States Grants (Technical and Further Education) Amendment Act 1976 (Cth)

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STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976

No. 17 of 1976

An Act to amend the States Grants (Technical and Further Education) Act 1974.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and 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 (Technical and Further Education) Amendment Act 1976.

(2) TheStates Grants (Technical and Further Education) Act 1974is 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 (Technical and Further Education) Act 1974-1976.

Interpretation.

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

Commencement.

3.Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from the definition of “period to which this Act applies” in sub-section (1) the figures and word “30 June 1976” and substituting the figures and word “31 December 1976”;

(b) by adding at the end of the definition of “year” in sub-section (1) the words and includes the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976”;

(c) by adding at the end of the definition of “year to which this Act applies” in sub-section (1) the words “or the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-section (2) the word “financial”.

Grants for recurrent expenditure.

4. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) the word “and”; and

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following word and paragraph:—

“; and (c) in the case of the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976—the amount specified in column 4 of Schedule 3 opposite to the name of the State.”.

Conditions attaching to grants for recurrent expenditure.

5.Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) the word “financial”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) the word “financial”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) the word “financial” (wherever occurring).

Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with programs of expenditure for particular purposes.

6.Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting at the end of sub-section (2) the following word and paragraph:—

“; and (c) in the case of the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976—the amount specified in column 4 of Schedule 4 opposite to the name of the State.”.

Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with in-service teacher training programs.

7.Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) the word “and”; and

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (2) the following word and paragraph:—

“; and (c) in the case of the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976—the amount specified in column 4 of Schedule 5 opposite to the name of the State.”.

Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with special projects.

8.Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-section (2), after the word “paragraph”, the figures “19(1)”;

(b) by inserting in sub-section (3), after the word “paragraph”, the figures “19(1)”; and

(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:—

“(4) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under this section, in the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976, in respect of projects for a purpose specified in para­graph 19(1)(a), (b) or (d) that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified opposite to the name of that State in column 10, 11 or 12, respectively, of Schedule 6.

“(5) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under this section, in the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976, in respect of projects for a purpose specified in para­graph 19(1)(c).”.

Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with planning projects.

9.Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1), after the word “applies”, the words “, other than the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976”.

Minister may transfer amounts from year to year.

10.Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-sections (1) and (2) and substituting the fol­lowing sub-sections:—

“(1) Where the amount specified opposite to the name of a State in column 2 or 3 of Schedule 4 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State in accordance with section 15 in the period to which that column relates, the Minister may, at the request of the State, determine in writing that the amount so specified be varied by reducing that amount by an amount not exceeding the amount of that excess and that the amount specified opposite to the name of the State in the column of that Schedule relating to the period next following that first-mentioned period be varied by increasing that amount by an amount equal to the amount of that reduction.

“(2) Where the amount specified opposite to the name of a State in column 2 or 3 of Schedule 5 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State in accordance with section 18 in the period to which that column relates, the Minister may, at the request of the State, determine in writing that the amount so specified be varied by reducing that amount by an amount not exceeding the amount of that excess and that the amount specified opposite to the name of the State in the column of that Schedule relating to the period next following that first-mentioned period be varied by increasing that amount by an amount equal to the amount of that reduction.

(b) by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-section:—

“(3a) Where the amount specified opposite to the name of a State in column 3, 5 or 9 of Schedule 6 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State in accordance with section 20 for purposes referred to in paragraph 19(1)(a), (b) or (d), respectively, in the year that ends on 30 June 1976, the Minister may, at the request of the State, determine in writing that the amount so specified be varied by reducing that amount by an amount not exceeding the amount of that excess and that the amount specified opposite to the name of the State in column 10, 11 or 12, respectively, of that Schedule be varied by increasing that amount by an amount equal to the amount of that reduction.”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-section (5) the word and figure “or (3)” (wherever occurring) and substituting the figures and word “, (3) or (3a)”.

11.Section 26 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:—

Minister may fix amounts, and times of payments, of financial assistance.

“26. Financial assistance payable to a State under this Act (other than advances) shall be paid in such amounts, and at such times, as the Minister determines in accordance with arrangements approved by the Treasurer”.

12.Section 29 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections substituted: —

Payments to States.

“29. (1) Payments to a State of amounts authorized to be paid under section 6, 8 or 10 or of advances on account of amounts that are expected to be so authorized may be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund or the Loan Fund.

“(2) Payments to a State for the purposes of this Act, other than payments referred to in sub-section (1), shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

Authority to borrow.

“29a. The Treasurer may, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911-1973, or in accordance with the provisions of an Act authorizing the issue of Treasury Bills, borrow moneys not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of the payments referred to in sub-section 29(1).

Application of moneys borrowed.

“29b. Moneys borrowed under section 29a shall be issued and applied only for the expenses of borrowing and for the purpose of making payments to the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with section 29c.

Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund.

“29c. (1) Where an amount has been paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under sub-section 29(1), 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 section 50 of the Audit Act 1901-1975, 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.

“29d. The Consolidated Revenue Fund and the Loan Fund are appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act”.

Schedules.

13.The Schedules to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Act substituted.

SCHEDULE  Section 13

Schedules to be Inserted in the Principal Act

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Schedule 1 Section 6

Capital Grants For Major Building Projects

Column 1

Column 2

Maximum

Name of State

Grant

$

New South Wales......................................................................................................

12,735,000

Victoria.....................................................................................................................

9,724,000

Queensland...............................................................................................................

4,692,000

South Australia.........................................................................................................

3,323,000

Western Australia......................................................................................................

2,870,000

Tasmania..................................................................................................................

1,163,000

Total...............................................................................................................

34,507,000

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Schedule 2 Section 8

Capital Grants For Minor Building Projects And Equipment

Column 1

Column 2

Maximum

Name of State

Grant

$

New South Wales......................................................................................................

4,758,000

Victoria.....................................................................................................................

4,000,000

Queensland................................................................................................................

1,800,000

South Australia..........................................................................................................

1,767,000

Western Australia......................................................................................................

1,771,000

Tasmania...................................................................................................................

1,060,000

Total...............................................................................................................

15,156,000

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SCHEDULE 3 Section 12

General Purpose Recurrent Grants

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Year

Year

Six months

commencing

commencing

commencing

1 July 1974

1 July 1975

1 July 1976

Name of State

Amount of Grant

Amount of Grant

Amount of Grant

$

$

$

New South Wales......................................

9,604,500

13,024,500

2,112,000

Victoria.....................................................

5,311,000

7,289,500

3,505,000

Queensland...............................................

1,860,500

2,612,500

900,000

 

SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Year

Year

Six months

commencing

commencing

commencing

1 July 1974

1 July 1975

1 July 1976

Name of State

Amount of Grant

Amount of Grant

Amount of Grant

$

$

$

South Australia.........................................

2,054,000

2,801,000

1,197,000

Western Australia......................................

1,740,000

2,385,000

494,000

Tasmania..................................................

370,000

528,500

189,000

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Schedule 4 Section 15

Particular Purpose Recurrent Grants

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Year

Year

Six months

commencing

commencing

commencing

1 July 1974

1 July 1975

1 July 1976

Name of State

Maximum Grant

Maximum Grant

Maximum Grant

$

$

$

New South Wales......................................

1,480,000

2,301,000

985,000

Victoria.....................................................

1,149,000

1,794,500

765,500

Queensland................................................

695,000

1,074,000

462,500

South Australia..........................................

382,000

594,000

254,000

Western Australia......................................

334,000

529,000

223,000

Tasmania...................................................

167,000

261,500

111,500

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Schedule 5 Section 18

Grants For In-Service Teacher Training Programs

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Year

Year

Six months

commencing

commencing

commencing

1 July 1974

1 July 1975

1 July 1976

Name of State

Maximum Grant

Maximum Grant

Maximum Grant

$

$

$

New South Wales.......................................

310,000

620,000

310,000

Victoria......................................................

133,000

267,000

133,500

Queensland................................................

100,000

200,000

100,000

South Australia..........................................

117,000

233,000

116,500

Western Australia.......................................

110,000

220,000

110,000

Tasmania...................................................

30,000

60,000

30,000

SCHEDULE—continued

Schedule 6 Section 20

Special Project Recurrent Grants

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Column 6

Column 7

Year com­mencing

Year com­mencing

Year com­mencing

Year com­mencing

Year com­mencing

Year com­mencing

1 July

1 July

1 July

1 July

1 July

1 July

1974

1975

1974

1975

1974

1975

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Name of State

Grant

Grant

Grant

Grant

Grant

Grant

$

$

$

$

$

$

New South Wales..........................................

77,000

103,000

9,000

16,000

6,000

14,000

Victoria..........................................

58,000

77,000

9,000

16,000

6,000

14,000

Queensland..........................................

56,000

74,000

8,000

17,000

5,000

10,000

South Australia..........................................

24,000

31,000

8,000

17,000

5,000

10,000

Western Australia..........................................

19,000

26,000

8,000

17,000

5,000

10,000

Tasmania..........................................

6,000

9,000

8,000

17,000

3,000

7,000

Column 8

Column 9

Column 10

Column 11

Column 12

Six months

Six months

Six months

Year com­mencing

Year com­mencing

com­mencing

com­mencing

com­mencing

1 July

1 July

1 July

1 July

1 July

1974

1975

1976

1976

1976

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Grant

Grant

Grant

Grant

Grant

$

$

$

$

$

New South Wales.............

164,000

226,000

51,500

8,000

113,000

Victoria............................

117,000

163,000

38,500

8,000

81,500

Queensland......................

63,000

87,000

37,000

8,500

43,500

South Australia.................

38,000

52,000

15,500

8,500

26,000

Western Australia.............

25,000

35,000

13,000

8,500

17,500

Tasmania..........................

13,000

17,000

4,500

8,500

8,500

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