States Grants (Technical Training)

No. 53 of 1968

An Act to grant Financial Assistance to the States for Buildings and Equipment for use in Technical Training in State Schools.

[Assented to 24 June 1968]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title.

1.  This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Technical Training) Act 1968.

Commencement.

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

Definitions.

3.  In this Act—

“State school” means a school, or a similar institution, that is conducted by a State, and includes an institution the name of which is specified in the First Schedule to this Act;

“technical training” means the training of persons for engagement in trades, technical occupations or agricultural or other rural occupations;

“the period to which this Act applies” means the period commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.

Grants for technical training.

4.—(1.)  The Minister may authorize the payment to a State, under this Act, during the period to which this Act applies, by way of financial assistance, of such amounts as, subject to the next succeeding sub-section, he determines.

(2.)  The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under the last preceding sub-section that—

(a) exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in the Second Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the State;

(b) in the case of payments authorized on or before the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine—exceed, in the aggregate, one-third of that amount; or

(c) in the case of payments authorized on or before the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy—exceed, in the aggregate, two-thirds of that amount.

(3.)  Payment of an amount to a State under this Act is subject to the condition that the amount will be applied by the State, as approved by the Minister, for purposes in connexion with buildings and equipment for use in technical training in State schools.

Appropriation.

5.  Payments under this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.

THE SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE                                             Section 3.

Names of Institutions

Victoria—

The School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat

Bendigo Institute of Technology

Gordon Institute of Technology

Prahran Technical School

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

The Swinburne College of Technology

Queensland—

Longreach Rural Training School Emerald

Rural Training School

South Australia—

South Australian Institute of Technology

The Roseworthy Agricultural College

SECOND SCHEDULE                              Section 4(2.).

Limit of Grants