne College of Technology..................	11,121,000
The Victorian College of the Arts..................	1,253,000
Victoria Institute of Colleges.....................	1,242,000
Victorian College of Pharmacy....................	1,881,000
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education..........	2,257,000
Total............................	127,664,000
Queensland‑
Board of Advanced Education.....................	445,000
Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers College..............	1,366,000
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education...........	4,965,000
Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education.........	7,494,000
Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education..........	6,073,000
Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education.........	4,551,000
North Brisbane College of Advanced Education.........	3,483,000
Queensland Agricultural College...................	3,969,000
Queensland Conservatorium of Music...............	769,000
Queensland Institute of Technology.................	13,980,000
Townsville College of Advanced Education............	2,066,000
Total............................	49,161,000
South Australia‑
Adelaide College of Advanced Education.............	3,724,000
Kingston College of Advanced Education.............	1,050,000
Murray Park College of Advanced Education...........	3,680,000
Roseworthy Agricultural College...................	2,021,000
Salisbury College of Advanced Education.............	3,360,000
South Australian Board of Advanced Education.........	461,000
South Australian Institute of Technology.............	13,351,000
Sturt College of Advanced Education................	3,742,000
Torrens College of Advanced Education..............	6,779,000
Total............................	38,168,000
Western Australia‑
Churchlands Teachers College....................	3,879,000
Claremont Teachers College......................	2,102,000
Graylands Teachers College......................	1,505,000
Mount Lawley Teachers College...................	3,324,000
Western Australian Institute of Technology............	28,415,000
Western Australian Secondary Teachers College........	3,949,000
Western Australian Teacher Education Authority........	320,000
Total............................	43,494,000
Tasmania‑
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education............	8,420,000

Part II‑Grants for recurrent expenditure in respect of 1977 by all or any colleges

State	Grant in respect of 1977
	$
New South Wales........................	121,000
Victoria...............................	991,000
South Australia..........................	67,000
Western Australia........................	739,000

Schedule 2—Method of ascertaining grant for 1977 in respect of a student residence or an affiliated college

Section 7

1. In relation to each college of advanced education providing collegiate accommodation at a student residence or at student residences, there is payable under section 7(1) to the State in which the college of advanced education is situated, in respect of the year 1977:

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $8,831 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $137.77 by the number of resident full‑time students at that student residence, or those student residences, as the case may be; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $312.04 by the number of resident full‑time students at that student residence, or those student residences, as the case may be, whichever is the lesser amount.

2. In relation to each affiliated college of a college advanced education, there is payable under subsection 7(1) to the State in which the college of advanced education is situated an amount ascertained by multiplying the basic grant in respect of that affiliated college by the number of resident full‑time students at that affiliated college.

3. For the purpose of paragraph 2, the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college is‑

(a) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college is less than 50‑$312.04;

(b) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college is more than 49 but less than 75‑$312.04 reduced by $2.36 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 50;

(c) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college is more than 74 but less than 100‑$253.16 reduced by $1.18 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 75;

(d) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college is more than 99‑$223.73 reduced by $0.19 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 100.

4. Where a student residence or affiliated college or a part of such a residence or college was not in use during the whole of the academic year comprised in the year 1977, the Commission may determine that an amount payable under subsection 7(1) in respect of that year in relation to that residence or college shall be such part only of the amount that would otherwise be payable as the Commission thinks appropriate.

Schedule 19—New Parts II and III to Schedule 3 to be inserted in Schedule 3 to the States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976

Section 53

Part II‑Grants for all or any colleges and additional projects approved by the Minister‑1977

Column 1	Column 2
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1977
	$
New South Wales	1,036,500
Victoria......................	5,047,000
Queensland....................	627,900
South Australia.................	490,100
Western Australia................	223,400
Tasmania.....................	54,000
Total...............	7,478,900

Part III‑Maximum Grants for all Approved Projects‑1977

Column 1	Column 2
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1977
	$
New South Wales...................	24,208,500
Victoria..........................	28,248,900
Queensland.......................	11,629,200
South Australia.....................	7,997,900
Western Australia...................	3,525,400
Tasmania.........................	1,408,800
Total..................	77,018,700

States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977	158, 1977	10 Nov 1977	10 Nov 1977
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act 1978	34, 1978	9 June 1978	9 June 1978	Ss. 31 and 32
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	S. 8
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978	188, 1978	4 Dec 1978	Ss. 42, 47 and 48: 1 Jan 1978 Remainder: Royal Assent	—
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act 1979	41, 1979	11 June 1979	11 June 1979	Ss. 8, 9 and 34
Statute Law Revision Act 1981	61, 1981	12 June 1981	S. 117: Royal Assent (a)	—
Companies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981	92, 1981	18 June 1981	Part I (ss. 1 and 2): Royal Assent Div. 1 of Part XI (s. 36): 1 July 1981 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 1981, No. S118) Remainder: 1 July 1982 (see s. 2(3) and Gazette 1982, No. S124)
Statute Stocktake Act 1999	118, 1999	22 Sept 1999	22 Sept 1999	—

S. 3....................	am. Nos. 61 and 92, 1981
S. 6....................	am. No. 188, 1978
S. 8....................	am. No. 188, 1978
S. 9....................	am. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978; No. 41, 1979
S. 11...................	am. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978
S. 11A..................	ad. No. 34, 1978
	rs. No. 188, 1978
S. 12 ...................	am. No. 188, 1978
S. 14...................	am. No. 188, 1978
S. 16...................	am. No. 188, 1978; No. 41, 1979
S. 17...................	am. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978; No. 41, 1979
S. 18...................	am. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978
S. 18A..................	ad. No. 34, 1978
S. 21...................	am. No. 188, 1978
S. 26...................	am. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978
S. 26A..................	ad. No. 34, 1978
S. 27...................	am. No. 188, 1978
S. 28...................	am. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978
S. 30...................	am. No. 36, 1978
S. 31...................	am. No. 61, 1981
S. 32...................	am. No. 36, 1978
Ss. 33‑35.........	am. No. 34, 1978
S. 36...................	am. Nos. 34 and 36, 1978
Schedules 1‑3......	rs. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978; No. 41, 1979
Schedules 4, 5............	rs. No. 34, 1978
Schedule 6...............	rs. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978; No. 41, 1979
Schedule 7...............	rs. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978
Schedule 8...............	rs. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978; No. 41, 1979
Schedule 9...............	rs. No. 34, 1978
Schedules 10‑12....	rs. Nos. 34 and 188, 1978; No. 41, 1979
Schedules 13, 14..........	rs. No. 34, 1978