STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1977

No. 158 of 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.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

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

Commencement

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

Interpretation

3. (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;

(c) the development or preparation of land for building or other purposes; or

(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 Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 other than such an institution that is situated in a Territory;

(b) the New South Wales Higher Education Board;

(c) the State College of Victoria;

(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 Tertiary Education Commission established by the 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 the law of a State or Territory;

(c) a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants or of the Australian Society of Accountants; or

(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 Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977;

“University” means an institution that is a University for the purposes of the 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.

Approval of, and directions relating to, building projects

4. (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 sub-section (1) are building projects additional to the building projects specified in Schedule 7.

 

(3) Where the Minister approves a building project under sub-section (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 sub-section (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

Interpretation

5. (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.

Grant for expenditure on university purposes

6. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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.

 

 (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;

(c) fees in respect of residential accommodation; or

(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.

Special research grants

7. (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 sub-section (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.

Grants for equipment

8. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 amount expended before 1 January 1979 by the University in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by 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, before 1 January 1979, of the University in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the University in respect of the year 1978.

 

(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 amount expended before 1 January 1979 by the University in accordance 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 is not less than the amount specified in Column 3 of Schedule 5 in relation to that equipment.

 

(6) For the purposes of this section, moneys set aside by a University in the year 1978 for expenditure in connexion with an approved proposal for expenditure by the University in respect of equipment ordered during that year and expended within a period of 2 months after the end of that year in connexion with the approved proposal shall be deemed to have been expended during that year.

Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges

9. (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 $8,919 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $139.14 by the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that student residence; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $315.15 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 sub-section (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—$315.15;

(b) if the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that college is more than 49 but less than 75—$315.15 reduced by $2.38 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—$255.69 reduced by $1.19 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—$225.96 reduced by $0.19 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.

 

 

(5) For the purposes of sub-sections (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 sub-section (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 sub-section, the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to a student residence or affiliated college ascertained in accordance with sub-section (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 affilliated 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 sub-section (5), the number of students at a student residence, or affiliated college, included in a class of students referred to in that sub-section 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 postgraduate 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.

Recurrent grants in respect of teaching hospitals

10. (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 sub-section (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.

Building projects, &c.

11. (1) Subject to sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-sections (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 sub-section (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 sub-section and sub-section (6)) the amount as so varied shall be deemed to have been, as from the date on which the project was approved under sub-section (4), the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1978.

 

(6) Subject to sub-section (7), where the Commission approves, under sub-section (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 sub-section (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, before 1 January 1979, towards the carrying out of the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this section 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 sub-section 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 during the year 1978 in connexion with the approved project.

 

(9) For the purposes of this section, moneys set aside in the year 1978 for expenditure in connexion with an approved building project of a University in respect of that year and expended, within a period of 2 months after the end of that year, in relation to work undertaken during that year in connexion with the project shall be deemed to have been expended during that year.

 

 

(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 sub-section (4) as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1978.

PART III—COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION

Interpretation

12. (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 provided at the college, being courses 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

(c) the acquisition of equipment in relation to each single item of which the total expenditure does not exceed $2,000;

“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.

Approvals in respect of courses

13. 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.

Grants for the expenditure on college purposes

14. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 State 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 sub-section (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 sub-section (4) in relation to a State, give a direction, or a further direction, in relation to the State under sub-section (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.

 

(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;

(c) fees paid in respect of residential accommodation; and

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

 

Variations of amounts specified in Schedule 8

15. (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section (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, expect at the request of the State.

 

(4) A direction shall not given under sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (1), or has been furnished under sub-section (7) with particulars of a direction given by the Commission under sub-section (2), the Minister shall cause a statement setting out particulars of the direction to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

Grants for equipment

16. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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—$459,000; and

(b) in the case of amounts payable to colleges of advanced education included in the Victoria Institute of Colleges system—$1,762,000.

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (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 sub-section (3) in relation to those proposals;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended, before 1 January 1979, in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the college in respect of the year 1978 is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under sub-section (3) in relation to those approved proposals; 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, before 1 January 1979, by the college in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the college in respect of the year 1978.

 

(7) For the purposes of this section, moneys set aside by a college of advanced education in the year 1978 for expenditure in connexion with an approved proposal for expenditure by that college in respect of equipment ordered during that year and expended within a period of 2 months after the end of that year in connexion with the approved proposal shall be deemed to have been expended during that year.

Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges

17. (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 $8,919 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $139.14 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; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $315.15 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 sub-section (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—$315.15;

 

(b) if the number of resident full-time students at the college in the year 1978 is more than 49 but less than 75—$315.15 reduced by $2.38 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 50;

(c) if the number of resident full-time students at the college in the year 1978 is more than 74 but less than 100—$255.69 reduced by $1.19 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 75; or

(d) if the number of resident full-time students at the college in the year 1978 is more than 99—$225.96 reduced by $0.19 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 100.

 

(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.

 

Building projects, &c.

18. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section and sub-section (5)), the amount as so varied shall be deemed to have been, as from the date on which the project was approved under sub-section (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 sub-section (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;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended, before 1 January 1979, towards the carrying out of the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this section or under any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to colleges of advanced education;

(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 sub-section 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

(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 during the year 1978 in connexion with the approved project.

(7) For the purposes of this section, moneys set aside in the year 1978 for expenditure in connexion with an approved building project or an approved planning project of a college of advanced education in respect of that year and expended within a period of 2 months after the end of that year in relation to work undertaken during that year in connexion with the project shall be deemed to have been expended during that year.

 

(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 sub-section (3) of this section as an approved minor building project of the college in respect of the year 1978.

Limits on payments in respect of building projects

19. (1) The total of the amounts payable to a State under sub-sections 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 sub-section 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 sub-section 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

Interpretation

20. (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.

 

Grants for recurrent expenditure

21. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 statement by an approved auditor in accordance with a form approved by the Commission as to the total expenditure 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 in the State; 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 of services that are not of an academic nature;

(c) fees in respect of residential accommodation; or

(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.

Proposals for expenditure on training and data processing

22. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section; 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 sub-section (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 sub-section; 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)(b).

Variation of amounts in Schedule 11

23. (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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.

Other recurrent grants

24. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section; 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.

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

25. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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.

Building projects, &c.

26. (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 sub-section (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 sub-sections (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, before 1 January 1979, towards the carrying out of the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this section 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 sub-section 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 applied during the year 1978 in expenditure in connexion with the carrying out of the project.

 

(5) For the purposes of this section, moneys set aside in the year 1978 for expenditure in connexion with an approved building project of a technical and further education institution in respect of that year and expended, within a period of 2 months after the end of that year, in relation to work undertaken during that year in connexion with the project shall be deemed to have been expended during that year.

(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.

Grants for minor building projects and equipment

27. (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 the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, before 1 January 1979, in carrying out approved minor building projects and on approved equipment 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 and the approved equipment in respect of which moneys have been expended during the period of 6 months ending on 30 June 1978;

(c) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 31 March 1979, a statement specifying the approved minor building projects and the approved equipment in respect of which moneys have been expended during the period of 6 months 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, as to the expenditure by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, before 1 January 1979, in carrying out the approved minor building projects and on the approved equipment specified in the statements furnished in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this sub-section.

PART V—MISCELLANEOUS

Variations of building grants in Schedule 7

28. (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section (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, 18 and 26 unless the State has agreed to the variation or variations.

 

 (4) The Commission shall not give a direction under sub-section (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 sub-section (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 section 11, 18 or 26.

 

(5) A direction shall not be given under sub-section (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, 18 and 26 is greater or less than $132,607,000; or

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

 

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

 

Additional conditions

29. 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.

Time and manner of payments

30. 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 Treasurer.

Delegation

31. (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 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 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 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

(c) continues in force notwithstanding a change in the membership of the Commission.

 

(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 sub-section (5) shall, unless the contrary is established, be deemed to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.

Advances

32. The Minister and the Treasurer may make arrangements for the making by the Treasurer 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.

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

33. 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, 16, 18, 26 or 27—the Consolidated Revenue Fund or the Loan Fund; or

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

Authority to borrow

34. 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, 16, 18, 26 and 27.

Application of moneys borrowed

35. 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, 16, 18, 26 or 27 and for the purpose of making payments to the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with section 36.

Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund from Loan Fund.

36. (1) Where an amount has been paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with section 8, 11, 16, 18, 26 or 27, the Treasurer 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 Treasurer under section 49 or 50 of the Audit Act 1901, amounts paid to the Consolidated Revenue Fund under sub-section (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.

Appropriation

37. 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

Principal Act

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

Grants for expenditure on building projects

39. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3) “$562,000” and substituting “$588,000”.

40. After section 10 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under section 10

“10a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, section 10 does not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

41. Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 15 to this Act are substituted.

Schedule 6

42. Schedule 6 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and substituting the paragraphs set out in Schedule 16 to this Act.

Schedules 7 and 8

43. Schedules 7 and 8 to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 17 to this Act are substituted.

Payments made before Royal Assent

44. 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 2—Amendments of States Grants (Universities) Act 1976

Principal Act

45. The States Grants (Universities) Act 1976 is in this Division referred to as the Principal Act.

Grants for expenditure on university building projects, &c.

46. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (6) “$60,217,000” and substituting “$61,372,000”.

Additional grants for cost increases— university building projects, &c.

47. Section 16a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3) “$8,617,000” and substituting “$9,772,000”.

48. After section 16a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under sections 16 and 16a

“16b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, sections 16 and 16a do not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

Payments made before Royal Assent

49. 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 3—Amendments of States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976

Principal Act

50. 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:

Termination of payments under section 8

“8a. 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.”.

Schedules 1 and 2

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

Schedule 3

53. 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.

Payments made before Royal Assent

54. 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

Principal Act

55. The States Grants (Technical and Further Education Assistance) Act 1976 is in this Division referred to as the Principal Act.

56. After section 7 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under sections 6 and 7

“7a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, sub-sections 6(1) and 7(1) do not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

57. Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 20 to this Act are substituted.

Payments made before Royal Assent

58. 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 5—Amendments of other Acts

59. After section 10a of the States Grants (Universities) Act 1972 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under sections 5, 5a, 8, 8a, 10 and 10a

“10b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, sections 5, 5a, 8, 8a, 10 and 10a do not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

 

60. After section 4 of the States Grants (Universities) Act 1970 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under section 4

“4a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, section 4 does not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

61. After section 11 of the States Grants (Universities) Act 1969 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under sections 5, 8 and 11

“11a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, sections 5, 8 and 11 do not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

62. After section 6 of the Universities (Financial Assistance) Act 1967 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under section 6

“6a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, section 6 does not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

63. After section 10 of the Universities (Financial Assistance) Act 1966 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under sections 5, 7 and 10

“10a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, sections 5, 7 and 10 do not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

64. After section 8b of the Universities (Financial Assistance) Act 1963 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under sections 5, 7 and 8a

“8c. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, sections 5, 7 and 8a do not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

65. After section 10a of the States Grants (Universities) Act 1960 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under sections 9 and 10a

“10b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, sections 9 and 10a do not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

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

Termination of payments under section 12

“12a. 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. After section 10 of the States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1972 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under sections 6, 6a, 9 and 10

“10a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, sections 6, 6a, 9 and 10 do not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

68. After section 5 of the States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1969 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under section 5

“5a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, section 5 does not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

69. After section 7a of the States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1967 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under section 7

“7b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, section 7 does not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

70. After section 10 of the States Grants (Technical and Further Education) Act 1974 the following section is inserted:

Termination of payments under sections 6, 8 and 10

“10a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, sub-sections 6(1), 8(1) and 10(1) do not authorize any payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State after 31 December 1977.”.

 

SCHEDULE 1                                                 Section 6

GRANTS FOR EXPENDITURE ON UNIVERSITY PURPOSES

Column 1	Column 2
University	Amount of grant in respect of 1978
	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney............................................................................................	68,955,000
The University of New South Wales....................................................................	66,707,000
University of New England..................................................................................	20,674,000
The University of Newcastle................................................................................	17,140,000
The Macquarie University.....................................................................................	26,111,000
The University of Wollongong.............................................................................	9,423,000
Total........................................................................................................	209,010,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne.......................................................................................	58,908,000
Monash University................................................................................................	49,062,000
La Trobe University..............................................................................................	25,322,000
Deakin University.................................................................................................	10,687,000
Total........................................................................................................	143,979,000

 

SCHEDULE 1—continued

SCHEDULE 2                                                    Section 6(3)

SPECIAL PURPOSES IN RELATION TO GRANTS FOR EXPENDITURE ON UNIVERSITY PURPOSES

SCHEDULE 3                                                    Section 7

SPECIAL RESEARCH GRANTS FOR UNIVERSITIES

SCHEDULE 4                                                    Section 8

GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT FOR UNIVERSITIES

SCHEDULE 5                                                    Section 8(5)

SPECIFIED EQUIPMENT IN RELATION TO GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT FOR UNIVERSITIES

SCHEDULE 6                                                    Section 10

GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OF TEACHING HOSPITALS OF UNIVERSITIES

SCHEDULE 7                                        Sections 11, 18 and 26

PART I—GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED BUILDING PROJECTS OF UNIVERSITIES

PART II—GRANTS FOR MINOR BUILDING PROJECTS OF UNIVERSITIES APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION

 

SCHEDULE 7—continued

 

PART III—GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED BUILDING PROJECTS OF COLLEGES OF
ADVANCED EDUCATION

 

SCHEDULE 7—continued

 

SCHEDULE 7—continued

 

SCHEDULE 7—continued

 

PART IV—GRANTS FOR PROJECTS OF COLLEGES OF ADVANCED

EDUCATION

 

SCHEDULE 7—continued

PART V—GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED BUILDING PROJECTS OF TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

 

SCHEDULE 7—continued

 

PART VI-SUMMARY OF GRANTS TO STATES FOR SPECIFIED BUILDING

PROJECTS OF TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

 

 

SCHEDULE 8                                        Section 14

PART I—GRANTS FOR EXPENDITURE ON COLLEGE PURPOSES

 

SCHEDULE 8—continued

PART II—UNALLOCATED MONEYS AND STATE AGGREGATES FOR
EXPENDITURE ON COLLEGE PURPOSES

SCHEDULE 9                                        Section 16

GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT FOR COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION

SCHEDULE 10                                                 Section 21

GENERAL PURPOSE RECURRENT GRANTS IN CONNEXION WITH TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

SCHEDULE 11                                                 Section 22

GRANTS FOR STAFF TRAINING AND DATA PROCESSING IN CONNEXION WITH TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

 

SCHEDULE 11—continued

SCHEDULE 12                                                 Section 24

OTHER RECURRENT GRANTS IN CONNEXION WITH TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

SCHEDULE 13                                                 Section 25

GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS OF ADULT EDUCATION RELATED TO TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

SCHEDULE 14                                                 Section 27

GRANTS FOR MINOR BUILDING PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

SCHEDULE 15                                                    Section 41

New Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to be inserted in the States Grants (Universities Assistance) Act
1976

SCHEDULE 1                                                   Section 5(1)

GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

 

SCHEDULE 15—continued

SCHEDULE 2                                                   Section 5(3)

SPECIAL PURPOSES IN RELATION TO GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

SCHEDULE 15—continued

SCHEDULE 3                                                   Section 6

SPECIAL RESEARCH GRANTS

SCHEDULE 15—continued

SCHEDULE 4                                                   Section 7(1)

GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT

SCHEDULE 15—continued

SCHEDULE 5                                                   Section 7(6)

SPECIFIED EQUIPMENT IN RELATION TO GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT

SCHEDULE 16                                                 Section 42

New paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 to be inserted in Schedule 6 to the States Grants (Universities Assistance) Act 1976

1. In relation to each hall of residence of a University, there is payable under sub-section 8(1) to the State in which the University 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 prescribed number of students in relation to that hall of residence; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $312.04 by the prescribed number of students in relation to that hall of residence,

whichever is the lesser amount.

2. In relation to each residential college of a University, there is payable under sub-section 8(1) to the State in which the University is situated an amount ascertained by multiplying the basic grant in respect of that college by the prescribed number of students in relation to that college.

3. For the purposes of paragraph 2, the basic grant in respect of a residential college is—

(a) if the prescribed number of students in relation to that college is less than 50—$312.04;

(b) if the prescribed number of students in relation to that college is more than 49 but less than 75—$312.04 reduced by $2.36 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 50;

(c) if the prescribed number of students in relation to that college is more than 74 but less than 100—$253.16 reduced by $1.18 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 75; and

(d) if the prescribed number of students in relation to that college is more than 99—$223.73 reduced by $0.19 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.

 

SCHEDULE 17                                                 Section 43

New Schedules 7 and 8 to be inserted in the States Grants (Universities Assistance) Act 1976

______

SCHEDULE 7                                                   Section 9

GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OF TEACHING HOSPITALS OF

UNIVERSITIES

SCHEDULE 17—continued

SCHEDULE 8                                                   Section 10 (2)

GRANTS FOR MINOR BUILDING WORKS AND FOR SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

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

SCHEDULE 18—continued

 

SCHEDULE 18—continued

PART II—GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE IN RESPECT OF 1977 BY ALL OR ANY COLLEGES

SCHEDULE 2                                                  Section 7

METHOD OF ASCERTAINING GRANT FOR 1977 IN RESPECT OF A STUDENT RESIDENCE OR AN AFFILIATED COLLEGE

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 sub- section 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 sub-section 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                                                Section 53

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

PART II—GRANTS FOR ALL OR ANY COLLEGES AND ADDITIONAL PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE MINISTER–1977

 

PART III—MAXIMUM GRANTS FOR ALL APPROVED PROJECTS–1977

SCHEDULE 20                                                Section 57

New Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to be inserted in the States Grants (Technical and Further Education Assistance) Act 1976.

SCHEDULE 1                                             Section 6(1)

CAPITAL GRANTS FOR MAJOR BUILDING PROJECTS

 

SCHEDULE 20—continued

SCHEDULE 2                                             Section 7(3)

CAPITAL GRANTS FOR MINOR BUILDING PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT

 

SCHEDULE 20—continued

SCHEDULE 3                                             Section 8(1)

GENERAL PURPOSE RECURRENT GRANTS

SCHEDULE 4                                             Section 9(3)

SPECIAL PURPOSE RECURRENT GRANTS

SCHEDULE 5                                             Section 10(3)

PARTICULAR PURPOSE RECURRENT GRANTS