Universities (Financial Assistance) Act (No. 2) 1965 (Cth)

Universities (Financial Assistance) (No. 2)

 

No. 101 of 1965

An Act to amend the Universities (Financial Assistance) Act 1963–1964, as amended by the Universities (Financial Assistance) Act 1965.

[Assented to 13 December, 1965]

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 Universities (Financial Assistance) Act (No. 2) 1965.

(2.) The Universities (Financial Assistance) Act 1963–1964, as amended by the Universities (Financial Assistance) Act 1965, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) Section 1 of the Universities (Financial Assistance) Act 1965 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Universities (Financial Assistance) Act 1963–1965.

Commencement.

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

Interpretation.

3. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the definition of “University” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“University” means a University referred to in any of the Schedules and includes any other place of education referred to in the First or Second Schedule;”.

4. After section 8 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:—

Capital grants in respect of building projects. &c., in connexion with teaching hospitals.

“8a.—(1.) For the purposes of this section, the teaching hospital projects of a University are the projects in relation to a hospital or proposed hospital the name of which is specified in the first column of the Fifth Schedule under the name of that University being projects that are described in that Schedule opposite to the name of that hospital or proposed hospital and are to be carried out by the respective hospitals or proposed hospitals in accordance with arrangements with that University.

“(2.) Subject to this section, if a State contribution received by a University specified in the Fifth Schedule in the period of three years to which this Act applies was made for the purpose of assisting the University to meet the cost of a teaching hospital project of that University, there is payable under this section, to the State in which the University is situated, for the purposes of financial assistance, an amount equal to the State contribution.

“(3.) The sum of the amounts payable to a State under the last preceding sub-section in respect of the teaching hospital projects of a University in relation to a particular hospital or proposed hospital shall not exceed the sum of the amounts specified in the third column of the Fifth Schedule, under the name of that University, opposite to the descriptions of those projects.

“(4.) The total amount payable to a State under sub-section (2.) of this section in respect of any one teaching hospital project of a University shall not exceed—

(a)the amount specified in the third column of the Fifth Schedule, under the name of that University, opposite to the description of that project; or

(b)subject to the last preceding sub-section, where another amount is approved by the Commission, that other amount.

“(5.) Where a project specified in the second column of the Fifth Schedule consists of, or includes, the erection, alteration or extension of a building, that project shall be deemed to include the provision of furnishings and equipment, as approved by the Commission for the purposes of this section, for that building, or for the altered parts or the extensions of that building, as the case may be.

“(6.) The Minister may, having regard to the progress made, or proposed to be made, in the carrying out of the projects, and the provision of the furnishings and equipment, referred to in this section, give directions as to the times at which, and the instalments by which, payments to a State under this section are to be made.

“(7.) The financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to a teaching hospital project of a University 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 each amount so paid is applied by the University, without undue delay, towards that project.

“(8.) A State contribution in relation to which a State is entitled to a payment of financial assistance under this section shall not be taken into account for the purposes of section three of this Act.

“(9.) The Commission shall, after consultation with the Universities concerned, furnish to the Minister, at such times as the Minister directs, such reports as the Minister requires on the progress made, and proposed to be made, in the carrying out of the projects specified in the second column of the Fifth Schedule.

Recurrent grants in respect of teaching hospitals.

“8b.—(1.) For the purposes of this section, the teaching hospitals of a University are the hospitals the names of which are specified in the first column of the Fifth Schedule under the name of that University.

“(2.) For the purposes of this section, the appropriate costs, in relation to a teaching hospital of a university are—

(a) the salaries paid to an administrative officer, to clinical supervisors, and to persons whose duties are of a secretarial nature, engaged in the administration of the teaching at that hospital of students enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine of the University;

(b) the expenditure (other than capital expenditure) incurred by the hospital in relation to the provision of the parts of the hospital used exclusively by students referred to in the last preceding paragraph and by their teachers and of the facilities and equipment so used in connexion with those parts of the hospital; and

(c) the expenditure, not including expenditure at a rate exceeding One thousand pounds per annum, incurred in the purchase of books and periodicals for the medical library of the hospital.

“(3.) Where a State furnishes to the Minister such information, certified to be correct by the Auditor-General of the State, as the Minister requires with respect to the State contributions in relation to the appropriate costs of the teaching hospitals of a University incurred during a period to which a Part of the Sixth Schedule relates, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purposes of financial assistance—

(a)if the Minister is satisfied that the amount of the State contributions in relation to the appropriate costs of those teaching hospitals is not less than the amount specified in respect of that University in the second column of that Part—the amount specified in respect of that University in the third column of that Part; or

(b)in any other case—so much of the amount specified in respect of that University in the third column of that Part as bears to that amount the same proportion as the amount the Minister is satisfied constitutes those State contributions bears to the amount specified in respect of that University in the second column of that Part.

“(4.) Where the Minister is not satisfied that a reasonable amount has been expended by a teaching hospital of a University in a State in relation to the matters specified in each of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (2.) of this section, he may, by instrument in writing under his hand, direct that the amount of financial assistance otherwise payable to the State under this section shall be reduced by an amount specified by the Minister in the instrument.

“(5.) The financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to the teaching hospitals of a University is granted on the condition that the State will, in respect of each payment of that financial assistance and without undue delay, pay to the University an amount equal to that payment.

“(6.) A State contribution in relation to which a State is entitled to a payment of financial assistance under this section shall not be taken into account for the purposes of section three of this Act.”.

Second Schedule.

5. The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting from the second column the words—

“Erection of central animal breeding unit at Mount Derrimut”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“Erection of central animal breeding unit at Werribee”.

The Schedule.

6.The Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Act.

 

THE SCHEDULE Section 6

Schedules to be Added to the Principal Act

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FIFTH SCHEDULE. Sections 8a, 8b.

Grants for Specified Teaching Hospital Projects.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Commonwealth contribution.	State contribution.
New South Wales—	£	£
University of Sydney—
The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	Erection of a building to accommodate forty students and supervisors......................	50,000	50,000
Erection of an additional floor on the Fairfax Institute of Pathology for the teaching of students in pathology and microbiology..................................................................	5,000	5,000
Alterations to, and basic equipment for, the top floor of the Princes Block for the department of anaesthetics.............................................	10,000	10,000
Alterations to existing student quarters to provide lockers, a common room, a study room and recreation facilities................................	5,000	5,000
Purchase of equipment for the department of obstetrics and gynaecology..................	150	150
70,150	70,150
The Sydney Hospital	Completion of three tutorial rooms between the Kanematsu Institute and the Travers Pavilion	6,000	6,000
Provision of rooms and a laboratory for medicine and surgery in the Kanematsu Institute	4,000	4,000
Provision of air-conditioning for the Maitland Lecture Hall................................................	1,500	1,500
Provision of improved seating accommodation in the Maitland Lecture Hall.....................	750	750
Provision of X-ray teaching equipment for the Maitland Lecture Hall...........................	750	750
Provision of air-conditioning for the library and a lecture room in the Kanematsu Institute	750	750
Purchase of still projection equipment for the haematology department.......................	650	650
Purchase of teaching equipment for the X-ray department...............................................	1,000	1,000
Purchase of a photo-microscope, a camera and projection equipment for the bacteriology department...............................................	750	750

Fifth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Commonwealth contribution.	State contribution.
New South Wales—continued.	£	£
University of Sydney— continued.
The Sydney Hospital —continued.	Purchase of dark room, cinematographic and projection equipment................................	1,150	1,150
Purchase of equipment for tutorial rooms..	250	250
Purchase of equipment for student side rooms off wards...........................................................	600	600
Purchase of equipment for students’ locker room......................................................................	450	450
Purchase of equipment for student supervisor’s office............................................................	50	50
Purchase of microscopes for the pathology museum......................................................................	500	500
Purchase of equipment for lecture and demonstration room, purchase of clinical photography equipment and a teaching microscope for the tutorial room and provision of clinical teaching facilities for the department of ophthalmology......................................................................	1,550	1,550
20,700	20,700
St. Vincent’s Hospital	Erection of an additional floor on the Services Block to accommodate professorial units in medicine and surgery including office suites, laboratories, examination and demonstration rooms, lift extension and a bridge to the new ward block	42,500	42,500
Provision of cafeteria accommodation for students and teaching staff......................................	4,000	4,000
Purchase of equipment for student side rooms off wards...........................................................	2,250	2,250
Purchase of a projector..................................	500	500
Purchase of a film viewer..............................	250	250
49,500	49,500
The Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney	Erection of a building to accommodate sixteen students.......................................................	20,000	20,000
	Additions to existing buildings to accommodate a pathology museum and a preparation room, a student laboratory and a room for clinical photography................................................	10,000	10,000
Purchase of communication equipment for operating theatres........................................................	100	100
Purchase of equipment for the student laboratory......................................................................	200	200

Fifth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Commonwealth contribution.	State contribution.
New South Wales—continued.	£	£
University of Sydney— continued.
The Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney—continued.	Purchase of projection and photographic equipment.....................................................	1,000	1,000
Purchase of office equipment......................	200	200
31,500	31,500
The Women’s Hospital (Crown-street)	Provision of air-conditioning for the lecture theatre........................................................................	3,000	3,000
Purchase of teaching aids.............................	400	400
Purchase of furniture and furnishings for students’ bedrooms	500	500
3,900	3,900
The St. George Hospital	Erection of the ground floor of a new building including a lecture theatre, a library, a museum, a seminar room, a photographic laboratory, a patients’ waiting room, and toilet facilities........................................................................	17,000	17,000
Provision of five student teaching rooms off wards........................................................................	4,000	4,000
Purchase of equipment for the new building, student teaching rooms off wards, an operating theatre and the department of obstetrics and gynaecology.................................................	3,000	3,000
24,000	24,000
Repatriation General	Extensions for the library.............................	3,350	3,350
Hospital, Concord	Alterations to provide accommodation for the department of surgery................................	2,250	2,250
5,600	5,600
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children	Provision of a professorial unit of two floors, together with equipment, for the departments of child health and child psychiatry	52,500	52,500
Provision of residential accommodation for nine students, including dining facilities.........	7,500	7,500
60,000	60,000
St. Margaret’s Hospital for Women	Provision of residential accommodation and dining facilities for ten students............................	10,000	10,000
Extension for the pathology department....	15,000	15,000
Purchase of teaching equipment..................	1,000	1,000
26,000	26,000
291,350	291,350

Fifth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Commonwealth contribution.	State contribution.
New South Wales—continued.	£	£
University of New South Wales—
The Prince of Wales Hospital	Renovation of the Administrative Block, known as the “Old Stone Building”......................................	38,000	38,000
Provision of accommodation for the departments of medicine, surgery and psychiatry....................	17,000	17,000
Provision of accommodation for the department of paediatrics ......................................................	11,500	11,500
Provision of a student reading room	2,500	2,500
Provision of accommodation for use for administrative purposes	2,500	2,500
Provision of students’ amenities rooms...............	2,500	2.500
Erection of six student side rooms off pavilion wards.........................................................................	1,250	1,250
75,250	75,250
The Royal Hospital for Women	Erection of four student side rooms off wards....	2,500	2,500
2,500	2,500
Lewisham Hospital	Provision of residential accommodation for eight students.........................................................................	10,000	10,000
Provision of a students’ laboratory......................	1,500	1,500
Provision of a classroom and a student supervisor’s office.........................................................................	500	500
12,000	12,000
89,750	89,750
Victoria—
University of Melbourne—
The Royal Melbourne Hospital	Provision of residential accommodation and teaching facilities for twenty-one students....................	35,250	35,250
Extensions to cafeteria for student use, and purchase of equipment	15,000	15,000
Redesigning of lecture theatre.............................	5,000	5.000
Alterations to, and the purchase of equipment for, clinical teaching rooms................................................	1,000	1,000
Provision of autopsy demonstration and tutorial rooms in the morbid anatomy block...............................	10,000	10,000
Erection of an additional floor on the multi-storey building for department of psychiatry.............	50,000	50,000
Provision of offices and laboratories for the department of radiology.........................................................	7,500	7.500
Purchase of equipment for the department of surgery and the sub-department of anaesthesia	12,500	12,500
Provision of a students’ laboratory and the purchase of equipment for the department of medicine	2,500	2,500
138,750	138.750

Fifth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Commonwealth contribution.	State contribution.
£	£
Victoria—continued.
University of Melbourne—continued.
St. Vincent’s Hospital	Erection of a new building comprising two floors for the department of surgery, one floor for the department of medicine and a lecture theatre	60,000	60,000
60,000	60,000
The Royal Women’s Hospital	Inclusion in a new building of a cafeteria, a library, an X-ray viewing room, a lecture room, six tutorial rooms, five delivery rooms, a change room and toilet, operating theatres, sterilizing and gown areas; and the purchase of equipment.......................................	45,000	45,000
45,000	45,000
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Purchase of equipment for the department of ophthalmology	5,000	5.000
5,000	5,000
Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital	Inclusion in one floor of a new building of a teaching unit and records and conference rooms.............................................	14,000	14,000
Renovations to provide professorial offices	1,000	1,000
15,000	15,000
Austin Hospital— Heidelberg	Erection of new buildings for instruction in pathology and microbiology, medicine and surgery...........................................

35,000	35,000
35,000	35,000
Mercy Hospital.............	Inclusion in a new building of residential accommodation for students.............	10,000	10,000
10,000	10,000
308,750	308,750

Fifth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Common, wealth contribution.	Slate contribution.
Victoria—continued.	£	£
Monash University—
Alfred Hospital.........................	Erection on the medical school of a new floor for the department of surgery and provision of portion of another floor for residential accommodation for ten students and an area for relocation of plant........................................................................	75,000	75,000
Provision of teaching facilities in the W. S. Philip Block comprising a casualty clinic, an outpatients’ clinic and tutorial, examination and clinical rooms..............................................	8,500	8,500
Alterations to, and the purchase of equipment for, the lower ground floor and basement in the medical school to provide a study room, a library store and a store area..................................	2,585	2,585
Provision of a solvent store.............................	1,500	1,500
Planning and allerations to provide for the accommodation in the medical school of an increased number of students....................	14,500	14,500
102,085	102,085
The Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital	Provision of teaching facilities and equipment for ground, first and second floors of a new building for the ante-natal clinic, and for labour wards........................................................................	45,000	45,000
Extensions to second floor of the Robert Menzies Block.............................................................	10,615	10,615
Provision of accommodation for the department of paediatrics in the Robert Menzies Block	8,000	8,000
Provision of a solvent store.............................	600	600
Provision of student side rooms off wards and of tutorial rooms...............................................	5,000	5,000
69,215	69,215
Prince Henry’s Hospital	Provision of clinical teaching facilities on five floors of a new building, including residential accommodation for ten students	19,750	19,750
Purchase of furniture for professorial unit....	250	250
20,000	20,000
Fairfield Hospital	Renovation of student accommodation.........	1,000	1,000
1,000	1,000
192,300	192,300

Fifth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Commonwealth contribution.	State contribution.
£	£
Queensland—
University of Queensland—
Brisbane Hospital	Completion of two floors uncompleted in Stage I and completion of the top floor, of the clinical sciences building, including accommodation for the library, seminar rooms and the sub-department of anaesthesia...................................	75,000	75,000
Provision of residential accommodation and amenities for thirty students...........	37,500	37,500
Provision of seminar rooms in Blocks 1, 2 and 3..................................................	25,000	25,000
Provision of teaching facilities in post-operative animal house..................	5,000	5,000
Alterations of the post-mortem demonstration rooms...........................................	2,500	2,500
Purchase of equipment for departments of surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology and for students’ laboratory.................	17,500	17,500
162,500	162,500
Brisbane Children’s Hospital	Provision of residential accommodation for twelve students.............................	10,000	10,000
Provision of a seminar room annexed to the Patterson Ward.............................	2,500	2,500
12,500	12,500
Brisbane Women’s Hospital	Renovation of the student waiting room....................................................	75	75
75	75
The Princess Alexandra Hospital	Provision of residential accommodation for eight students................................	10,000	10,000
Provision of air-conditioning for the lecture theatre and library.........................	4,500	4,500
Provision of a students’ laboratory.....	3,000	3,000
Alterations to the library....................	2,500	2,500
Purchase of equipment for the X-ray department, the pathology department, the pathology museum; purchase of mobile viewing boxes and other equipment for students’ side rooms and tutorial rooms....................................................	3,500	3,500
23,500	23,500

Fifth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Commonwealth contribution.	State contribution.
£	£
Queensland—continued.
University of Queensland—continued.
Mater Misericordiae Children’s Public Hospital	Erection of two new floors on the Hospital for the departments of paediatric medicine and paediatric surgery...............................................................	7,500	7,500
Erection of one new floor on the Hospital to provide teaching facilities in the casualty department	2,000	2,000
Mater Misericordiae Adult Public Hospital	Extension to the Hospital comprising two floors for medicine and surgery......................................	15,000	15,000
Extensions to the Hospital comprising two floors for gynaecology, medicine and surgery.............	6,000	6,000
Provision of teaching facilities in the mortuary..	2,000	2,000
Provision of a medical photographic unit............	3,000	3,000
Mater Misericordiae Mother’s Public Hospital	Extensions to the Hospital, comprising four floors for obstetrics and gynaecology............................	25,000	25,000
Mater Misericordiae Public Hospitals	Purchase of equipment for teaching in surgery, medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology and purchase of equipment for the lecture room, the mortuary and the seminar room....................................................	3,500	3,500
64,000	64,000
262,575	262,575
South Australia—
University of Adelaide—
Royal Adelaide Hospital	Inclusion in a new building of five floors for accommodation for the departments of medicine, surgery and mental health by providing lecture theatres, seminar rooms, student rooms, change rooms, a cafeteria, and the purchase of equipment............................................................................	272,100	272,100
Provision of ten student teaching rooms and eleven cubicles, and the purchase of equipment, in the out-patient and theatre blocks...............................	18,500	18.500
Purchase of equipment for the mortuary..............	1,000	1,000
Purchase of equipment for the library..................	100	100
291.700	291,700

Fifth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Commonwealth contribution.	State contribution.
£	£
South Australia-continued.
University of Adelaide — continued.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	Provision of teaching facilities in a clinic to be known as the “Well Baby Clinic”..	1,250	1,250
Purchase of clinical photography and projection equipment....................	2,500	2,500
3,750	3,750
The Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital Incorporated	Provision of teaching facilities in a new building for obstetrics and neo-natal child health, of physiological demonstration rooms, tutorial and clinical teaching rooms	18,250	18,250
Purchase of general teaching equipment and visual aids....................................	1,500	1,500
19,750	19,750
Adelaide Children’s Hospital Incorporated	Provision of residential accommodation for eight students...............................	3,000	3,000
	Purchase of photographic and projection equipment....................................	2,000	2,000
5,000	5,000
320,200	320,200
Western Australia— University of Western Australia— Royal Perth Hospital	Provision of a common room and residential accommodation for eight students.	12,000	12,000
Provision of offices and alterations for departments of medicine and surgery	1,500	1,500
Purchase of equipment for the department of psychological medicine................	575	575
14,075	14,075
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children	Provision of furniture, clinic rooms and cafeteria......................................	3,200	3,200
	Provision of seminar rooms.............	900	900
4,100	4,100

Fifth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.	Fourth Column.
University and Hospital.	Project.	Commonwealth contribution.	State contribution.
Western Australia—continued.	£	£
University of Western Australia—continued.
Sir Charles Gaird-ner Hospital and proposed Medical Centre at Hollywood	Provision of accommodation for the department of psychiatric medicine and temporary accommodation for the department of medicine and surgery.......................	11,000	11,000
Planning for 1967–69 triennium...........	2,500	2,500
13,500	13,500
31,675	31,675
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania—
Royal Hobart Hospital	Erection of a new building for clinical teaching, comprising lecture theatres, classrooms, student amenities and teaching units for medicine, surgery, pathology and microbiology..................................	41,000	41,000
Provision of student changing rooms, student side rooms off wards and alterations to demonstration room........................	5,750	5,750
46,750	46,750
Proposed Women’s Hospital	Provision of clinical teaching facilities, comprising lecture and tutorial rooms, student amenities, student side rooms off wards, library, study rooms and a teaching unit for obstetrics and gynaecology..	12,500	12,500
12,500	12,500
59,250	59,250

SIXTH SCHEDULE. Section 8b.

Part I.

Grants for Recurrent Expenditure in Respect of Teaching Hospitals of Specified Universities for the Period that Commenced on the First Day of July, 1965, and Ends on the Thirty-first Day of December, 1965.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.
			University.	State contributions.	Maximum financial assistance under section 8b (3.)
New South Wales—	£	£
University of Sydney.........................................................................................	35,700	19,300
University of New South Wales......................................................................	7,200	3,900
Victoria—
University of Melbourne...................................................................................	24.400	13,100
Monash University.............................................................................................	8,700	4,700
Queensland—
University of Queensland.................................................................................	14,100	7,600
South Australia—
University of Adelaide......................................................................................	12,700	6,800
Western Australia—
University of Western Australia......................................................................	8,900	4,800
111,700	60,200

Part II.

Grants for Recurrent Expenditure in Respect of Teaching Hospitals of Specified Universities for the Year 1966.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.
			University.	State contributions.	Maximum financial assistance under section 8b (3.).
New South Wales—	£	£
University of Sydney.........................................................................................	68,000	37,000
University of New South Wales......................................................................	17,000	9,500
Victoria—
University of Melbourne...................................................................................	50,300	27,200
Monash University.............................................................................................	20,400	11,000
Queensland—
University of Queensland.................................................................................	29,200	15,800
South Australia—
University of Adelaide......................................................................................	25,500	13,800
Western Australia—
University of Western Australia......................................................................	18.000	9,700
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania.....................................................................................	1,300	700
229,700	124,700