States Grants (Universities) Act 1973
No. 97 of 1973
AN ACT
To Grant Financial
Assistance to the States for the purpose of Assistance to Students in Need at
Universities in the Year 1973.
[Assented to 10
September 1973]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen,
the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Universities)
Act 1973.
(2) The States Grants (Universities) Act (No. 2) 1972 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 (Universities) Act 1972–1973.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall be deemed to have
come into operation on 17th June, 1973.
3. After section 11 of the Principal Act the
following section is inserted:—
Grants for assistance to
students in need.
“11a. (1) In relation to
each University specified in the Eighth Schedule there is payable, in the year
that commenced on 1st January, 1973, to the State in which the University is
situated, for the purpose of financial assistance, the amount specified in the
second column of the Eighth Schedule opposite to the name of that University.
“(2) The financial assistance to a State by way of payment of an amount
under this section in relation to a University is granted on the conditions
that—
(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay that amount to the
University;
(b) the State will ensure that the amount so paid to the University is applied
by the University towards assisting students in need; and
(c) the State will, as a condition of the payment to the University,
require the University to furnish annually to the Commission statistics and
information in respect of the application of the amount by the University.
“(3) In this section, ‘student in need’ means a student enrolled at a
University specified in the Eighth Schedule who is determined by that
University to be experiencing hardship by reason of his financial
circumstances.”.
Eighth Schedule.
4. The Principal Act is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:—
EIGHTH SCHEDULE Section 11a
Grants for Assistance to Students in Need in
the Year 1973
First
column
| Second
column
|
University
| Amount
of Grant
|
New South Wales—
| $
|
University of Sydney..........................................................................
| 359,000
|
University of New South
Wales...........................................................
| 277,050
|
University of New England.................................................................
| 63,000
|
University of Newcastle......................................................................
| 56,000
|
Macquarie University.........................................................................
| 81,000
|
Wollongong University
College..........................................................
| 20,000
|
Victoria—
|
University of Melbourne.....................................................................
| 273,000
|
Monash University.............................................................................
| 231,000
|
La Trobe University...........................................................................
| 82,000
|
Queensland—
|
University of Queensland....................................................................
| 220,000
|
James Cook University of
North Queensland.......................................
| 25,000
|
South Australia—
|
University of Adelaide........................................................................
| 146,000
|
Flinders University of
South Australia.................................................
| 54,000
|
Western Australia—
|
University of Western
Australia..........................................................
| 147,000
|
Tasmania—
|
University of Tasmania.......................................................................
| 62,000
|
2,096,000
|