States Grants (Universities) Act 1958 (Cth)
STATES GRANTS (UNIVERSITIES).
No. 27 of 1958. An Act to make provision for the grant of Financial Assistance to the States in connexion with Universities, and for other purposes.
[Assented to 21st May, 1958.]
B | Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating |
the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:— |
hundred and fifty-seven. |
PART I.—PRELIMINARY.
Act 1958.
(2.) Part II. of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight. | |
(3.) Part III. of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of January, One thousand nine |
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Part I.—Preliminary (Sections 1—5). Part II.—Grants of Financial Assistance (Sections 6—13). Part III.—Amendments of the |
Act 1957 (Sections 14—19).
5. An advance made, before the commencement of this section, 1957 on account of an amount that may have become payable under that Act to the State in relation to a University in respect of the year One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight shall, upon the commencement of this section, be deemed to have been made to that State under section twelve of this Act on account of amounts that may become payable under section eight of this Act to that State in relation to that University in respect of that year. | |
to a State under section six of the | |
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6. | —(1.) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears— | |
" capital expenditure " means— |
{a) expenditure on the erection or purchase of abuilding or the purchase of land; and
{b) expenditure, exceeding One thousand pounds, on the alteration of a building or for the purchase of, or otherwise in connexion with, a single item of equipment;" fees " means tuition, examination, matriculation and other
fees payable to a University by a student enrolled at,
with his course of study or attendance at the University, or applying for enrolment at, the University in connexion | and includes fees payable to the University in respect |
of the conferring of a degree or diploma, but does not include fees the payment of which is voluntary or fees payable to an organization of students; |
" State grants " means moneys paid by a State to a University for university purposes, other than moneys paid in fulfilment of the conditions upon which a payment is made to the State under this Part or of the conditions upon which a payment has been or is made to the State under the
Slates Grants {Universities) Act 1957 or that Act as amended by this Act;" University " includes the South Australian School of Mines
and Industries;
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" university purposes" means the general teaching and research purposes of a University in connexion with courses of study at the University, and includes external tuition for courses of study at the University;
" year to which this Part applies " means the year One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, the year One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine or the year One thousand nine hundred and sixty.
(2.) For the purposes of this Part, moneys paid by the State of Tasmania to the Joint Engineering Board of Management (being the Board established under an agreement made on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, between the Minister for Education of the State of Tasmania and the Council of the University of Tasmania) for the general teaching purposes of that Board in connexion with courses of study in chemistry and engineering conducted by that Board in the University of Tasmania and the Hobart Technical College shall be deemed to be moneys paid by that State to the University of Tasmania and to have been so paid for university purposes.
(3.) In this Part, a reference to a Schedule shall be read as a reference to a Schedule to this Act.
year to which this Part applies by a University specified in the first column of Part I. of the First Schedule is not less than the amount specified opposite to the name of that University in the second column of that Part of that Schedule, there is payable under this section, in respect of that year, to the State in which the University is situated, for the purposes of financial assistance, an amount equal to the amount specified opposite to the name of that University in such one of the third, fourth and fifth columns of that Part of that Schedule as is applicable to |
that year. |
(2.) The financial assistance to a State under this section in' relation to a University in respect of a year is granted on the conditions that—
{a) the State will, in respect of each payment in respect of that financial assistance and without undue delay, pay to the University an amount equal to that payment;
{b) the State will ensure that—(i) a portion of the sum of the amounts so paid to the University, being a portion equal to the amount specified opposite to the name of the University in such one of the second, third and fourth columns of Part II. of the
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First Schedule as is applicable to that year, is applied by the University towards the teaching and administrative costs of the residential colleges administered by or affiliated with the University; and
(ii) the remaining portion of the sum of those amounts is applied by the University for expenditure on university purposes, other than expenditure on a project referred to in section nine of this Ac t; and
(c) the State will ensure that, within two months after the expiration of the year in which the State pays an amount to the University in pursuance of paragraph
(a) of this sub-section, a statement is furnished to the Minister showing—(i) the extent to which, and the purposes for which, that amount had been applied by the University before the expiration of that year; and
(ii) the purposes for which the University proposes to apply any part of that amount that had not been applied by the University before the expiration of that year.
as is applicable to that year, there is payable under this section, in respect of that year, to the State in which the University is | |
situated, for the purposes of financial assistance, an amount | |
equal to the sum of— |
(a) one-third of the amount of that excess; and
(b) the amount specified opposite to the name of thatUniversity in the third column of that Part of that
Schedule.
(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, the amount payable to a State under the last preceding sub-section in relation to a University in respect of a year shall not exceed the amount specified opposite to the name of that University in the fourth column of such Part of the Second Schedule as is applicable to that year.
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(3.) If increases in the salaries of members of the academic staff of a University are granted during a year to which this Part applies (being increases that become effective not later than the expiration of that year), the last preceding sub-section does not apply in relation to that University in respect of that year or a subsequent year, but the amount payable under sub- section (1.) of this section in relation to the University to the State in which the University is situated in respect of that year or a subsequent year shall not exceed the amount specified opposite to the name of that University in the fifth column of such Part of the Second Schedule as is applicable to that year or the subsequent year, as the case may be.
(4.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-section, increases in salaries granted after the twenty-eighth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, and before the commencement of this Part, shall be deemed to have been granted in the year One thousand nine hundred and fifty- eight.
(5.) The financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to a University in respect of a year is granted on the conditions that—
{a) the State will, in respect of each payment in respect of that financial assistance and without undue delay, pay to the University an amount equal to that payment; and
{b) the State will ensure that—(i) a portion of the sum of the amounts so paid to the University, being a portion equal to the amount specified opposite to the name of the University in the sixth column of such Part of the Second Schedule as is applicable to that year, is applied by the University towards the teaching and adminis- trative costs of the residential colleges
(ii) the remaining portion of the sum of those amounts is applied by the University for expenditure, not being capital expenditure, on university purposes. | administered by or affiliated with the University; and |
(6.) In the application of this section in relation to the South Australian School of Mines and Industries—-
{a) the reference in sub-section (1.) of this section to fees and State grants received by a University shall be read as a reference to fees and State grants received by the South Australian School of Mines and Industries and expended on courses of study at that School recognized by the University of Adelaide for the purposes of courses for degrees at that University;
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(b) the reference in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph{b) of sub-section (5.) of this section to residential colleges shall be read as including a reference to the residential colleges administered by or affiliated with the University of Adelaide; and(c) the reference in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph to university purposes shall be read as a reference to the teaching purposes of the South Australian School of Mines and Industries that are connected with courses of study referred to in paragraph
(a) of this sub-section.
9.—(1.) Subject to this section, if a State grant received by a during a year to which this Part applies was made for the purpose of assisting the University to carry out a project of that University specified opposite to the name of that University in the second column of that Schedule, there is payable under this section, to the State in which the University is situated, for the purposes of financial assistance, an amount that bears to the amount of the State grant the same proportion as the amount specified opposite to the description of that project in the third column of that Schedule bears to the amount so specified in the fourth column of that Schedule. | |
University specified in the first column of the Third Schedule | |
(2.) The sum of the amounts payable to a State under the last preceding sub-section in relation to a project of a University shall not exceed the amount specified opposite to the description of that project in the third column of the Third Schedule or such greater amount as the Minister, in a special case, determines. | |
(3.) The sum of the amounts payable to a State under sub- section (1.) of this section in relation to a University shall not exceed the sum of the amounts specified in the third column of the Third Schedule opposite to the descriptions of the projects of | |
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(4.) Where an amount is paid to a State under sub-section (1.) of this section for the purposes of financial assistance in relation to a project of a University, being a project that consists of the erection (in whole or in part), or the completion or purchase, of a building, there is also payable under this section to that State, for the purposes of financial assistance, an amount equal to sixteen per centum of that first-mentioned amount. | |
(5.) The financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to a University is granted on the conditions that— |
expenditure on
(a) the State will, in respect of each payment in respect of that financial assistance and without undue delay, pay to the University an amount equal to that payment; and
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{b) the State will ensure that—(i) in the case of an amount so paid in respect of financial assistance under sub-section (1.) of this section, the amount is applied by the University towards the project in respect of which the payment was made; and
(ii) in the case of an amount so paid in respect of financial assistance under the last preceding sub-section, the amount is applied by the University towards equipping the building in respect of which the payment was made or any other building of the University referred to in the second column of the Third Schedule.
by, a University. |
(2.) Subject to this section, if—
{a) an amount is expended by an affiliated residential college during a year to which this Part applies on the purchase, erection or alteration of a building of the college, not being an amount paid by the State in which the college is situated in fulfilment of the conditions upon which a payment is made to the State under this Part or of the conditions upon which a payment has been or is made to the State under theStates Grants {Universities) Act 1957; and
{b) the State requests the Commonwealth to grant financial assistance under this section in respect of that expenditure,
assistance, such amount, not exceeding one-half of the amount | there is payable to that State, for the purposes of financial |
so expended, as is specified in the request as the amount of financial assistance required in respect of that expenditure. | |
(3.) The sum of the amounts payable to a State under the last preceding sub-section shall not exceed the amount specified in the second column of the Fourth Schedule opposite to the name of that State. | |
(4.) The financial assistance to a State under this section is granted on the condition that the State will, in respect of each payment in respect of that financial assistance and without undue delay, pay to the affiliated residential college in relation to which that payment is made an amount equal to that payment. |
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(a) if the Treasurer 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, theState will repay the excess to the Commonwealth.
Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly. | |
1 9 5 7 * is referred to as the Principal Act.
15. Section three of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of the definition of " University " in sub-section (1.) the words ", and includes the South Australian School of Mines and Industries ". |
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from sub-section (1.) the words " in respect of a year ". | |
Australian School.of Mines and Industries— | |
• Act No. 7, 1957.
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and Industries and expended on courses of study at that School recognized by the University of Adelaide for the purposes of courses for degrees at that University;
{b) the reference in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph{b) of sub-section (1.) of section five of this Act to residential colleges shall be read as including a reference to the residential colleges of the University of Adelaide; and(c) the reference in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph to university purposes shall be read as a reference to the teaching purposes of the South Australian School of Mines and Industries that are connected with courses of study referred to in paragraph
{a) of this section.".
and
(b) bv omitting the figures—
and inserting in their stead the figures—
THE SCHEDULES.
EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, ETC.
Part I.
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FIRST SCHEDULE— continued.
EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, ETC.— continued.
Part II.
New South Wales—
Victoria—
Queensland—
South Australia—
Western Australia—
Tasmania—
Part I.
GENERAL GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 1 9 5 8.
New South Wales—
The New South Wales
The University of New
Victoria—
The University of Mel-
Queensland—
The University of Queens-
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SECOND SCHEDULE— continued.
GENERAL GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE TOR THE YEAR 1958— continued.
South Australia—
The University of Ade-
School of Mines and
Western Australia—
The University of Western
Tasmania—
The University of Tas-
Part II.
GENERAL GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 1959.
New South Wales—
Victoria—
Queensland—
The University of Queens-
The University of Ade-
School of Mines and
Western Australia—
The University of Western
Tasmania—
The University of Tas-
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SECOND SCHEDULE— continued.
Part III.
GENERAL GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 1 9 6 0.
New South Wales—
The New South Wales
The University of New
Victoria—
The University of Mel-
Queensland—
The University of Queens-
South Australia—
The University of Ade-
School of Mines and
Western Australia—
The University of Western
Tasmania—
The University of Tas-
New South Wales—
Erection of building for Faculty of
Architecture, Department of Civil
Engineering and Department of Geo-
Erection of building for Department of
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THIRD SCHEDULE— continued.
GRANTS FOR UNIVERSITY BUILDING PROJECTS, ETC.— continued.
continued.
The
of
continued.
The New South
Wales Univer-
Erection of buildings for general pur-
Victoria—
Erection of second section of building
Erection of building for Departments of
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THIRD SCHEDULE— continued.
GRANTS FOR UNIVERSITY BUILDING PROJECTS, ETC.— continued.
Erection of building for Sub-department
Erection of first section of building for
Erection of building for Department of
Erection of building for Department of
Erection of first section of building for
Erection of first section of building to
Erection of first section of building to
accommodate Students' Union
South Australia—
The University of
Adelaide
Erection of building at Waite Agri-
Erection of first section of building for
Western Australia—
The University of
Western Aus-
Purchase of building to provide accom-
Tasmania—
Erection of building for Faculty of
Erection of building for Department of
Erection of building for Faculties of Arts
Erection of first section of library
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MAXIMUM GRANTS FOR RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE BUILDINGS.
£
0
0
0