States Grants (Science Laboratories and Technical Training) Act 1964 (Cth)

STATES GRANTS (SCIENCE LABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL TRAINING).

 

No. 50 of 1964.

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

[Assented to 28th May, 1964.]

[Date of commencement, 25th June, 1964.]

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

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Science Laboratories and Technical Training) Act 1964.

Grants for science laboratories and equipment.

2.—(1.) The Minister may authorize the payment to a State, under this section, during the year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four, by way of financial assistance, of such amounts as, subject to the next succeeding sub-section, he determines.

(2.) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under the last preceding sub-section that exceed in the aggregate the amount specified in the First Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the State.

(3.) Payment of an amount to a State under this section is subject to the condition that the amount will be applied by the State, as approved by the Minister, for purposes in connexion with laboratories and equipment for use in the teaching of science in schools at the secondary level of education.

(4.) In this section, “school” means a school or a similar institution, whether conducted by a State or not.

Grants for buildings and equipment for use in technical training.

3.—(1.) The Minister may authorize the payment to a State, under this section, during the year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four, by way of financial assistance, of such amounts as, subject to the next succeeding sub-section, he determines.

(2.) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under the last preceding sub-section that exceed in the aggregate the amount specified in the Second Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the State.

 

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

(4.) In this section, “school” means a school, or a similar institution, that is conducted by a State, and includes an institution the name of which is specified in the Third Schedule to this Act.

Appropriation.

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

 

THE SCHEDULES.

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FIRST SCHEDULE. Section 2(2.).

Limit of Grants for Science Laboratories and Equipment.

£
New South Wales...............................................	1,854,400
Victoria..............................................................	1,399,600
Queensland.........................................................	717,400
South Australia...................................................	462,200
Western Australia...............................................	353,800
Tasmania............................................................	165,500
4,952,900

SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 3(2.).

Limit of Grants for Buildings and Equipment for use in Technical Training.

£
New South Wales.............................................	1,872,000
Victoria............................................................	1,412,900
Queensland.......................................................	724.200
South Australia.................................................	466,600
Western Australia.............................................	357,200
Tasmania..........................................................	167,100
5,000,000

THIRD SCHEDULE. Section 3(4.).

 

Names of Institutions.

Victoria—

Bendigo Technical College

Prahran Technical School

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

The Gordon Institute of Technology

The School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat

The Swinburne Technical College”

South Australia—

South Australian Institute of Technology