STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1976
No. 132 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, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Technical and Further Education) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1976.
(2) The States Grants (Technical and Further Education) Act 1974 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Grants for student residence building projects.
3. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3) the figures “$4,000,000” and substituting the figures “$4,360,000”.
Grants for recurrent expenditure.
4. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting the words “, in a year to which this Act applies,”; and
(b) by omitting the words “that year” and substituting the words “a year to which this Act applies”.
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with programs of expenditure for particular purposes.
5. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-sections (1) and (2) the words “in a year” and substituting the words “in respect of a year”.
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with inservice teacher training programs.
6. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-sections (1) and (2) the words “in a year” and substituting the words “in respect of a year”.
Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 3.
7. Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the Principal Act are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:—
SCHEDULE 1 Section 6
CAPITAL GRANTS FOR MAJOR BUILDING PROJECTS
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Maximum Grant |
| $ |
New South Wales................................................ | 13,853,000 |
Victoria...................................................... | 10,475,000 |
Queensland.................................................... | 4,994,000 |
South Australia.................................................. | 3,468,000 |
Western Australia................................................ | 3,158,000 |
Tasmania..................................................... | 1,273,000 |
Total..................................................... | 37,221,000 |
SCHEDULE 2 Section 8
CAPITAL GRANTS FOR MINOR BUILDING PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Maximum Grant |
| $ |
New South Wales................................................ | 4,950,000 |
Victoria...................................................... | 4,145,000 |
Queensland.................................................... | 1,878,000 |
South Australia.................................................. | 1,835,000 |
Western Australia................................................ | 1,892,000 |
Tasmania..................................................... | 1,096,000 |
Total..................................................... | 15,796,000 |
SCHEDULE 3 Section 12
GENERAL PURPOSE RECURRENT GRANTS
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | ||
Name of State | Year commencing 1 July 1974 Amount of Grant | Year commencing 1 July 1975 Amount of Grant | Six months commencing 1 July 1976 Amount of Grant | ||
| $ | $ | $ | ||
New South Wales........................... | 9,604,500 | 13,163,000 | 2,280,000 | ||
Victoria................................. | 5,311,000 | 7,399,000 | 3,631,000 | ||
Queensland............................... | 1,860,500 | 2,677,500 | 966,000 | ||
South Australia............................ | 2,054,000 | 2,836,500 | 1,240,000 | ||
Western Australia........................... | 1,740,000 | 2,417,500 | 531,500 | ||
Tasmania................................ | 370,000 | 544,500 | 203,000 | ||
SCHEDULE 4 Section 15
PARTICULAR PURPOSE RECURRENT GRANTS
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Name of State | Year commencing 1 July 1974 Maximum Grant | Year commencing 1 July 1975 Maximum Grant | Six months commencing 1 July 1976 Maximum Grant |
| $ | $ | $ |
New South Wales........................... | 1,480,000 | 2,490,000 | 1,112,500 |
Victoria................................. | 1,149,000 | 1,904,500 | 865,000 |
Queensland............................... | 695,000 | 1,163,000 | 521,500 |
South Australia............................ | 382,000 | 630,000 | 287,000 |
Western Australia........................... | 334,000 | 566,500 | 252,500 |
Tasmania................................ | 167,000 | 287,000 | 126,000 |
SCHEDULE 5 Section 18
GRANTS FOR IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Name of State | Year commencing 1 July 1974 Maximum Grant | Year commencing 1 July 1975 Maximum Grant | Six months commencing 1 July 1976 Maximum Grant |
| $ | $ | $ |
New South Wales............................ | 310,000 | 674,000 | 350,000 |
Victoria.................................. | 133,000 | 283,000 | 151,000 |
Queensland................................ | 100,000 | 212,500 | 113,000 |
South Australia............................. | 117,000 | 247,000 | 131,500 |
Western Australia............................ | 110,000 | 233,500 | 124,500 |
Tasmania................................. | 30,000 | 64,000 | 34,000 |
Formal amendments.
8. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.
Payments made before Royal Assent.
9. Payments (including advances) by way of financial assistance made to a State under the States Grants (Technical and Further Education) Act 1974 as originally enacted or under that Act as amended and in force at any time before the date on which this Act received the Royal Assent shall be deemed to have been made for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.
SCHEDULE Section 8
FORMAL AMENDMENTS
Provision | Amendment |
Sections 11(f), 13(d), 23(g) and 27 | Omit “Australia” (wherever occurring), substitute “the Commonwealth”. |