States Grants
(Advanced Education)
No. 118 of 1970
An Act to amend the States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1969,
and to provide for Payments to certain States in relation to certain Places of
Education.
[Assented to 11 November 1970]
BE
it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1970.
(2.) The States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1969
is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The
Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the States Grants (Advanced
Education) Act 1969–1970.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into operation on the day on which
it receives the Royal Assent.
First
Schedule.
3. The First Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the
Schedule set out in the First Schedule to this Act inserted in its stead.
Second
Schedule.
4. The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from the second and third
columns opposite to the words “South Australian Institute of Technology” in the
first column the words and figures—
“Erection of applied science
buildings..............................................
| 1,397,500” |
and
inserting in their stead the words and figures—
“Erection of applied science
buildings..............................................
| 1,335,000 |
Completion of metallurgy building.................................................
| 62,500”; |
and
(b) by omitting from the second and third
columns opposite to the words “Western Australian Institute of Technology” in
the first column the words and figures—
“Erection of
administration and general purposes building on the Muresk site
| 150,000” |
and
inserting in their stead the words and figures—
“Erection of
administration and general purposes building on the Muresk site
| 110,000 |
Erection of Watson lecture
theatre..................................................
| 40,000”. |
Additional
payments to certain States in relation to triennium 1967-1969.
5.—(1.) There is payable to a State specified in
column two of the table, in relation to a college of advanced education
referred to in column three of the table opposite to the State, for the purpose
of financial assistance, an amount equal to the amount by which the specified
amount in relation to that college in respect of a year specified in column one
of the table opposite to that college exceeds the amount paid under the Act to
the State in relation to that college in respect of that year.
(2.) The
financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to a college of
advanced education is granted on the condition that the State has applied in
expenditure, other than capital expenditure, for the college purposes of the
college in respect of the year concerned an amount not less than the amount of
the financial assistance.
(3.) For the
purposes of this section, the places of education that are referred to in
column three of the table opposite to the State of New South Wales shall be
deemed to be one college of advanced education.
(4.) For the
purposes of this section—
“capital
expenditure” and “college purposes” have the same respective meanings as they
have in the Act;
“specified
amount”, in relation to a college of advanced education referred to in column
three of the table in respect of a year specified in column one of the table
opposite to that college, is the amount that would have been payable, under the
Act, to a State, in relation to that college, in respect of that year, if the
amounts
specified
in column four and column five of the table opposite to that college and to
that year had been substituted for the amounts specified opposite to that
college in the second column and the third column, respectively, of that Part
of the First Schedule to the Act that relates to that year;
“the
Act” means the States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1967-1969;
“the
table” means the table set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.
Grant
in respect of Agricola College in respect of the years 1971 and 1972.
6.—(1.) There is payable to the State of Western
Australia, in respect of a year to which this section applies, for the purpose
of financial assistance in relation to Agricola College at Kalgoorlie—
(a) an amount of Five thousand dollars;
and
(b) in addition, an amount calculated by
multiplying Thirty dollars by the number of resident students of Agricola
College in that year.
(2.) Where
Agricola College, or part of Agricola College, was not in use during the whole
of the academic year included in a year to which this section applies, the
Minister may determine that the amount payable under this section in respect of
that year shall be such part only of the amount that would otherwise be payable
as the Minister thinks appropriate.
(3.) The
financial assistance to the State of Western Australia under this section is
granted on the conditions that—
(a) the State will, in respect of each
payment of that financial assistance and without undue delay, pay an amount
equal to that payment to the body administering Agricola College; and
(b) the State will ensure that each
amount so paid by the State is used, in the year in which it is paid, for the
provision of tutorial assistance to students of, or for meeting administrative
costs of, Agricola College.
(4.) The
Treasurer may, at such times as he thinks fit, make advances of such amounts as
he thinks fit to the State of Western Australia on account of an amount that
may become payable under this section to the State, and the conditions set out
in the last preceding sub-section are applicable to any such advance.
(5.) For the
purposes of this section, the number of resident students of Agricola College
in a year to which this section applies is the number that is the average of
the maximum numbers of such students during the several terms of the academic
year included in that year.
(6.) In this
section, “year to which this section applies” means each of the years One
thousand nine hundred and seventy-one and One thousand nine hundred and
seventy-two.
Additional
conditions.
7. In addition to the conditions specified in either of the last two
preceding sections, an amount of financial assistance to a State under either
of those sections is granted on the conditions that—
(a) if the Minister informs the Treasurer
of the State that he is satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil the
conditions applicable to that amount, the State will repay that amount to the
Commonwealth; and
(b) if that amount exceeds the amount
properly payable, the State will repay the excess to the Commonwealth.
Appropriation.
8.Payments to a State under section 5 or section 6 of
this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is
appropriated accordingly.
THE
SCHEDULES
FIRST
SCHEDULE Section
3.
SCHEDULE
TO BE INSERTED IN THE PRINCIPAL ACT
FIRST SCHEDULESection
4.
Part I.
Grants for Recurrent Expenditure for the Year 1970
First
Column | Second
Column | Third
Column |
College
of advanced education | Qualifying
amount | Maximum
grant |
New South Wales— | $ | $ |
Hawkesbury Agricultural College...........................................................................
| 342,790 | 185,300 |
Mitchell College of Advanced
Education................................................................
| 451,050 | 243,810 |
National Art School.................................................................................................
| 151,510 | 81,900 |
New South Wales Advanced Education
Board........................................................
| 59,590 | 32,210 |
New South Wales College of
Occupational Therapy..............................................
| 58,120 | 31,420 |
New South Wales State
Conservatorium of Music..................................................
| 139,240 | 75,260 |
Orange Agricultural College....................................................................................
| 10,380 | 5,620 |
Riverina College of Advanced
Education................................................................
| 77,900 | 42,100 |
School of Physiotherapy..........................................................................................
| 86,120 | 46,550 |
Speech Therapy Training School,
New South Wales..............................................
| 27,650 | 14,950 |
The New South Wales College of
Nursing..............................................................
| 35,680 | 19,290 |
The New South Wales Institute of
Technology.......................................................
| 2,013,680 | 1,088,470 |
Wagga Agricultural College....................................................................................
| 201,840 | 109,100 |
3,655,550 | 1,975,980 |
Victoria— |
Bendigo Institute of Technology..............................................................................
| 387,130 | 209,260 |
Burnley Horticultural College..................................................................................
| 71,630 | 38,720 |
Caulfield Institute of Technology............................................................................
| 813,400 | 439,670 |
College of Nursing, Australia
| 78,250 | 42,300 |
Dookie Agricultural College....................................................................................
| 251,200 | 135,780 |
Footscray Institute of Technology...........................................................................
| 545,860 | 295,070 |
Gippsland Institute of Technology...........................................................................
| 161,550 | 87,330 |
Gordon Institute of Technology...............................................................................
| 773,920 | 418,340 |
Longerenong Agricultural College..........................................................................
| 178,230 | 96,340 |
Physiotherapy School of Victoria............................................................................
| 132,920 | 71,850 |
Prahran Technical School........................................................................................
| 284,140 | 153,590 |
Preston Institute of Technology...............................................................................
| 382,550 | 206,790 |
Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology...............................................................
| 3,503,180 | 1,893,610 |
School of Forestry, Creswick...................................................................................
| 52,450 | 28,350 |
Swinburne College of Technology..........................................................................
| 1,183,180 | 639,550 |
The Emily McPherson College of
Domestic Economy...........................................
| 204,470 | 110,530 |
The Occupational Therapy School of
Victoria........................................................
| 126,510 | 68,380 |
The School of Mines and
Industries, Ballarat..........................................................
| 417,840 | 225,850 |
The Victorian School of Speech
Therapy................................................................
| 88,770 | 47,980 |
Victoria Institute of Colleges...................................................................................
| 206,140 | 111,420 |
Victorian College of Pharmacy................................................................................
| 362,510 | 195,950 |
Warrnambool Institute of
Technology.....................................................................
| 124,380 | 67,230 |
All or any of the colleges of
advanced education specified in this
|
Schedule in
respect of Victoria.............................................................................
| 360,260 | 194,740 |
10,690,470 | 5,778,630 |
Queensland— |
Queensland Agricultural College,
Lawes................................................................
| 365,890 | 197,780 |
Queensland Conservatorium of Music.....................................................................
| 65,690 | 35,500 |
Queensland Institute of Colleges.............................................................................
| 16,550 | 8,950 |
Queensland Institute of
Technology, Brisbane........................................................
| 1,367,620 | 739,250 |
Queensland Institute of
Technology, Capricornia...................................................
| 368,260 | 199,060 |
First Schedule—continued
First
Column | Second
Column | Third
Column |
College
of advanced education | Qualifying
amount | Maximum
grant |
$ | $ |
Queensland—continued |
Queensland Institute of
Technology, Darling Downs................................................
| 436,880 | 236,160 |
All or
any of the colleges of advanced education specified in this Schedule in
respect of Queensland.................................................................................................................................
| 188,240 | 101,760 |
2,809,130 | 1,518,460 |
South Australia— |
Roseworthy Agricultural College..............................................................................
| 236,930 | 128,070 |
School for Dental Therapists......................................................................................
| 86,980 | 47,020 |
South Australian Institute of Technology..................................................................
| 2,044,730 | 1,105,270 |
South Australian School of Art..................................................................................
| 164,230 | 88,770 |
2,532,870 | 1,369,130 |
Western
Australia— |
Western
Australian Institute of Technology..............................................................
| 3,748,030 | 2,025,970 |
Tasmania— |
Tasmanian College of Advanced
Education..............................................................
| 985,700 | 532,810 |
Part
II.
Grants for Recurrent Expenditure
for the Year 1971
First
Column | Second
Column | Third
Column |
College
of advanced education | Qualifying
amount | Maximum
grant |
$ | $ |
New South Wales— |
Hawkesbury Agricultural College.............................................................................
| 611,350 | 330,460 |
Mitchell College of Advanced
Education..................................................................
| 814,680 | 440,370 |
National Art School...................................................................................................
| 211,110 | 114,120 |
New South Wales Advanced Education
Board..........................................................
| 69,320 | 37,480 |
New South Wales College of
Occupational Therapy................................................
| 62,430 | 33,740 |
New South Wales State Conservatorium
of Music....................................................
| 147,680 | 79,820 |
Orange Agricultural College......................................................................................
| 79,000 | 42,700 |
Riverina College of Advanced
Education..................................................................
| 398,810 | 215,570 |
School of Physiotherapy............................................................................................
| 91,190 | 49,290 |
Speech Therapy Training School,
New South Wales................................................
| 29,280 | 15,830 |
The New South Wales College of
Nursing................................................................
| 42,950 | 23,210 |
The New South Wales Institute of
Technology.........................................................
| 2,674,450 | 1,445,650 |
Wagga Agricultural College......................................................................................
| 358,610 | 193,850 |
5,590,860 | 3,022,090 |
Victoria— |
Bendigo Institute of Technology................................................................................
| 466,010 | 251,890 |
Burnley Horticultural College....................................................................................
| 80,460 | 43,490 |
Caulfield Institute of Technology..............................................................................
| 893,930 | 483,200 |
College of Nursing, Australia....................................................................................
| 95,750 | 51,750 |
Dookie Agricultural College......................................................................................
| 269,120 | 145,470 |
Footscray Institute of Technology.............................................................................
| 623,360 | 336,950 |
Gippsland Institute of Technology.............................................................................
| 187,530 | 101,370 |
Gordon Institute of Technology.................................................................................
| 984,710 | 532,270 |
Longerenong Agricultural College............................................................................
| 178,660 | 96,580 |
Physiotherapy School of Victoria..............................................................................
| 151,420 | 81,860 |
Prahran Technical School..........................................................................................
| 320,640 | 173,320 |
Preston Institute of Technology.................................................................................
| 483,140 | 261,160 |
Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology.................................................................
| 4,032,340 | 2,179,650 |
School of Forestry, Creswick.....................................................................................
| 54,320 | 29,360 |
Swinburne College of Technology............................................................................
| 1,396,540 | 754,890 |
The Emily McPherson College of
Domestic Economy.............................................
| 221,160 | 119,540 |
First Schedule—continued
First
Column | Second
Column | Third
Column |
College
of advanced education | Qualifying
amount | Maximum
grant |
$ | $ |
Victoria—continued |
The Occupational Therapy School of
Victoria..........................................................
| 135,700 | 73,360 |
The School of Mines and
Industries, Ballarat............................................................
| 479,680 | 259,290 |
The Victorian School of Speech
Therapy..................................................................
| 96,300 | 52,060 |
Victoria Institute of Colleges.....................................................................................
| 224,410 | 121,300 |
Victorian College of Pharmacy..................................................................................
| 400,060 | 216,240 |
Warrnambool Institute of
Technology.......................................................................
| 147,580 | 79,770 |
All or
any of the colleges of advanced education specified in this Schedule in
respect of Victoria
| 668,600 | 361,400 |
12,591,420 | 6,806,170 |
Queensland— |
Queensland Agricultural College,
Lawes..................................................................
| 451,010 | 243,790 |
Queensland Conservatorium of Music.......................................................................
| 77,940 | 42,130 |
Queensland Institute of Colleges...............................................................................
| 26,610 | 14,390 |
Queensland Institute of
Technology, Brisbane..........................................................
| 1,530,880 | 827,500 |
Queensland Institute of
Technology, Capricornia.....................................................
| 447,180 | 241,710 |
Queensland Institute of Technology,
Darling Downs................................................
| 543,960 | 294,030 |
All or
any of the colleges of advanced education specified in this Schedule in
respect of Queensland.................................................................................................................................
| 214,210 | 115,790 |
3,291,790 | 1,779,340 |
South Australia— |
Roseworthy Agricultural College..............................................................................
| 257,700 | 139,300 |
School for Dental Therapists......................................................................................
| 93,470 | 50,530 |
South Australian Institute of
Technology..................................................................
| 2,333,600 | 1,261,400 |
South Australian School of Art..................................................................................
| 186,950 | 101,050 |