States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978

Act No. 188 of 1978 as amended

[Note: This Act is repealed by Act No. 118 of 1999]

This compilation was prepared on 28 August 2000
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 118 of 1999

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

PART I—PRELIMINARY

1 Short title [see Note 1]...............................

2 Commencement [see Note 1]............................

3 Interpretation [see Note 2].............................

4 Approval of, and directions relating to, building projects...........

PART II—UNIVERSITIES

5 Interpretation.....................................

5A University courses involving new teaching developments..........

6 Grants for expenditure on university purposes..................

7 Special research grants...............................

8 Grants for equipment................................

9 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges of Universities

10 Recurrent grants in respect of teaching hospitals................

11 Building projects etc................................

11A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of Universities

11B Building projects in respect of the year 1980 etc...............

11C Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of Universities for 1980

11D Building projects in respect of the year 1981 etc...............

11E Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of Universities for 1981

PART III—ADVANCED EDUCATION

12 Interpretation....................................

12A Courses of advanced education involving new teaching developments..

13 Approvals in respect of courses.........................

14 Grants for expenditure on college purposes...................

15 Carry‑forward of amounts specified in Schedule 8.........

15A Variations of amounts specified in Schedule 8................

15B Grants for recurrent expenditure in Northern Territory on advanced education

16 Grants for equipment................................

17 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges of colleges of advanced education

18 Grants for approved courses of advanced education at technical and further education institutions

19 Grants for courses of teacher education provided by non‑government teachers colleges

20 Grants in respect of contributions to National Institute of Dramatic Art..

21 Building projects etc................................

21A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education

21B Building projects in respect of the year 1980 etc...............

21C Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education for 1980

21D Building projects in respect of the year 1981 etc...............

21E Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education for 1981

22 Limits on payments in respect of building projects..............

PART IV—TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

23 Interpretation....................................

24 Grants for recurrent expenditure.........................

25 Proposals for expenditure on staff training and data processing.......

26 Variations of amounts in Schedule 11......................

27 Other recurrent grants...............................

28 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with programs of expenditure on voluntary adult education

29 Building projects etc................................

29A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions

29B Building projects in respect of the year 1980 etc...............

29C Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions for 1980

29D Building projects in respect of the year 1981 etc...............

29E Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions for 1981

30 Grants for minor building projects and equipment...............

PART IVA—NON‑GOVERNMENT BUSINESS COLLEGES

30A Interpretation...................................

30B Approvals by Minister in respect of 1979...................

30C Approvals by Minister in respect of 1980 and 1981.............

30D Grants for approved courses provided by non‑government business colleges

PART V—MISCELLANEOUS

30E Grants for special teacher training initiatives.................

31 Variation of building grants in Schedules 7, 7A and 7B...........

32 Additional conditions...............................

33 Time and manner of payments..........................

34 Delegation......................................

35 Advances......................................

36 Payments to be made out of Consolidated Revenue Fund or Loan Fund..

37 Authority to borrow................................

38 Application of moneys borrowed.........................

39 Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund from Loan Fund......

40 Appropriation....................................

PART VI—AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS

Division 1—Amendments of States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977

41 Principal Act....................................

42 Grants for expenditure on university purposes.................

43 Grants for equipment................................

44 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences in affiliated colleges...

45 Building projects etc................................

47 Interpretation....................................

48 Grants for expenditure on college purposes...................

49 Grants for equipment................................

50 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences in affiliated colleges...

51 Building projects etc................................

52 Grants for recurrent expenditure.........................

53 Building projects etc................................

54 Grants for minor building projects and equipment...............

55 Variation of building grants in Schedule 7...................

56 Schedules 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12.....................

Division 2—Amendments of States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976

57 Principal Act....................................

58 Grants for recurrent expenditure.........................

59 Schedule 1......................................

Schedule 1—Grants for Expenditure by Universities on University Purposes

Schedule 2—Special Purposes in Relation to Grants for Expenditure by Universities on University Purposes

Schedule 3—Special Research Grants for Universities

Schedule 4—Grants for Equipment for Universities

Schedule 5—Specified Equipment in Relation to Grants for Equipment for Universities

Schedule 6—Grants for Recurrent Expenditure of Teaching Hospitals of Universities

Schedule 7

Schedule 7A

Schedule 7B

Schedule 8

Schedule 8A—Grants for Expenditure by the Northern Territory on Advanced Education Purposes

Schedule 9

Schedule 10—General Purpose Recurrent Grants in Connection with Technical and Further Education

Schedule 11—Grants for Staff Training and Data Processing in Connection with Technical and Further Education

Schedule 12—Other Recurrent Grants in Connection with Technical and Further Education

Schedule 13—Grants for Programs of Adult Education Related to Technical and Further Education

Schedule 14—Grants for Minor Building Projects and Equipment for Technical and Further Education Institutions

Schedule 15—Maximum Monthly Capitation Amount of Commonwealth Assistance to Non‑government Business Colleges

Notes to the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978

An Act relating to the grant of financial assistance to the States and the Northern Territory in connection with tertiary education

PART I—PRELIMINARY

1 Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978.

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Sections 42, 47 and 48 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1978.

3 Interpretation [see Note 2]

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Academic Salaries Tribunal means the Tribunal established under that name by section 12B of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

building project means:

(a) the purchase of land, with or without buildings;

(b) the designing, erection, alteration or extension of a building or other facilities;

(d) the installation of water, electricity or other services.

college of advanced education means an institution that is a college of advanced education for the purposes of the Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 other than such an institution that is situated in a Territory.

commencing day means the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Commission means the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission established by the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Act 1977.

prescribed staff, in relation to a University or college of advanced education, means:

(a) the members of the staff (whether employed on a full‑time or part‑time basis) of the University or college:

(i) who are employed by the University or college wholly or principally in teaching or research or in both teaching and research; or

(ii) to whom persons referred to in subparagraph (i) are responsible in relation to the teaching or research in which they are employed;

but does not include members of the staff employed wholly or principally in support of other members of the staff who are employed in research; and

(b) those senior officers of the University or college in respect of whom the Academic Salaries Tribunal has recommended rates of salaries in a report or reports of a kind referred to in paragraph 12D(2)(c) of the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.

qualified auditor means:

(a) in relation to the furnishing of a statement, for the purposes of a condition of a grant of financial assistance to a State under this Act, in relation to a University, a college of advanced education or a student residence or affiliated college of a University or college of advanced education:

(i) the Auditor‑General of the State;

(ii) a person who is registered as a company auditor or public accountant under a law in force in a State or Territory;

(iii) a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants or of the Australian Society of Accountants; or

(iv) a person approved by the Commission as a person competent to furnish such a statement;

other than such a person who is employed by the University, by the college or by the body administering the college, student residence or affiliated college, as the case may be; and

(b) in relation to the furnishing of a statement for the purposes of a condition of a grant of financial assistance to New South Wales under section 20—a person referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), other than such a person who is employed by the New South Wales Higher Education Board or by the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

technical and further education institution means:

(a) an institution (other than a university or school), situated in a State, that provides technical and further education, being an institution conducted by, or on behalf of, the Government of a State; or

(b) an institution situated in a State, or a proposed institution to be situated in a State, that is specified in a direction for the time being in force under section 5 of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977.

University means an institution that is a University for the purposes of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 other than such an institution that is situated in a Territory.

year to which this Act applies means any one of the years 1979, 1980 and 1981.

(2) Where the Minister is satisfied that an institution, being a University, college of advanced education or technical and further education institution that is known by a name other than a name specified in a Schedule is substantially identical with an institution specified in a Schedule, the Minister may, in his discretion and with the approval of the State in which the first‑mentioned institution is situated, by instrument in writing, declare that he is so satisfied, and, upon the making of the declaration, the first‑mentioned institution shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the institution so specified in that Schedule.

(3) For the purposes of this Act:

(a) a State shall be deemed to have paid moneys to a college of advanced education that is not a body corporate if it has paid those moneys to the body administering that college; and

(b) a college of advanced education that is not a body corporate shall be deemed to have done any act or thing that is required or permitted by this Act to be done if the body administering the college has done that act or thing.

(4) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a State shall be read as including a reference to the Northern Territory.

(5) For the purposes of this Act, the Darwin Community College shall be deemed to be an institution conducted on behalf of the Government of the Northern Territory.

(6) In this Act, a reference to a report of the Academic Salaries Tribunal shall be read as a reference to a report of that Tribunal of a kind referred to in paragraph 12C(b), 12D(2)(c), 12DB(2)(b), 12DB(3)(a) and 12DC(1)(b) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

4 Approval of, and directions relating to, building projects

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister:

(a) may approve a building project (other than a minor building project within the meaning of Part II) submitted to him by a University as an approved building project of the University in respect of a year to which this Act applies;

(b) may approve a building project (other than a minor building project within the meaning of Part III) submitted to him by a State as an approved building project of a college of advanced education in respect of a year to which this Act applies;

(c) may approve a building project (other than a minor building project within the meaning of Part IV) submitted to him by a State as an approved building project of a technical and further education institution in respect of a year to which this Act applies; and

(d) may direct that information included in a specified class of information be furnished to the Commission in respect of building projects (not being minor building projects of technical and further education institutions) included in a specified class of building projects at such times and in such manner as are specified in the direction.

(2) The building projects that may be approved by the Minister under subsection (1) in respect of a year to which this Act applies are building projects additional to the building projects specified in Schedule 7, Schedule 7A or Schedule 7B, whichever is applicable to that year.

(3) Where the Minister approves a building project under subsection (1), in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the Minister shall also approve:

(a) an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project; and

(b) an amount of expenditure, not exceeding the estimated expenditure on the project in that year, as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of that year.

(4) As soon as practicable after the Minister has approved a building project under subsection (1), in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the Minister shall cause a statement specifying the project, the approved cost of the project and the approved expenditure on the project in respect of that year to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

(5) For the purposes of this Act, where information is furnished to the Commission in accordance with a direction under paragraph (1)(d) with respect to a building project of a University, or with respect to a building project of a college of advanced education or a technical and further education institution, in a State, being a building project specified in Schedule 7, Schedule 7A or Schedule 7B or a minor building project approved by the Commission in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the Commission shall, after consideration of that information, give directions to the University, or to the State, as the case may be, with respect to the manner in which the project is to be carried out.

(6) The Minister may vary or revoke an approval or direction given by him under this section and the Commission may vary or revoke a direction given by it under this section.

PART II—UNIVERSITIES

5 Interpretation

(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

capital expenditure means expenditure on a building project.

minor building project in relation to a University, means a building project included in a class of building projects determined by the Minister to be a class of minor building projects in respect of that University, or of a class of Universities in which that University is included.

university purposes, in relation to a University, means:

(a) the general teaching and research purposes of the University in connexion with courses of study provided by that University (including preparatory work in connection with proposed courses of study); and

(b) building projects of the University, not being building projects that involve the purchase of land, in relation to each of which the total expenditure does not exceed $30,000 or an amount equal to 0.25 per centum of the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1 in relation to that University, whichever is the lesser amount.

recurrent expenditure means expenditure that is not capital expenditure.

(2) In this Act, a reference to a teaching hospital of a University shall be read as including a reference to a hospital in which students enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine, or School of Medicine, of that University receive clinical instruction.

(3) Where a building project of a University consists of, or includes, the erection, alteration or extension of a building, that project shall be deemed to include the provision of furnishings for the building, or for the altered parts or the extensions of the building, as the case may be.

5A University courses involving new teaching developments

(1) Where the Commission is satisfied that the introduction at any University, in the year 1980 or a subsequent year, of any of the courses of study included in a class of courses of study would involve a new teaching development, the Commission may recommend to the Minister that he declare that class to be a class of courses of study to which this section applies.

(2) The Minister may, upon the recommendation of the Commission under subsection (1), by instrument in writing, declare a class of courses of study to be a class of courses of study to which this section applies.

(3) The Commission may, in its discretion, determine that it does not approve, for the purpose of grants of financial assistance under this Act, the introduction at a University of a relevant course of study proposed to be introduced at the University in the year 1980 or a subsequent year, and may revoke such a determination.

(4) As soon as practicable after the Commission makes or revokes a determination under subsection (3) relating to the introduction of a course of study at a University, the Commission shall give notice of the making or revocation of the determination to the University and to the Minister.

(5) As soon as practicable after the end of a year to which this Act applies in which the Commission has made or revoked any determinations under subsection (3), the Minister shall cause a statement setting out particulars of the determinations so made or revoked to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

(6) For the purposes of subsection 6(2A), a determination under subsection (3) of this section relating to the introduction of a relevant course of study at a University shall be deemed to come into force when notice of the making of the determination is given to the University under subsection (4) and to remain in force until the determination is revoked by the Commission.

(7) As soon as practicable after the Minister makes a declaration under subsection (2), he shall cause a copy of the declaration to be furnished to each University in Australia.

(8) In this section, relevant course of study means a course of study included in a class of courses of study declared, by a declaration under subsection (2) that is in force, to be a class of courses of study to which this section applies.

6 Grants for expenditure on university purposes

(1) In relation to each University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the expenditure of the University for university purposes in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the amount specified in Schedule 1 in relation to that University and to that year.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a University in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University for university purposes in respect of that year is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (1) in relation to the University in respect of that year;

(c) the State will ensure that no University situated in the State charges fees in respect of that year or any part of that year;

(d) the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the University for university purposes in respect of that year; and

(e) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission by the University, not later than such date as the Commission specifies, such statistical and other information as the Commission requires from the University in respect of the provision of tertiary education by the University during that year.

(2AA) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a University in respect of the year 1981 on the further condition that the State will ensure that the statement of a qualified auditor that is required to be furnished to the Commission under paragraph 6(2)(d) is accompanied by a certificate by the auditor certifying:

(a) whether he is satisfied that the prescribed staff of the University comprising each category or class of persons in respect of which the Academic Salaries Tribunal had, in a report or reports of that Tribunal, recommended a rate of salary, or a scale of rates of salary, applicable to that year or a part of that year had been paid salary, in respect of that year or that part of that year, in accordance with those recommendations; and

(b) if he is not so satisfied—also certifying, in respect of each of those categories or classes of persons in respect of which he is not so satisfied, the rate or scale of rates at which salary was paid, in respect of that year or that part of that year, to the prescribed staff of the University comprising that category or class.

(2A) Where a determination is made under subsection 5A(3) relating to the introduction of a course of study at a University, any expenditure in connection with preparation for the introduction of the course (not being expenditure incurred for the purpose of making a further submission to the Commission concerning the course), or, if the course is introduced at the University, in connection with the provision of the course, that is incurred by the University while the determination is in force does not count as expenditure by the University for university purposes in the application of subsections (2), (4) and (6) of this section to and in relation to financial assistance granted to a State in relation to the University.

(3) Where a purpose is specified in Column 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to a University specified in Column 1 of that Schedule and an amount is specified in that Schedule in relation to that purpose and to a year to which this Act applies, financial assistance in respect of that year is granted under subsection (1) to the State in which the University is situated on the further condition that the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University in respect of that year for university purposes included in the purpose so specified is not less than that amount.

(4) Where the Commission is satisfied that the amount paid to a State in relation to the recurrent expenditure of a University for university purposes in respect of a year (in this subsection referred to as the base year), being the year 1978, 1979 or 1980, under section 6 of the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977, or under this section, as the case requires, exceeded the amount expended by the University for those purposes in respect of the base year, the Commission shall direct that the amount (in this subsection referred to as the relevant amount) specified in Schedule 1 in relation to that University and to the year next following the base year shall be deemed to have been increased by the amount of the excess or by the prescribed amount applicable to that University in relation to the base year, whichever is the less, and, upon the Commission’s giving that direction:

(a) there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from 1 January in the year next following the base year) in substitution for the relevant amount, the relevant amount as so increased;

(b) the amount so paid to the State in relation to recurrent expenditure of that University for university purposes in respect of that first‑mentioned year shall be deemed to have been reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the excess; and

(c) an amount equal to the amount of the excess shall be deemed to have been paid to the State under this Act for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to recurrent expenditure of the University for university purposes in respect of the year next following the base year.

(5) Where the amount of the excess referred to in subsection (4) in relation to a University in respect of a year exceeds the prescribed amount in relation to that University in respect of that year the Minister may, if he is satisfied that there are special circumstances that warrant his so doing, at the request of the State in which the University is situated, being a request made not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, direct that the amount (in this subsection referred to as the relevant amount) specified in Schedule 1 in relation to that University and to the next following year be further increased by an amount specified in the direction, being an amount not exceeding the amount by which the amount of the excess exceeds that prescribed amount, and, where the Minister gives that direction, then, for the purposes of this Act, there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from 1 January in that next following year), in substitution for the relevant amount, the relevant amount as so increased.

(6) Where the amount expended by a University on university purposes in respect of a year, being the year 1978, 1979 or 1980, exceeded the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State in which that University was situated in relation to recurrent expenditure by that University on such purposes in respect of that year, under section 6 of the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977, or under this section, as the case requires, then, for the purposes of this Act, an amount equal to the excess in respect of that year shall be treated as if it had been expended by the University on university purposes in respect of the next following year.

(7) As soon as practicable after the Commission has given a direction under subsection (4), the Commission shall furnish to the Minister particulars of the direction.

(8) In this section:

(a) a reference to university purposes in respect of a year, being the year 1978, 1979, 1980 or 1981 shall be read as a reference:

(i) in the case of the year 1978—to university purposes within the meaning of the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977; and

(ii) in the case of the year 1979, 1980 or 1981—to university purposes within the meaning of this Act; and

(b) a reference to the prescribed amount applicable to the University in relation to a year, being the year 1978, 1979 or 1980, shall be read as a reference:

(i) in the case of the year 1978—to the greater of $30,000 and an amount equal to 1% of the amount paid to the State in which that University is situated in relation to recurrent expenditure of that University for university purposes in respect of that year under section 6 of the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977; and

(ii) in the case of the year 1979 or 1980—to the greater of $30,000 and an amount equal to 1% of the amount paid to the State in which that University is situated in relation to recurrent expenditure of that University for university purposes in respect of that year under this section.

(9) In this section, fees means tuition, examination, matriculation and other fees payable to a University by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, the University in connection with a course of study or attendance at the University, and includes fees payable to the University in respect of the conferring of a degree or diploma, but does not include:

(a) fees the payment of which is voluntary;

(b) fees payable in respect of an organization of students, or of students and other persons, or in respect of the provision to students of amenities or services that are not of an academic nature;

(d) fees payable in connection with, or in connection with attendance for the purposes of, studies that are not included in the studies that are required or permitted to be undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a degree or diploma of the University.

7 Special research grants

(1) In relation to each University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 3, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to research expenses of the University in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the amount specified in Schedule 3 in relation to the University and to that year.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a University in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University for the purpose of meeting the research expenses of the University in respect of that year is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to the University; and

(c) the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the University for the purpose of meeting the research expenses of the University in respect of that year.

8 Grants for equipment

(1) A University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 4 may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Commission proposals for expenditure on equipment for use by the University.

(2) The Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it by a University under subsection (1) as an approved proposal of the University in respect of a year to which this Act applies subject to such conditions as the Commission determines, and may revoke or vary any such proposal.

(3) In relation to each University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 4, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the University in connection with an approved proposal or approved proposals of the University in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to the University and to that year.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to approved proposals of a University in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the University in connection with approved proposals of the University in respect of that year, being amounts expended before 1 January next following the end of that year or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to approved proposals of the University in respect of that year; and

(c) the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by the University in connection with approved proposals of the University in respect of that year, being expenditure that occurred before 1 January next following the end of that year or that occurred on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date.

(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to approved proposals of a University in respect of a year to which this Act applies, being a University specified in column 1 of Schedule 5, on the further condition that the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the University in connection with approved proposals of the University in respect of that year in respect of equipment specified in column 2 of Schedule 5 in relation to the University, being amounts expended before 1 January next following the end of that year or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the amount specified in Schedule 5 in relation to that equipment and to that year.

9 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges of Universities

(1) There is payable to each State, for the purposes of financial assistance in relation to student residences and affiliated colleges of Universities situated in that State, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, amounts determined in accordance with this section.

(2) In relation to each student residence of a University, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, in respect of the year 1979:

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $10,031 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $156.48 by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that student residence; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $354.43 by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that student residence;

whichever is the lesser amount.

(2A) In relation to each student residence of a University, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, in respect of the year 1980:

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $11,057 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $172.48 by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that student residence; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $390.67 by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that student residence;

whichever is the lesser amount.

(2B) In relation to each student residence of a University, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, in respect of the year 1981:

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $12,726 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $198.52 by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that student residence; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $449.67 by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that student residence;

whichever is the lesser amount.

(3) In relation to each affiliated college of a University, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, an amount ascertained by multiplying the basic grant in respect of that college for that year by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college for the year 1979 is:

(a) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is less than 50—$354.43;

(b) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 49 but less than 75—$354.43 reduced by $2.68 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 50;

(c) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 74 but less than 100—$287.55 reduced by $1.34 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 75; and

(d) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 99—$254.13 reduced by $0.21 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.

(4A) For the purposes of subsection (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college for the year 1980 is:

(a) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is less than 50—$390.67;

(b) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 49 but less than 75—$390.67 reduced by $2.95 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 50;

(c) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 74 but less than 100—$316.95 reduced by $1.47 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 75; or

(d) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 99—$280.12 reduced by $0.23 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.

(4B) For the purposes of subsection (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college for the year 1981 is:

(a) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is less than 50—$449.67;

(b) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 49 but less than 75—$449.67 reduced by $3.39 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 50;

(c) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 74 but less than 100—$364.82 reduced by $1.70 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 75; or

(d) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 99—$322.42 reduced by $0.26 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.

(5) For the purposes of subsections (2), (2A), (2B), (3), (4), (4A) and (4B), the prescribed number of students for a year to which the Act applies in relation to a student residence or an affiliated college shall be ascertained, subject to subsection (6), by adding:

(a) the number of resident full‑time undergraduate students at that student residence or affiliated college in that year;

(b) one‑half of the number of resident full‑time post‑graduate students at that student residence or affiliated college in that year; and

(c) one‑tenth of the number of non‑resident students receiving tutorial assistance at that student residence or affiliated college in that year.

(6) Where, but for this subsection, the prescribed number of students for a year to which this Act applies in relation to a student residence or affiliated college ascertained in accordance with subsection (5) would include a fraction, the prescribed number of students is:

(a) if the fraction is not less than one‑half—one more than the number so ascertained, disregarding the fraction; or

(b) in any other case—the number so ascertained, disregarding the fraction.

(7) Where a student residence or an affiliated college, or a part of such a residence or college was not in use during the whole of the academic year comprised in a year to which this Act applies, the Commission may determine that an amount payable under this section in respect of that year in relation to that residence or college shall be such part only of the amount that would otherwise be payable as the Commission thinks appropriate.

(8) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to a student residence or affiliated college of a University in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University or to the body administering the student residence or affiliated college without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University or other body administering the student residence or affiliated college, for the provision of tutorial assistance to students of, or for meeting the administrative costs of, the student residence or affiliated college in respect of that year, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to that student residence or affiliated college in respect of that year; and

(c) the State will ensure that the University or other body administering the student residence or affiliated college furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the University or other body for the provision of the tutorial assistance, or for meeting the administrative costs, referred to in paragraph (b).

(9) For the purposes of subsection (5), the number of students at a student residence or affiliated college included in a class of students referred to in that subsection for a year is the number that is the average of the maximum numbers of students of that class during the several terms of that year.

(10) This section does not apply in relation to a student residence or affiliated college that does not provide collegiate accommodation.

(11) In this section:

affiliated college, in relation to a University means a residential college (not being a student residence) affiliated with the University and approved by the Commission, for the purpose of this Act, as an affiliated college.

collegiate accommodation means residential accommodation (including related facilities) for students of a University, being accommodation that, having regard to the facilities and services provided for the students, is, in the opinion of the Commission, of a collegiate nature.

full‑time student means a student who is pursuing, at a University or at a college of advanced education, a course of study, either at undergraduate or at post‑graduate level, which the Commission is satisfied is such as reasonably to require the attention of the student on a full‑time basis.

non‑resident student, in relation to a student residence or an affiliated college, means a student of a University not occupying collegiate accommodation at that, or at any other, student residence or affiliated college, who is enrolled as a non‑resident student of that residence or college and is receiving at that residence or college tutorial assistance other than tutorial assistance that is provided by the relevant University to all students of that University pursuing a particular course of study.

resident full‑time post‑graduate student, in relation to a student residence or affiliated college, means a full‑time student who is a resident of the student residence or affiliated college occupying collegiate accommodation and is engaged at a University or at a college of advanced education in study or research at post‑graduate level.

resident full‑time undergraduate student, in relation to a student residence or affiliated college, means a full‑time student, not being a resident full‑time post‑graduate student, who is a resident of the student residence or affiliated college occupying collegiate accommodation.

student residence, in relation to a University, means a hall, college or other establishment at which any students of the University reside, being an establishment:

(a) administered by the University or by a body corporate established by the University; and

(b) approved by the Commission, for the purposes of this Act, as a student residence.

10 Recurrent grants in respect of teaching hospitals

(1) Where a University is specified in Column 1 of Schedule 6 and an amount is specified in that Schedule in relation to that University and to a year to which this Act applies, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in respect of contributions by the University towards the appropriate costs, in respect of that year, of the teaching hospital or teaching hospitals of the University, the amount so specified.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to the teaching hospitals of a University in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the University in making contributions towards the appropriate costs, in respect of that year, of the teaching hospital or teaching hospitals of the University is not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State by way of financial assistance under this section in relation to the teaching hospital or teaching hospitals of that University in respect of that year; and

(c) the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the University in making contributions towards the appropriate costs, in respect of that year, of the teaching hospital or teaching hospitals of the University.

(3) In this section, appropriate costs, in relation to a teaching hospital of a University, are:

(a) the expenditure (other than expenditure on building projects or expenditure on the purchase of equipment) incurred by the hospital in relation to parts of the hospital used exclusively by students enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine, or School of Medicine, of the University, and by students enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine, or School of Medicine, of any other University in relation to which that hospital is a teaching hospital, and by their teachers and to facilities and equipment so used in connection with those parts of the hospital; and

(b) the expenditure, up to an amount of $3,300, incurred in the purchase of books and periodicals for the medical library of the hospital.

11 Building projects etc.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), in relation to each building project specified, in relation to a University, in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the building project in respect of the year 1979, the amount specified in Column 4 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the description of the project in Column 2.

(2) The Commission may approve a minor building project submitted to it by a University as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1979 and, where it does so, it shall also approve an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project and an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), where the Commission approves, under subsection (2), a minor building project of a University in respect of the year 1979, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1979, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979.

(4) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (3), in relation to a University specified in Column 1 of Part II of Schedule 7, shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the University.

(5) The Commission may approve an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure in respect of the year 1979 on a design project of a University specified in Part III of Schedule 7.

(6) Subject to subsection (7), where the Commission approves an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure, in respect of the year 1979, on a design project of a University specified in Part III of Schedule 7, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purposes of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1979, an amount equal to the amount of that approved expenditure.

(7) The total of the amounts payable to all the States under subsection (6) shall not exceed the amount set out in Part III of Schedule 7 as the total of the grants payable in respect of design projects specified in that Part.

(8) The Commission may revoke or vary an approval given under subsection (2) or (5) and, if it varies the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1979, then, for the purposes of this Act, the amount as so varied shall be deemed:

(a) in the case of a project approved under subsection (2)—as from the date on which the project was so approved; or

(b) in the case of a design project specified in Part III of Schedule 7—as from the date on which an approval was given under subsection (5) in respect of the project;

to have been the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979.

(9) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to an approved building project of a University on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1980 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or under any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(d) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(e) the State will ensure that, if the Commission so requests a University, there will be furnished to the Commission by the University, as soon as practicable after such date as the Commission specifies, such particulars as are specified by the Commission concerning the progress or expected progress of the work or matter constituting the project; and

(f) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1980, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1980 in connection with the approved project.

(10) In subsection (9), a reference to an approved building project of a University shall be read as a reference to:

(a) a building project specified in Column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 in relation to the University;

(b) a project approved by the Commission under subsection (2) as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1979; or

11A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of Universities

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a University, the expenditure on that project in respect of the year 1979 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to that project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under section 11, such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to the States under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in Part VIII of Schedule 7.

(3) Subsection 11(9) applies to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under section 11.

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a University shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 in relation to the University; or

(ii) a building project of the University approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(a) as an approved building project of the University in respect of the year 1979; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1979 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 in relation to a University—the amount specified in column 3 of Part I of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

(ii) where the project is a building project of a University approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(a)—the amount of expenditure approved by the Minister under subsection 4(3) as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979.

11B Building projects in respect of the year 1980 etc.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), in relation to each building project specified, in relation to a University, in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7A, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the building project in respect of the year 1980, the amount specified in column 4 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the description of the project in column 2.

(2) The Commission may approve a minor building project submitted to it by a University as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1980 and, where it does so, it shall also approve an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project and an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1980.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), where the Commission approves, under subsection (2), a minor building project of a University in respect of the year 1980, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1980, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1980.

(4) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (3), in relation to a University specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 7A, shall not exceed the amount specified in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the University.

(5) The Commission may revoke or vary an approval given under subsection (2) and, if it varies the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1980 then, for the purposes of this Act, the amount as so varied shall be deemed, as from the date on which the project was so approved, to have been the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1980.

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to an approved building project of a University on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1981 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(d) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(f) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1981, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1981 in connection with the approved project.

(7) In subsection (6), a reference to an approved building project of a University shall be read as a reference to:

(a) a building project specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7A in relation to the University; or

(b) a project approved by the Commission under subsection (2) as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1980.

11C Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of Universities for 1980

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a University, the expenditure on that project in respect of the year 1980 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to that project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under section 11B, such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to the States under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in Part VIII of Schedule 7A.

(3) Subsection 11B(6) applies to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under section 11B.

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a University shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7A in relation to the University; or

(ii) a building project of the University approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(a) as an approved building project of the University in respect of the year 1980; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1980 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7A in relation to a University—the amount specified in column 4 of Part I of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

11D Building projects in respect of the year 1981 etc.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), in relation to each building project specified, in relation to a University, in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7B, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the building project in respect of the year 1981, the amount specified in column 4 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the description of the project in column 2.

(2) The Commission may approve a minor building project submitted to it by a University as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1981 and, where it does so, it shall also approve an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project and an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1981.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), where the Commission approves, under subsection (2), a minor building project of a University in respect of the year 1981, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1981, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1981.

(4) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (3), in relation to a University specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 7B, shall not exceed the amount specified in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the University.

(5) The Commission may approve an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure in respect of the year 1981 on a design project of a University specified in Part III of Schedule 7B.

(6) Subject to subsection (7), where the Commission approves an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure, in respect of the year 1981, on a design project of a University specified in Part III of Schedule 7B, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purposes of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1981, an amount equal to the amount of that approved expenditure.

(7) The total of the amounts payable to all the States under subsection (6) shall not exceed the amount set out in Part III of Schedule 7B as the total of the grants payable in respect of design projects specified in that Part.

(8) The Commission may revoke or vary an approval given under subsection (2) or (5) and, if it varies the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1981, then, for the purposes of this Act, the amount as so varied shall be deemed:

(a) in the case of a project approved under subsection (2)—as from the date on which the project was so approved; or

(b) in the case of a design project specified in Part III of Schedule 7B—as from the date on which approval was given under subsection (5) in respect of the project;

to have been the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1981.

(9) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to an approved building project of a University on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project to the University without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1982 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(d) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(f) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1982, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1982 in connection with the approved project.

(10) In subsection (9), a reference to an approved building project of a University shall be read as a reference to:

(a) a building project specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7B in relation to the University;

(b) a project approved by the Commission under subsection (2) as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1981; or

11E Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of Universities for 1981

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a University, the expenditure on that project in respect of the year 1981 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to that project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under section 11D, such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to the States under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in Part IX of Schedule 7B.

(3) Subsection 11D(9) applies to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under section 11D.

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a University shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7B in relation to the University; or

(ii) a building project of the University approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(a) as an approved building project of the University in respect of the year 1981; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1981 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7B in relation to a University—the amount specified in column 4 of Part I of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

PART III—ADVANCED EDUCATION

12 Interpretation

(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

college purposes, in relation to a college of advanced education, means:

(a) the general teaching purposes of the college in connection with courses of advanced education provided at the college (including preparatory work in connection with such courses);

(b) the provision by the college of courses of continuing education in accordance with a program of continuing education of the college that is approved by the responsible authority for the State in which the college is situated; and

(c) building projects of the college, not being building projects involving the purchase of land, in relation to each of which the total expenditure does not exceed $30,000 or an amount equal to 0.25% of the amount specified in the column of Schedule 8 that relates to the year in which work on the project was commenced opposite to the name of the college in column 1 of that Schedule, whichever is the lesser amount.

course of advanced education means:

(a) a course of study provided at a college of advanced education:

(i) that is accredited or provisionally accredited by the responsible authority for the State in which the college is situated as a course of advanced education; and

(ii) that is undertaken for the purpose of obtaining an award of the college of a kind determined by the Minister in writing, on the recommendation of the Commission, to be an award to which this definition applies; or

(b) a course of study provided at a technical and further education institution in a State or at an institution in the Northern Territory:

(i) that is accredited or provisionally accredited by the responsible authority for the State in which the technical and further education institution is situated, or for the Northern Territory, as a course of advanced education; and

(ii) that is undertaken for the purpose of obtaining an award of a kind referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii).

minor building project, in relation to a college of advanced education, means a building project included in a class of building projects determined by the Minister to be a class of minor building projects in respect of that college of advanced education, or of a class of colleges of advanced education in which that college is included.

(2) Where a building project of a college of advanced education consists of, or includes, the erection, alteration or extension of a building, that project shall be deemed to include the provision of furnishings for the building, or for the altered parts of the extensions of the building, as the case may be.

12A Courses of advanced education involving new teaching developments

(1) Where the Commission is satisfied that the introduction, in the year 1980 or a subsequent year, of any of the courses of advanced education included in a class of courses of advanced education would involve a new teaching development, the Commission may recommend to the Minister that he declare that class to be a class of courses of advanced education to which this section applies.

(2) The Minister may, upon the recommendation of the Commission under subsection (1), by instrument in writing, declare a class of courses of advanced education to be a class of courses of advanced education to which this section applies.

(3) The Commission may, in its discretion:

(a) determine that it does not approve, for the purpose of grants of financial assistance under this Act, the introduction, at a college of advanced education, of a relevant course of advanced education proposed to be introduced at the college in the year 1980 or a subsequent year;

(b) determine that it does not approve, for the purpose of grants of financial assistance under this Act, the introduction, at a technical and further education institution (other than such an institution in the Northern Territory), of a relevant course of advanced education proposed to be introduced at that institution in the year 1980 or a subsequent year; or

(c) determine that it does not approve, for the purpose of grants of financial assistance under this Act, the introduction, at an institution in the Northern Territory, of a relevant course of advanced education proposed to be introduced at the institution in the year 1980 or a subsequent year;

and may revoke such a determination.

(4) As soon as practicable after the Commission makes or revokes a determination under paragraph (3)(a) relating to the introduction of a course of advanced education at a college of advanced education in a State, the Commission shall give notice of the making or revocation of the determination to the authority responsible, or principally responsible, for the co‑ordination of advanced education in the State and also the Minister.

(5) As soon as practicable after the Commission makes or revokes a determination under paragraph (3)(b) relating to the introduction of a course of advanced education at a technical and further education institution in a State, the Commission shall give notice of the making or revocation of the determination to:

(a) the authority responsible, or principally responsible, for the co‑ordination of advanced education in the State;

(b) the instrumentality of the State responsible, or principally responsible, for technical and further education in the State; and

(6) As soon as practicable after the Commission makes or revokes a determination under paragraph (3)(c) relating to the introduction of a course of advanced education at an institution in the Northern Territory, the Commission shall give notice of the making or revocation of the determination to the instrumentality of the Northern Territory responsible, or principally responsible, for tertiary education in the Northern Territory, and also to the Minister.

(7) As soon as practicable after the end of a year to which this Act applies in which the Commission has made or revoked any determinations under subsection (3), the Minister shall cause a statement setting out particulars of the determinations so made or revoked to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

(8) For the purposes of subsections 14(3) and (7) and 15B(3), a determination under subsection (3) of this section relating to the introduction of a relevant course of advanced education at a college of advanced education or technical and further education institution in a State, or relating to the introduction of a relevant course of advanced education at an institution in the Northern Territory, shall be deemed to come into force when notice of the making of the determination has been given:

(a) in the case of a notice under subsection (4) of this section—to the authority referred to in that subsection;

(b) in the case of a notice under subsection (5) of this section—to the instrumentality of the State responsible, or principally responsible, for technical and further education in the State; and

and to remain in force until the determination is revoked by the Commission.

(9) As soon as practicable after the Minister makes a declaration under subsection (2), he shall cause copies of the declaration to be furnished to:

(a) the Minister of State for each State who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters relating to tertiary education in the State; and

(b) to the Minister of the Northern Territory who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters relating to tertiary education in the Northern Territory.

(10) In this section, relevant course of advanced education means a course of advanced education included in a class of courses of advanced education declared, by a declaration under subsection (2) that is in force, to be a class of courses of advanced education to which this section applies.

13 Approvals in respect of courses

(1) The Commission may:

(a) approve courses of study and proposed courses of study in respect of a college of advanced education as approved courses of advanced education for the purposes of this Act;

(b) approve programs of continuing education in respect of a college of advanced education as approved courses of advanced education for the purposes of this Act; and

(c) approve courses of study in respect of a technical and further education institution as approved courses of advanced education for the purposes of this Act;

and may revoke or vary any such approval.

(2) The Commission shall not, under paragraph (1)(c), approve a course of study in respect of a technical and further education institution as an approved course of advanced education for the purposes of this Act unless the Commission is of the opinion that it would approve the course under paragraph (1)(a) were the course to be provided at a college of advanced education.

(3) The Commission shall not approve a course of study or a program of continuing education under subsection (1) after 31 December 1979.

14 Grants for expenditure on college purposes

(1) Subject to this Act, in relation to a college of advanced education specified in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 8, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the expenditure of the college for college purposes in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the amount specified in Part I of Schedule 8 in relation to that college and to that year.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a college of advanced education in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under subsection (1) in relation to the college;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the college for college purposes in respect of that year is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (1) in relation to the college in respect of that year;

(c) the State will ensure that no college of advanced education situated in the State charges fees in respect of that year or any part of that year;

(d) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the college for college purposes in respect of that year; and

(e) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than such date as the Commission specifies, such statistical and other information as the Commission requires in respect of the provision of tertiary education by the college during that year.

(2A) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1981 on the further condition that the State will ensure that the statement of a qualified auditor that is required to be furnished to the Commission under paragraph 14(2)(d) is accompanied by a certificate by the auditor certifying:

(a) whether he is satisfied that the prescribed staff of the college of advanced education comprising each category or class of persons in respect of which the Academic Salaries Tribunal had, in a report or reports of that Tribunal, recommended a rate of salary, or a scale of rates of salary, applicable to that year or a part of that year had been paid salary, in respect of that year or that part of that year, in accordance with those recommendations; and

(3) Where a determination is made under subsection 12A(3) relating to the introduction of a course of advanced education at a college of advanced education, any expenditure in connection with preparation for the introduction of the course (not being expenditure incurred for the purpose of making a further submission to the Commission concerning the course), or, if the course is introduced at the college, in connection with the provision of the course, that is incurred by the college while the determination is in force does not count as expenditure by the college for college purposes in the application of subsection (2) of this section and section 15 to and in relation to financial assistance granted to the State in which the college is situated in relation to the college.

(4) In determining, for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section and section 15, the amount expended by a college of advanced education for college purposes in respect of a year, where the expenditure incurred by the college in connection with the provision, in respect of that year, of courses of continuing education provided in accordance with a program of continuing education approved by the responsible authority for the State in which the college is situated exceeds, in the aggregate, 0.5% of the amount specified in Part I of Schedule 8 in relation to the college, an amount equal to 0.5% of the amount so specified shall be treated as the total amount of expenditure so incurred.

(5) There is payable to a State specified in Part II of Schedule 8, under this subsection, for the purpose of financial assistance to the State in relation to recurrent expenditure incurred by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in connection with the provision, in respect of a year to which this subsection applies, that is to say, the year 1980 or the year 1981, at technical and further education institutions situated in that State, of courses of advanced education, such amount as is specified in that Part in relation to that State and to that year.

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (5) in relation to the provision, at technical and further education institutions situated in that State, of courses of advanced education in respect of a year to which subsection (5) applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in respect of that year, by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision of courses of advanced education at those institutions, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under that subsection in respect of that year; and

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by an approved auditor within the meaning of Part IV, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the total expenditure, in respect of that year, by the State and by instrumentalities of the State by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision, at those institutions, of courses of advanced education.

(7) Where a determination is made under subsection 12A(3) in relation to the introduction of a course of advanced education at a technical and further education institution situated in a State, any expenditure in connection with preparation for the introduction of the course (not being expenditure incurred for the purpose of making a further submission to the Commission concerning the course), or, if the course is introduced at the institution, in connection with the provision of the course, that is incurred by the State or by an instrumentality of the State while the determination is in force does not count as expenditure by the State or by an instrumentality of the State by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision of courses of advanced education at technical and further education institutions in the application of subsection (6) of this section and section 15 to and in relation to financial assistance granted to that State under subsection (5) of this section.

(8) In this section, fees means tuition, examination, matriculation and other fees payable to a college of advanced education by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, a college in connection with a course of study or attendance at the college, and includes fees payable to the college in respect of the conferring of a degree, diploma or certificate, but does not include:

(a) fees the payment of which is voluntary;

(b) fees payable in respect of an organization of students, or of students and other persons, or in respect of the provision to students of amenities or services that are not of an academic nature;

15 Carry‑forward of amounts specified in Schedule 8

(1) Where the Commission is satisfied that the amount paid to a State in relation to recurrent expenditure of a college of advanced education for college purposes in respect of a year (in this subsection referred to as the base year), being the year 1979 or 1980, under subsection 14(1) of this Act, exceeded the amount expended by the college for those purposes in respect of the base year, the Commission shall direct that the amounts (in this subsection referred to as the relevant amounts), being the amount specified in Part I of Schedule 8 in relation to that college and the year next following the base year and the amount specified in Part IV of that Schedule in relation to the State in which the college is situated and the year next following the base year, shall each be deemed to have been increased by the amount of the excess or by the prescribed amount applicable to that college in relation to the base year, whichever is the less, and, upon the Commission’s giving that direction:

(a) for the purposes of this Act there shall be deemed to have been specified in Schedule 8 (as from 1 January in the year next following the base year), in substitution for the relevant amounts, the relevant amounts as so increased;

(b) the amount so paid to the State in relation to the recurrent expenditure of that college for college purposes in respect of the base year shall be deemed to have been reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the excess; and

(2) Where the Commission is satisfied that the amount paid to a State under subsection 14(5), in relation to recurrent expenditure of the State and of instrumentalities of the State in connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1980, at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, of courses of advanced education, exceeded the amount expended by the State and by those instrumentalities in connection with the provision, in respect of that year, at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, of courses of advanced education, the Commission shall direct that the amounts (in this subsection referred to as the relevant amounts), being the amounts specified in Part II of Schedule 8 in relation to that State and the year 1981 and the amount specified in Part IV of that Schedule in relation to the State and the year 1981, shall each be deemed to have been increased by the amount of the excess or by the prescribed amount applicable to the State in relation to the year 1980, whichever is the less, and, upon the Commission’s giving that direction:

(a) for the purposes of this Act there shall be deemed to have been specified in Schedule 8 (as from 1 January 1981) in substitution for the relevant amounts, the relevant amounts so increased;

(b) the amounts so paid to the State in relation to the recurrent expenditure of the State and those instrumentalities in connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1980 at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, of courses of advanced education shall be deemed to have been reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the excess; and

(c) an amount equal to the amount of the excess shall be deemed to have been paid to the State under this Act for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the recurrent expenditure of the State and of these instrumentalities in connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1981, at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, of courses of advanced education.

(3) Where the amounts of the excess referred to in subsection (1) in relation to a college of advanced education in respect of a year (in this subsection referred to as the base year), being the year 1979 or 1980, exceeds the prescribed amount in relation to that college in respect of that year, the Minister may, if he is satisfied that there are special circumstances that warrant his so doing, at the request of the State in which the college is situated, being a request made not later than 30 September in the year next following the base year, direct that the amounts (in this subsection referred to as the relevant amounts), being the amount specified in Part I of Schedule 8 in relation to that college and the year next following the base year and the amount specified in Part IV of that Schedule in relation to the State in which the college is situated and the year next following the base year, shall each be further increased by an amount specified in the direction, being an amount not exceeding the amount by which the amount of the excess exceeds the prescribed amount in relation to that college in respect of the base year, and, where the Minister gives that direction, then, for the purposes of this Act, there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from 1 January in the year next following the base year), in substitution for the relevant amounts, the relevant amounts as so increased.

(4) Where the amount of the excess referred to in subsection (2) in relation to a State in respect of the year 1980 exceeds the prescribed amount in relation to that State in respect of that year, the Minister may, if he is satisfied that there are special circumstances that warrant his so doing, at the request of the State, being a request made not later than 30 September 1981, direct that the amounts (in this subsection referred to as the relevant amounts), being the amount specified in Part II of Schedule 8 in relation to that State and the year 1981 and the amount specified in Part IV of that Schedule in relation to the State and the year 1981, shall each be further increased by an amount specified in the direction, being an amount not exceeding the amount by which the amount of the excess exceeds the prescribed amount in relation to that State in respect of the base year, and, where the Minister gives that direction, then, for the purposes of this Act, there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from 1 January 1981), in substitution for the relevant amounts, the relevant amounts as so increased.

(5) Where the aggregate of the amounts paid to a State other than Victoria in relation to the recurrent expenditure of all the colleges of advanced education in the State for college purposes in respect of the year 1979 under subsection 14(1) exceeded the sum of the amounts expended by all those colleges in respect of recurrent expenditure for college purposes in respect of that year and the amounts (if any) by which the amounts specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 8 in relation to the year 1980 have been increased under this section, the Minister may, at the request of the State, being a request made not later than 30 September 1980, direct that the amounts (in this subsection referred to as the relevant amounts), being the amount specified in Part III of that Schedule in relation to the State and the year 1980, and the amount specified in Part IV of that Schedule in relation to the State and the year 1980, shall each be increased by an amount specified in the direction, being an amount not exceeding the amount of the excess, and, where the Minister gives that direction, then, for the purposes of this Act, there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from 1 January 1980), in substitution for the relevant amounts, the relevant amounts as so increased.

(6) Where the aggregate of the amounts paid to Victoria in relation to the recurrent expenditure of all the colleges of advanced education in the State Colleges of Victoria System or the Victoria Institute of Colleges System in relation to the year 1979 under subsection 14(1) exceeded the sum of the amounts expended by all the colleges in that system in respect of recurrent expenditure for college purposes in respect of that year and of the amounts (if any) by which the amount specified in Part I of Schedule 8 in relation to colleges in that System and to the year 1980 have been increased under this section, the Minister may, at the request of Victoria, being a request made not later than 30 September 1980, direct that the amounts (in this subsection referred to as the relevant amounts), being the amount specified in Part III of that Schedule in relation to that System and the year 1980 and the amount specified in Part IV of that Schedule in relation to Victoria and the year 1980, shall each be increased by an amount specified in the direction, being an amount not exceeding the amount of the excess, and, where the Minister gives that direction, then, for the purposes of this Act, there shall be taken to have been specified in that Schedule (as from 1 January 1980), in substitution for the relevant amounts, the relevant amounts as so increased.

(7) Where the aggregate of the amounts paid to a State in relation to the recurrent expenditure of all the colleges of advanced education in the State for college purposes in respect of the year 1980 under subsection 14(1) and the amounts (if any) paid to the State under subsection 14(5) in respect of that year exceeded the sum of:

(a) the amounts expended by all the colleges in the State in respect of recurrent expenditure for college purposes in respect of that year;

(b) the amounts (if any) expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in connection with the provision, in respect of that year, at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, of courses of advanced education;

(c) the amounts (if any) by which the amounts specified in Part I of Schedule 8 in relation to colleges situated in the State and to the year 1981 have been increased under this section; and

(d) the amount (if any) by which the amount specified in Part II of Schedule 8 in relation to the State and to the year 1981 has been increased under this section;

the Minister may, at the request of the State, being a request made not later than 30 September 1981, direct that the amounts (in this subsection referred to as the relevant amounts) being the amounts specified in Part III of that Schedule in relation to the State and the year 1981 and the amount specified in Part IV of that Schedule in relation to that State and the year 1981 shall each be increased by an amount specified in the direction, being an amount not exceeding the amount of the excess, and, where the Minister gives that direction, then, for the purposes of this Act, there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from 1 January 1981), in substitution for the relevant amounts, the relevant amounts as so increased.

(8) The Minister shall not, after he has given a direction under subsection (5) in relation to a State other than Victoria and to a year, or after he has given a direction under subsection (7) in relation to a State and to a year, give a direction or a further direction in relation to the State and to that year under subsection (3) or (4).

(9) The Minister shall not, after he has given a direction under subsection (6) in relation to the State Colleges of Victoria System or the Victoria Institute of Colleges System and to the year 1980 give a direction or further direction in relation to a college included in that system and to that year under subsection (3).

(10) Where the amount expended by a college of advanced education for college purposes in respect of a year, being the year 1979 or 1980, exceeded the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State in which the college is situated in relation to expenditure by the college for college purposes in respect of that year under this Act, then, for the purposes of this Act, an amount equal to the excess shall be treated as if it had been expended by the college for college purposes in respect of the year next following that year.

(11) Where the amount expended by a State and by instrumentalities of that State in connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1980, at technical and further education institutions situated in that State, of courses of advanced education exceeded the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State in relation to that expenditure under subsection 14(5), then, for the purposes of this Act, an amount equal to the excess shall be treated as if it had been expended by the State, in respect of the year 1981, in connection with the provision, at technical and further education institutions situated in that State, of courses of advanced education.

(12) As soon as practicable after the Commission has given a direction under subsection (1) or (2) the Commission shall furnish to the Minister particulars of the direction.

(13) In this section:

(a) a reference to the prescribed amount applicable to a college in relation to a year shall be read as a reference to the greater of $30,000 and an amount equal to 1% of the amount paid to the State in which the college is situated in relation to the recurrent expenditure of that college for college purposes in respect of that year; and

(b) a reference to the prescribed amount applicable to a State, in relation to expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1980, at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, of courses of advanced education, shall be read as a reference to the greater of $30,000 and an amount equal to 1% of the amount paid to the State in relation to recurrent expenditure of the State and instrumentalities of the State in connection with the provision, in respect of that year, at technical and further education institutions situated in that State of courses of advanced education.

15A Variations of amounts specified in Schedule 8

(1) At any time, and from time to time, during a year to which this Act applies, but subject to this section, the Minister may direct that this Act has effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in Part I and Part III, or in Part II and Part III, of Schedule 8 in relation to that year were varied in accordance with that direction, and, where the Minister gives a direction with respect to the variation of any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencement date in respect of that year), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(2) At any time, and from time to time, during a year to which this Act applies, but subject to this section, the Commission may direct that this Act has effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in Part I and Part III or Part II and Part III of Schedule 8 in relation to that year were varied in accordance with the direction, and, where the Commission gives a direction with respect to the variation of any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (1), (3), (4), (5) and (6)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencement date in respect of that year), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(3) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2) with respect to an amount specified in Part I of Schedule 8 opposite to the name of a college of advanced education situated in a State, or with respect to an amount specified in Part II, or Part III, of Schedule 8 opposite to the name of a State, except at the request of the State.

(4) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2) with respect to the amount specified in Part III of Schedule 8 opposite to “State College of Victoria System” or “Victoria Institute of Colleges System” except at the request of Victoria.

(5) The Commission shall not give a direction under subsection (2) that will have the effect of varying an amount specified in a column of Part I of Schedule 8 opposite to the name of a college of advanced education or in a column of Part II of that Schedule opposite to the name of a State:

(a) if that amount has previously been varied in accordance with a direction given under subsection (1); or

(b) if the amount as so varied would be greater or less, by more than $200,000, than the amount that is specified, or the amount that would, but for any direction or directions previously given under this section, be the amount that is specified, in that column opposite to that name.

(6) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2) in relation to a State during a year to which this Act applies:

(a) that will have the effect of varying the amount in such a way that, after the variation, the aggregate of the amounts specified opposite the names of colleges situated in the State in Part I of Schedule 8 in relation to that year, the amount (if any) specified opposite to the name of that State in Part II of Schedule 8 in relation to that year and the amount or amounts (if any) specified in Part III of Schedule 8 in relation to the State and to that year is greater or less than the amount specified opposite to the name of the State in Part IV of Schedule 8 in relation to that year; or

(b) that could result in a State becoming liable to repay an amount to the Commonwealth under this Act.

(7) As soon as practicable after the Commission has given a direction under subsection (2), the Commission shall furnish to the Minister particulars of the direction.

(8) As soon as practicable after the Minister has given a direction under subsection (1), or has been furnished under subsection (7) with particulars of a direction given by the Commission under subsection (2), the Minister shall cause a statement setting out particulars of the direction to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

(9) In this section, a reference to the commencement date in respect of a year shall be read as a reference:

(a) in the case of the year 1979—to 4 December 1978;

(b) in the case of the year 1980—to 1 January 1980; and

15B Grants for recurrent expenditure in Northern Territory on advanced education

(1) There is payable to the Northern Territory, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of a year to which this section applies, of courses of advanced education at institutions in the Northern Territory, the amount specified in Schedule 8A in relation to the Northern Territory and to that year.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to the Northern Territory under subsection (1) in respect of a year to which this section applies on the conditions that:

(a) the Northern Territory will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the Northern Territory and by instrumentalities of the Northern Territory, in connection with the provision, in respect of that year, of courses of advanced education at institutions in the Northern Territory is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the Northern Territory under subsection (1) in respect of that year;

(b) the Northern Territory will ensure that no institution situated in the Northern Territory at which courses of advanced education are provided charges fees, in respect of that year or any part of that year, for or in relation to the provision of those courses;

(c) the Northern Territory will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the Northern Territory and of instrumentalities of the Northern Territory, in respect of that year, in connection with the provision of courses of advanced education at institutions in the Northern Territory; and

(d) the Northern Territory will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than such date as the Commission specifies, such statistical and other information as the Commission requires in respect of the provision in the Northern Territory of courses of advanced education and courses of continuing education referred to in subparagraph (8)(a)(ii) at institutions in the Northern Territory during that year.

(3) Where a determination is made under subsection 12A(3) relating to the introduction of a course of advanced education at an institution in the Northern Territory, any expenditure in connection with preparation for the introduction of the course, or, if the course is introduced at the institution, in connection with the provision of the course, that is incurred by the Northern Territory or by an instrumentality of the Northern Territory while the determination is in force does not count as expenditure by the Northern Territory and by instrumentalities of the Northern Territory in connection with the provision of courses of advanced education at institutions in the Northern Territory in the application of subsections (2), (4) and (6) of this section to and in relation to financial assistance granted to the Northern Territory under subsection (1) of this section.

(4) Where the Commission is satisfied that the amount paid to the Northern Territory in respect of the year 1980 under subsection (1) exceeded the amount expended by the Northern Territory and instrumentalities of the Northern Territory in connection with the provision, in respect of that year, of courses of advanced education at institutions in the Northern Territory, the Commission shall direct that the amount specified in Schedule 8A in relation to the year 1981 shall be deemed to have been increased by the amount of the excess or by the prescribed amount, whichever is the less, and, upon the Commission’s giving that direction:

(a) for the purposes of this Act there shall be deemed to have been specified in Schedule 8A (as from 1 January 1981) in substitution for the amount specified in that Schedule in respect of the year 1981, that amount as so increased;

(b) the amount so paid to the Northern Territory in relation to expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1980, of courses of advanced education shall be deemed to have been reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the excess; and

(c) an amount equal to the amount of the excess shall be deemed to have been paid to the Northern Territory under subsection (1) for the purposes of financial assistance in relation to expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1981, of courses of advanced education at institutions in the Northern Territory.

(5) Where the amount of the excess referred to in subsection (4) exceeds the prescribed amount, the Minister may, if he is satisfied that there are special circumstances that warrant his so doing, at the request of the Northern Territory, being a request made not later than 30 September 1981, direct that the amount specified in Schedule 8A in relation to the year 1981 shall be further increased by an amount specified in the direction, being an amount not exceeding the amount by which the amount of the excess exceeds the prescribed amount, and, where the Minister gives that direction, then, for the purposes of this Act, there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from 1 January 1981), in substitution for the amount specified in Schedule 8A in respect of the year 1981, that amount as so increased.

(6) Where the amount expended by the Northern Territory and instrumentalities of the Northern Territory in connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1980, of courses of advanced education exceeded the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the Northern Territory under subsection (1) in respect of that year, then, for the purposes of this Act, an amount equal to the excess shall be treated as if it had been expended by the Northern Territory and instrumentalities of the Northern Territory by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision in respect of the year 1981, of courses of advanced education.

(7) As soon as practicable after the Commission has given a direction under subsection (4), the Commission shall furnish to the Minister particulars of the direction.

(8) In this section:

(a) a reference to amounts of expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of a year to which this section applies, of courses of advanced education at institutions in the Northern Territory shall be read as a reference to:

(i) amounts of expenditure for the general teaching purposes of an institution in the Northern Territory in connection with courses of advanced education provided, in respect of that year, by the institution (including preparatory work in connection with such courses);

(ii) amounts of expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of that year, at institutions in the Northern Territory at which courses of advanced education are provided, of courses of continuing education provided in accordance with programs of continuing education approved by the responsible authority for the Northern Territory or, if the total of those amounts exceeds 0.5% of the amount specified in Schedule 8A in relation to that year, an amount, in respect of that expenditure, equal to 0.5% of the amount so specified; and

(iii) amounts of expenditure in connection with building projects of institutions in the Northern Territory at which courses of advanced education are provided, being building projects (other than building projects involving the purchase of land) each of which is undertaken wholly for the purpose of providing such courses at those institutions and in relation to each of which the total expenditure does not exceed $30,000 or an amount equal to 0.25% of the amount specified in Schedule 8A in relation to that year, whichever is the lesser amount; and

(b) a reference to the prescribed amount, in relation to a year to which this section applies, shall be read as a reference to the greater of $30,000 and an amount equal to 1% of the amount paid to the Northern Territory under subsection (1) in respect of that year.

(9) In this section:

approved auditor means, in relation to the furnishing of a statement for the purposes of a condition of a grant of financial assistance to the Northern Territory under this section:

(a) in a case where the Commission has approved, in writing, a person to be an approved auditor of the Northern Territory—that person; or

(b) in any other case—the Auditor‑General of the Northern Territory.

fees means tuition, examination and other fees payable to an institution by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, the institution in connection with his course of study or attendance at the institution, and includes fees payable to the institution in respect of the conferring of a degree, diploma or certificate, but does not include:

(a) fees the payment of which is voluntary;

(b) fees payable in respect of an organization of students, or of students and other persons or in respect of the provision to students of amenities or services that are not of an academic nature;

(d) fees payable in connection with, or in connection with attendances for the purposes of, studies that are not included in the studies that are required or permitted to be undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a degree, diploma or certificate conferred upon the completion of a course of advanced education.

year to which this section applies means the year 1980 or the year 1981.

16 Grants for equipment

(1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Commission proposals for expenditure by the college on equipment for use by the college.

(2) The Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it under subsection (1) in relation to a college of advanced education as an approved proposal for expenditure by the college in respect of a year to which this Act applies on equipment subject to such conditions as the Commission determines, and may revoke or vary any such approval.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), in relation to each approved proposal for expenditure by a college of advanced education in respect of a year to which this Act applies on equipment, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the college or by the body administering the college in connection with the approved proposal, an amount equal to the amount of the proposed expenditure.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), the sum of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (3) in respect of approved proposals for expenditure by colleges in respect of a year to which this Act applies shall not exceed the amount specified in Part I of Schedule 9 in relation to that State and to that year.

(5) The sum of the amounts payable to Victoria under subsection (3) in respect of approved proposals for expenditure by colleges in respect of the year 1979 shall not exceed:

(a) in the case of amounts payable in relation to colleges of advanced education included in the State College of Victoria System $1,197,000; and

(b) in the case of amounts payable to colleges of advanced education included in the Victoria Institute of Colleges System $5,224,000.

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (3) in relation to approved proposals for expenditure by a college of advanced education in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under subsection (3) in relation to those proposals;

(b) the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the college in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the college in respect of that year, being amounts expended before 1 January next following the end of that year or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (3) in relation to approved proposals of the college in respect of that year; and

(c) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the college in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the college in respect of that year, being expenditure that occurred before 1 January next following the end of that year or that occurred on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date.

(7) Financial assistance is granted to a State other than Victoria under this section in relation to a college of advanced education specified in Column 1 of Part II of Schedule 9 on the further condition that the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the college, in respect of the year 1979, in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the college on equipment of a kind specified in Column 2 of that Part in relation to the college, being amounts expended before 1 January 1980 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the amount specified in Column 3 of that Part in relation to that equipment.

(8) Financial assistance is granted to Victoria under this section in relation to each college of advanced education included in the Victoria Institute of Colleges System on the further condition that the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by colleges included in that System, in respect of the year 1979, in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by those colleges on equipment of a kind specified in Column 2 of Part II of Schedule 9 in relation to that State, being amounts expended before 1 January 1980 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the amount specified in Column 3 of that Part in relation to that State.

17 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges of colleges of advanced education

(1) There is payable to each State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to student residences and affiliated colleges of colleges of advanced education in the State, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, amounts determined in accordance with this section.

(2) In relation to each college of advanced education providing collegiate accommodation at a student residence or at student residences, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, in respect of the year 1979:

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $10,031 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $156.48 by the number of resident full‑time students at the student residence, or at the student residences, as the case may be, in that year; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $354.43 by the number of resident full‑time students at the student residence, or at the student residences, as the case may be, in that year;

whichever is the lesser amount.

(2A) In relation to each college of advanced education providing collegiate accommodation at a student residence or at student residences, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, in respect of the year 1980:

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $11,057 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $172.48 by the number of resident full‑time students at the student residence or at the student residences, as the case may be, in that year; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $390.67 by the number of resident full‑time students at the student residence or at the student residences, as the case may be, in that year;

whichever is the lesser amount.

(2B) In relation to each college of advanced education providing collegiate accommodation at a student residence or at student residences, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, in respect of the year 1981:

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $12,726 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $198.52 by the number of resident full‑time students at the student residence or at the student residences, as the case may be, in that year; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $449.67 by the number of resident full‑time students at the student residence or at the student residences, as the case may be, in that year;

whichever is the lesser amount.

(3) In relation to each affiliated college of a college of advanced education, there is payable to the State in which the college of advanced education is situated, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, an amount ascertained by multiplying the basic grant in respect of the affiliated college for that year by the number of resident full‑time students at the affiliated college in that year.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college for the year 1979 is:

(a) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college in that year is less than 50—$354.43;

(b) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college in that year is more than 49 but less than 75—$354.43 reduced by $2.68 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 50;

(c) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college in that year is more than 74 but less than 100—$287.55 reduced by $1.34 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 75; or

(d) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college in that year is more than 99—$254.13 reduced by $0.21 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 100.

(4A) For the purposes of subsection (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college for the year 1980 is:

(a) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college in that year is less than 50—$390.67;

(b) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college in that year is more than 49 but less than 75—$390.67 reduced by $2.95 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 50;

(c) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college in that year is more than 74 but less than 100—$316.95 reduced by $1.47 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 75; or

(d) if the number of resident full‑time students at the college in that year is more than 99—$280.12 reduced by $0.23 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 100.

(4B) For the purposes of subsection (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college for the year 1981 is:

(a) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is less than 50—$449.67;

(d) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 99—$322.42 reduced by $0.26 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.

(5) Where a student residence or affiliated college, or a part of such residence or college, was not in use during the whole of the academic year comprised in a year to which this Act applies, the Commission may determine that an amount payable under this section in respect of that year in relation to that residence or college shall be such part only of the amounts that would otherwise be payable as the Commission thinks appropriate.

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State in accordance with this section in relation to a student residence or student residences, or to an affiliated college, of a college of advanced education in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) in the case of financial assistance in relation to a student residence or student residences of a college of advanced education:

(i) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college of advanced education each amount of that financial assistance paid to it in relation to the student residence or student residences;

(ii) the State will ensure that the amount expended by, or on behalf of, the college of advanced education for the purpose of meeting the administrative costs of the student residence or student residences in respect of that year is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to the student residence or student residences of the college in respect of that year; and

(iii) the State will ensure that the college of advanced education furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by, or on behalf of, the college for the purpose of meeting the administrative costs of the student residence or student residences in respect of that year; and

(b) in the case of financial assistance in relation to an affiliated college of a college of advanced education:

(i) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college of advanced education or other body administering the affiliated college an amount equal to each amount paid to the State under this section in relation to that affiliated college;

(ii) that the State will ensure that the amount expended by the college of advanced education or other body administering the affiliated college for meeting the administrative costs of that affiliated college in respect of that year is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to that affiliated college in respect of that year; and

(iii) the State will ensure that the college of advanced education or other body administering the affiliated college furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the college or other body for meeting the administrative costs of the affiliated college in respect of that year.

(7) For the purposes of this section, the number of resident full‑time students of a student residence or affiliated college in a year is the number that is the average of the maximum numbers of such students during the several terms of that year.

(8) This section does not apply in relation to a student residence or affiliated college that does not provide collegiate accommodation and, for the purposes of this section, no account shall be taken of resident full‑time students occupying non‑collegiate accommodation.

(9) In this section:

affiliated college, in relation to a college of advanced education, means a residential college (not being a student residence) affiliated with the college of advanced education and approved by the Commission, for the purpose of this Act, as an affiliated college.

collegiate accommodation means residential accommodation (including related facilities) for students of a college of advanced education, being accommodation that, having regard to the facilities and services provided for the students, is, in the opinion of the Commission, of a collegiate nature.

full‑time student means a student who is pursuing, at a college of advanced education or at a university, a course of study that the Commission is satisfied is such as would reasonably require full‑time study.

non‑collegiate accommodation means residential accommodation (including related facilities) for students of a college of advanced education, other than collegiate accommodation.

resident full‑time student, in relation to a student residence or an affiliated college, means a full‑time student who:

(a) is a resident of the student residence or affiliated college; and

(b) in the case of a student of a college of advanced education—is pursuing a course of study approved by the Commission under paragraph 12(1)(a).

student residence, in relation to a college of advanced education, means a hall, college or other establishment at which any students of the college reside, being an establishment:

(a) administered by:

(i) the college or the body administering the college; or

(ii) a body established by the college or by the body administering the college; and

(b) approved by the Commission, for the purposes of this Act, as a student residence.

term includes a semester and any other period into which an academic year is divided.

(10) For the purpose of the application of this section in respect of the year 1980 or the year 1981, the reference in the definition of resident full‑time student in subsection (9) to “a course of study approved by the Commission under paragraph 13(1)(a)” shall be read as a reference to a course of advanced education within the meaning of section 13.

18 Grants for approved courses of advanced education at technical and further education institutions

(1) The Minister may authorize the payment to a State, by way of financial assistance to the State in relation to recurrent expenditure incurred or to be incurred, in respect of the year 1979, by the State or by an instrumentality of the State in relation to the provision, at technical and further education institutions situated in that State, of approved courses of advanced education, of such amount as the Minister determines.

(2) The Minister may vary a determination made by him under subsection (1) and, where he does so, the determination as so varied shall, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection), be deemed to have been made by him, in lieu of the first‑mentioned determination, on the date on which the first‑mentioned determination was made.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be taken to authorize the Minister to vary a determination in a way that will result in a State becoming liable to repay an amount to the Commonwealth under this Act.

(4) The aggregate of the amounts authorized by the Minister to be paid to the States under subsection (1) in respect of the year 1979 shall not exceed $4,256,000.

(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, in respect of the year 1979, by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision of approved courses of advanced education at technical and further education institutions situated in the State is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under that subsection; and

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1980, a statement by an approved auditor within the meaning of Part IV, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the total expenditure, in respect of the year 1979, by the State and by instrumentalities of the State by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision, at institutions of technical and further education situated in that State, of approved courses of advanced education.

(6) In this section, recurrent expenditure has the same meaning as it has in Part IV.

19 Grants for courses of teacher education provided by non‑government teachers colleges

(1) The Minister may authorize the payment to a State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of recurrent expenditure of a non‑government teachers college in providing in that State, in a year to which this section applies, courses of teacher education in respect of that year, of such payments as the Minister approves.

(2) The sum of the amounts payable to the States under subsection (1) shall not exceed:

(a) in respect of the year 1980—$1,366,000; and

(b) in respect of the year 1981—$1,663,000.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to a non‑government teachers college, in respect of a year to which this section applies, on the conditions that:

(a) subject to paragraph (b), the State will, without undue delay, pay to the approved authority of the college an amount equal to each amount paid to the State under this section in relation to the college;

(b) the State will not make a payment to the approved authority of the college under this section unless the approved authority, before or at the time of accepting the first payment under this section, has agreed or agrees with the State to be bound by the following conditions:

(i) the approved authority will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the amounts paid to the approved authority under this section in respect of that year is applied for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure incurred, in respect of that year, by the college in the provision in that year of courses of teacher education of that college;

(ii) the approved authority will cause to be furnished to the Commission not later than 30 September in the year next following the end of that year:

(A) a certificate by a qualified accountant to the effect that he has satisfied himself that the condition specified in subparagraph (i) has been fulfilled; and

(B) a statement, in writing, that contains such information in respect of the recurrent expenditure of the college, and such other financial statistical information in respect of the college, as is required by the Minister to be so furnished; and

(iii) if the approved authority does not fulfil a condition specified in subparagraph (i) or (ii), the approved authority will, if the Minister so determines, pay to the State such amount (not being an amount greater than the sum of the amounts paid to the approved authority under this section) as the Minister determines should be repaid by the approved authority; and

(c) if an amount that the approved authority of the college is liable to repay to a State under the condition referred to in subparagraph (b)(iii) is repaid by the approved authority to the State, or is recovered by the State from the approved authority, the State will pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to that amount.

(4) In this section:

approved authority, in relation to a non‑government teachers college, means such person or body as the Minister declares, in writing, to be an approved authority of that college for the purposes of this section.

certificate by a qualified accountant means a certificate signed by:

(a) a person who is registered as a company auditor or a public accountant under a law of a State or Territory;

(b) a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or of the Australian Society of Accountants; or

course of teacher education means a course of advanced education that is provided by way of professional training for persons intending to become primary school teachers or secondary school teachers.

non‑government teachers college means a teachers college in a State that is not established by the government of the State or conducted by or on behalf of the government of the State, but does not include a teachers college conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals.

teachers college means a college or similar institution, not being a college of advanced education, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that provides courses in teacher education.

year to which this section applies means the year 1980 or the year 1981.

20 Grants in respect of contributions to National Institute of Dramatic Art

(1) There is payable to New South Wales, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the amount that is, under subsection (1A), the prescribed amount in respect of that year by way of financial assistance in respect of contributions by the New South Wales Higher Education Board towards the costs incurred, in respect of that year, by the National Institute of Dramatic Art in providing courses in that year.

(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), the amount that is the prescribed amount in respect of a year to which this Act applies is:

(a) in the case of the year 1979—$511,000;

(b) in the case of the year 1980—$569,500; and

(2) Financial assistance is granted to New South Wales under subsection (1) in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the New South Wales Higher Education Board without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the New South Wales Higher Education Board in making contributions towards the costs incurred, in respect of that year, by the National Institute of Dramatic Art in providing courses in that year is not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State by way of financial assistance under this section in respect of that year; and

(c) the State will ensure that the New South Wales Higher Education Board furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the New South Wales Higher Education Board in making contributions towards the costs incurred by the National Institute of Dramatic Art in providing courses in that year.

21 Building projects etc.

(1) In relation to each building project specified, in relation to a college of advanced education, in Column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7, in respect of the year 1979 there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the building project, the amount specified in Column 4 of that Part of that Schedule in relation to the description of the project in Column 2.

(2) The Commission may approve a minor building project submitted to it by a State as an approved minor building project of a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1979, and, if it approves such a project, it shall also approve an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project and an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979.

(3) The Commission may revoke or vary an approval given by it under subsection (2) and, if it varies the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1979, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsection (4)), the amount as so varied shall be deemed to have been, as from the date on which the project was approved under subsection (2), the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979.

(4) Subject to section 22, where the Commission approves a minor building project of a college of advanced education under subsection (2), there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, in respect of the year 1979, an amount equal to the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979.

(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to an approved building project of a college of advanced education on the conditions that:

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction given under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(d) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(e) the State will, if the Commission so requests, cause to be furnished to the Commission, as soon as practicable after such date as the Commission specifies, such particulars as are specified by the Commission concerning the progress or expected progress of the work or matter constituting the project; and

(6) In this section, a reference to an approved building project of a college of advanced education shall be read as a reference to:

(a) a building project specified in Column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7 in relation to the college; or

(b) a project approved by the Commission under subsection (2) of this section as an approved minor building project of the college in respect of the year 1979.

21A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a college of advanced education, the expenditure on that project in respect of the year 1979 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under section 21, such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of Part IX of Schedule 7 opposite to the name of the State in Column 1 of that Part.

(3) Subsection 21(5) applies to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under section 21.

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a college of advanced education shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in Column 2 of Part III of Schedule 7 in relation to the college; or

(ii) a building project of the college approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(b) as an approved building project of the college in respect of the year 1979; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1979 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in Column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7 in relation to a college of advanced education—the amount specified in Column 4 of Part IV of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

(ii) where the project is a building project of a college of advanced education approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(b)—the amount of expenditure approved by the Minister under subsection 4(3) as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979.

21B Building projects in respect of the year 1980 etc.

(1) In relation to the building projects specified in Column 2 of Part III of Schedule 7A in relation to colleges of advanced education in a State, in respect of the year 1980, there is payable to that State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to those building projects, an amount equal to the amount specified in Column 4 of that Part as the total amount for the State.

(2) The Commission may approve a minor building project submitted to it by a State as an approved minor building project of a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1980, and, if it approves such a project, it shall also approve an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project and an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1980.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), where the Commission approves, under subsection (2), a minor building project of a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1980, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1980, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1980.

(4) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (3), in relation to minor building projects of colleges of advanced education situated in that State that are approved under subsection (2) shall not exceed the amount specified in column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7A in relation to that State.

(5) In relation to a design project specified in column 2 of Part V of Schedule 7A opposite to the name of a college of advanced education specified in column 1 of that Part, there is payable to the State in which that college is situated, in respect of the year 1980, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to that design project, an amount equal to the amount specified in column 3 of that Part in respect of that project.

(6) The Commission may revoke or vary an approval given under subsection (2) and, if it varies the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1980, then, for the purposes of this Act, the amount as so varied shall be deemed, as from the date on which the project was so approved, to have been the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1980.

(9) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to the building projects of colleges of advanced education situated in that State, being building projects specified in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 7A, on the conditions that:

(a) the State will, in respect of each amount of the financial assistance paid to it:

(i) pay that amount to a college of advanced education in respect of a building project of the college; or

(ii) pay amounts aggregating that amount to colleges of advanced education in respect of the building projects of those colleges according to the respective needs of those projects;

without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that, in respect of the year 1980, it pays to each college in respect of which such a project is specified, in relation to that project, an amount that does not exceed, or amounts that, in the aggregate, do not exceed, the amount specified in column 4 of Part III of Schedule 7A in relation to that project;

(c) the State will ensure, in respect of each of those projects, that the amount expended in relation to the work carried out before 1 January 1981 in relation to the project will be not less than the sum of:

(i) the amounts paid by the State to the college concerned in relation to the project under this section; and

(ii) the amounts (if any) paid to the State in relation to the project under section 21 or any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to colleges of advanced education;

(d) the State will ensure that information in respect of each of those projects is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction given under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(e) the State will ensure that each of those projects will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(f) the State will, if the Commission so requests, cause to be furnished to the Commission, as soon as practicable after such date as the Commission specifies, such particulars as are specified by the Commission concerning the progress or expected progress of the work or matter constituting each of those projects; and

(g) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1981, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1981 in connection with each of those projects.

(10) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to an approved building project of a college of advanced education referred to in subsection (11) on the conditions that:

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1981 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or under any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to colleges of advanced education;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction given under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(d) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(f) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1981, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amount expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1981 in connection with the approved project.

(11) For the purposes of subsection (10), a reference to an approved building project of a college of advanced education is:

(a) a project approved by the Commission under subsection (2) of this section as an approved minor building project of the college in respect of the year 1980; or

(b) a design project of a college of advanced education specified in Part V of Schedule 7A.

21C Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education for 1980

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a college of advanced education, the expenditure on that project in respect of the year 1980 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under subsection 21B(1), such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of Part IX of Schedule 7A opposite to the name of the State in Column 1 of that Part.

(3) Subsection 21B(9) applies to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under subsection 21B(1).

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a college of advanced education shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in Column 2 of Part III of Schedule 7A in relation to the college; or

(ii) a building project of the college approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(b) as an approved building project of the college in respect of the year 1980; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1980 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in Column 2 of Part III of Schedule 7A in relation to a college of advanced education—the amount specified in Column 4 of Part III of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

21D Building projects in respect of the year 1981 etc.

(1) In relation to the building projects specified in column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7B in relation to colleges of advanced education in a State, in respect of the year 1981, there is payable to that State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to those building projects, an amount equal to the amount specified in Column 4 of that Part as the total amount for the State.

(2) The Commission may approve a minor building project submitted to it by a State as an approved minor building project of a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1981, and, if it approves such a project, it shall also approve an amount, being an amount equal to the estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project and an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1981.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), where the Commission approves, under subsection (2), a minor building project of a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1981, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1981, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1981.

(5) The Commission may approve an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure in respect of the year 1981 on a design project of a college of advanced education specified in Part VI of Schedule 7B.

(6) Subject to subsection (7), where the Commission approves an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure, in respect of the year 1981, on a design project of a college of advanced education specified in Part VI of Schedule 7B, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purposes of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1981, an amount equal to the amount of that approved expenditure.

(7) The total of the amounts payable under subsection (6) shall not exceed the amount set out in Part VI of Schedule 7B as the total of all grants payable in respect of design projects specified in that Part.

(8) The Commission may revoke or vary an approval given under subsection (2) or (5), and, if it varies the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1981, then, for the purposes of this Act, the amount as so varied shall be deemed:

(a) in the case of a project approved under subsection (2)—as from the date on which the project was so approved; or

(b) in the case of a design project specified in Part VI of Schedule 7B—as from the date on which an approval was given under subsection (5) in respect of the project;

to have been the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1981.

(a) the State will, in respect of each amount of the financial assistance paid to it:

(i) pay that amount to a college of advanced education in respect of a building project of the college; or

(ii) pay amounts aggregating that amount to colleges of advanced education in respect of the building projects of those colleges according to the respective needs of those projects;

without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that, in respect of the year 1981, it pays to each college in respect of which such a project is specified, in relation to that project, an amount that does not exceed, or amounts that, in the aggregate, do not exceed, the amount specified in column 4 of Part IV of Schedule 7B in relation to that project;

(c) the State will ensure, in respect of each of those projects, that the amount expended in relation to the work carried out before 1 January 1982 in relation to the project will be not less than the sum of:

(i) the amounts paid by the State to the college concerned in relation to the project under this section, section 21B or section 21C; and

(ii) the amounts (if any) paid to the State in relation to the project under section 21 or 21A or under any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to colleges of advanced education;

(d) the State will ensure that information in respect of each of those projects is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction given under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(e) the State will ensure that each of those projects will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(g) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1982, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1981 in connection with each of those projects.

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1982 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or under any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to colleges of advanced education;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction given under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(d) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(f) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1982, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amount expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1982 in connection with the approved project.

(11) For the purposes of subsection (10), a reference to an approved building project of a college of advanced education is:

(a) a project approved by the Commission under subsection (2) of this section as an approved minor building project of the college in respect of the year 1981; or

(b) a design project of a college of advanced education specified in Part VI of Schedule 7B.

21E Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education for 1981

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a college of advanced education, the expenditure on that project in respect of the year 1981 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under subsection 21D(1), such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in column 2 of Part X of Schedule 7B opposite to the name of the State in column 1 of that Part.

(3) Subsection 21D(9) applies to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under subsection 21D(1).

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a college of advanced education shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7B in relation to the college; or

(ii) a building project of the college approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(b) as an approved building project of the college in respect of the year 1981; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1981 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7B in relation to a college of advanced education—the amount specified in column 4 of Part IV of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

22 Limits on payments in respect of building projects

(1) The total of the amounts payable to a State other than Victoria under subsection 21(4) in relation to minor building projects of colleges of advanced education situated in the State shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of Part V of Schedule 7 in relation to the State.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to Victoria under subsection 21(4) in respect of approved minor building projects of colleges of advanced education included in the State College of Victoria System shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of Part V of Schedule 7 opposite to “State College of Victoria System” in Column 1 of that Part.

(3) The total of the amounts payable to Victoria under subsection 21(4) in respect of approved minor building projects of colleges of advanced education included in the Victoria Institute of Colleges System shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 2 of Part V of Schedule 7 opposite to “Victoria Institute of Colleges System” in Column 1 of that Part.

PART IV—TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

23 Interpretation

(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

approved auditor means, in relation to the furnishing of a statement for the purposes of a condition of a grant of financial assistance to a State under this Part:

(a) in a case where the Commission has approved, in writing, a person to be an approved auditor of that State—that person; or

(b) in any other case—the Auditor‑General of that State.

capital expenditure means:

(a) expenditure on a building project other than a building project the estimated cost of which does not exceed $2,000; or

(b) expenditure exceeding $2,000 for the purchase of, or otherwise in connection with, a single item of equipment.

minor building project means a building project:

(a) that does not involve the purchase of land; and

(b) the estimated cost of which exceeds $2,000 but does not exceed $60,000.

recurrent expenditure means expenditure other than capital expenditure.

student residence, in relation to a technical and further education institution, means a hall, college or other establishment at which any students of the institution reside, being an establishment:

(a) administered by:

(i) the authority or body administering the institution; or

(ii) a body established by the authority or body administering the institution; and

(b) approved by the Commission, for the purposes of this Part, as a student residence.

technical and further education means education provided by way of a course of instruction or training:

(a) that is, or that is preparatory to, a course of a kind relevant to a trade, technical or other skilled occupation; or

(b) that otherwise meets the educational needs of persons who are not enrolled in a full‑time course of primary or secondary education at a school;

but does not include education by way of courses of study that is, for the purposes of Part III, a course of advanced education.

(2) Where a building project consists of the erection, alteration or extension of a building, the project shall be deemed to include the provision of furnishings and equipment for the building, or for the altered parts or the extensions of the building, as the case may be.

(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), where a building project by way of the erection, alteration or extension of a building is undertaken in connection with the establishment of a library, the project shall be deemed to include the provision of books and other library materials required for the establishment of the library.

24 Grants for recurrent expenditure

(1) There is payable to a State under this section, for the purpose of financial assistance to the State in relation to recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, of technical and further education at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, the amount specified in Schedule 10 in relation to that State and to that year.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of that year, of technical and further education at technical and further education institutions in the State is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (1) in respect of that year;

(b) the State will ensure that no technical and further education institution situated in the State charges fees in respect of that year or any part of that year;

(c) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a certificate by an approved auditor to the effect that the condition specified in paragraph (a) has been fulfilled; and

(d) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than such date as the Commission specifies, such statistical and other information as the Commission requires in respect of the provision of technical and further education in that State during that year.

(3) In this section, fees means tuition, examination and other fees payable to a technical and further education institution by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, the institution in connection with his course of study or attendance at the institution, and includes fees payable to the institution in respect of the awarding of a qualification, but does not include:

(a) fees the payment of which is voluntary;

(b) fees payable in respect of an organization of students, or of students and other persons, or in respect of the provision to students of amenities or services that are not of an academic nature;

(d) fees payable in connection with, or in connection with attendance for the purposes of, studies that are not, or that are not preparatory to, studies for the purpose of obtaining a qualification relevant to a trade, technical or other skilled occupation.

25 Proposals for expenditure on staff training and data processing

(1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Commission a proposal for expenditure in connection with a program, connected with the provision of technical and further education in the State, that is proposed to be carried out in a year to which this Act applies, being a program by way of:

(a) the provision of training for members of the staff of a technical and further education institution, or an authority administering a technical and further education institution, being training designed to improve the efficiency of those members in the performance of their work for the institution or authority and provided by such an institution or authority or by another body on behalf of such an institution or authority; or

(b) the development, by a technical and further education institution or by an authority administering a technical and further education institution, of a system for the collection and processing of statistical or other material relating to technical and further education.

(2) The Commission:

(a) may approve a proposal submitted to it by a State under subsection (1) as an approved proposal for expenditure by the State in respect of a year to which this Act applies;

(b) shall, in the case of a proposal for expenditure in respect of the year 1981 in connection with a program referred to in paragraph (1)(a), approve the proposal for the purpose of subsection (3) or (3A); and

(2A) Subject to subsection (2B), where a Commission approves a proposal for the purpose of subsection (3A), it shall approve an amount as the amount of approved expenditure on that proposal.

(2B) The aggregate of the amounts approved by the Commission under subsection (2A) as amounts of approved expenditure on proposals approved for the purposes of subsection (3A) shall not exceed the amount specified in Part IV of Schedule 11.

(3) There is payable to the State, for the purpose of financial assistance in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by an instrumentality of the State in accordance with an approved proposal or approved proposals (not being a proposal or proposals approved for the purposes of subsection (3A)) for expenditure by the State in respect of a year to which this Act applies in connection with a program or programs referred to in paragraph (1)(a), the amount specified in relation to the State in column 2 of Part I, column 2 of Part II, or column 2 of Part III, of Schedule 11, whichever is applicable to that year.

(3A) There is payable to a State for the purpose of financial assistance in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by an instrumentality of the State in relation to a proposal approved for the purposes of this subsection, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the proposal.

(4) There is payable to a State for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to recurrent expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by an instrumentality of the State, in accordance with an approved proposal or approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of a year to which this Act applies in connection with a program or programs referred to in paragraph (1)(b), the amount specified in relation to the State in column 3 of Part I, column 3 of Part II, or column 3 of Part III, of Schedule 11, whichever is applicable to that year.

(5) Financial assistance in granted to a State under subsection (3) in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended in respect of that year by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals of expenditure by the State in respect of that year in connection with programs referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (3) in respect of that year; and

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September in the next following year, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of that year in connection with programs referred to in paragraph (1)(a).

(5A) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (3A) on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended in respect of the year 1981 by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with proposals of expenditure by the State in respect of that year (approved for the purpose of subsection (3A)) is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under that subsection in respect of that year; and

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (4) in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended in respect of that year by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals of expenditure by the State in respect of that year in connection with programs referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (4) in respect of that year; and

26 Variations of amounts in Schedule 11

(1) At any time, and from time to time, during a year to which this Act applies, but subject to this section, the Minister may, at the request of the State, direct that this Act has effect as if the amounts specified in relation to the State in columns 2 and 3 of Part I, columns 2 and 3 of Part II, or columns 2 and 3 of Part III, of Schedule 11, whichever Part is applicable to that year, were varied in accordance with that direction, and, where the Minister gives a direction with respect to the variation of any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act, including this subsection and subsections (2), (3) and (4), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Part of that Schedule (as from the relevant commencing day), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(2) At any time, and from time to time, during a year to which this Act applies, but subject to this section, the Commission may, at the request of a State, direct that this Act has effect as if the amounts specified in relation to the State in columns 2 and 3 of Part I, columns 2 and 3 of Part II, or columns 2 and 3 of Part III, of Schedule 11, whichever Part is applicable to that year, were varied in accordance with the direction, and where the Commission gives a direction with respect to the variation of any such amount, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (1), (3) and (4)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Part of that Schedule (as from the relevant commencing day), in substitution for those amounts the amounts so varied.

(3) The Commission shall not give a direction under subsection (2):

(a) that will have the effect of varying the amounts specified in relation to a State in columns 2 and 3 of Part I, columns 2 and 3 of Part II, or columns 2 and 3 of Part III, of Schedule 11 if those amounts have previously been varied in accordance with a direction given under subsection (1); or

(b) that will have the effect of varying an amount specified in relation to a State in column 2 or 3 of Part I, column 2 or 3 of Part II, or column 2 or 3 of Part III, of Schedule 11 to an amount that is greater or less, by more than $200,000, than the amount that is specified, or the amount that would, but for any direction or directions previously given under this section, be the amount specified, in that column of that Part.

(4) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1) or (2) in relation to a State:

(a) that will have the effect of varying amounts in Part I, Part II, or Part III of Schedule 11 in such a way that, after the variation, the aggregate of the amounts specified in relation to a State in columns 2 and 3 of that Part is greater or less than the amount specified in relation to that State in column 4 of that Part of that Schedule; or

(b) that will result in a State becoming liable to repay an amount to the Commonwealth under this Act.

(5) In this section, relevant commencing day, in relation to the variation of amounts specified in a Part of Schedule 11 means:

(a) in the case of the variation of amounts specified in Part I of Schedule 11—4 December 1978;

(b) in the case of the variation of amounts specified in Part II of Schedule 11—the day on which the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979 receives the Royal Assent; and

(c) in the case of the variation of amounts specified in Part III of Schedule 11—the date on which the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1980 receives the Royal Assent.

27 Other recurrent grants

(1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Commission, a proposal for recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision of technical and further education in that State, being a proposal for expenditure in relation to:

(a) curriculum development;

(b) the assessment of community needs for technical and further education;

(c) the development of techniques for enabling a student to control the pace at which he makes progress in a course of study;

(d) the publicizing of technical and further education;

(e) the provision of training that is preparatory to, or supplementary to, a course of technical and further education;

(f) the provision of counselling services at technical and further education institutions;

(g) the provision, or improvement, of external study facilities;

(h) the provision in a technical and further education institution, for persons who are undertaking full‑time primary or secondary education, of programs designed to introduce those persons to technical and further education;

(i) the taking of measures to increase the scope of courses of technical and further education;

(j) the taking of measures to improve safety, health and welfare at technical and further education institutions;

(k) the taking of measures to improve the planning of major building projects;

(l) the improvement of educational materials and resources;

(m) the provision of assistance towards the administrative costs of student residences; or

(n) the provision of assistance towards the operating costs of a system for the collection and processing of statistical or other material relating to technical and further education.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it by a State under subsection (1) as an approved proposal for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1979, and may revoke or vary any such approval.

(2A) A State may, from time to time, after the commencement of this subsection, submit for the approval of the Commission, a proposal for recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision of technical and further education in that State, being a proposal for expenditure in relation to:

(a) curriculum research and development;

(b) the provision of services and facilities that are preparatory to, or supplementary to, courses of technical and further education;

(d) administrative services for technical and further education institutions.

(2B) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it by a State under subsection (2A) as an approved proposal for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1980 or the year 1981, and may revoke or vary any such approval.

(3) There is payable to a State specified in Column 1 of Schedule 12, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to recurrent expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by an instrumentality of a State, in accordance with an approved proposal or approved proposals for expenditure by that State in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to that State and that year.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (3) in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure in respect of that year is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under that subsection in respect of that year; and

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to recurrent expenditure by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in accordance with approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of that year.

28 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with programs of expenditure on voluntary adult education

(1) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may approve a body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that is recommended to the Commission by the Minister of a State who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters relating to technical and further education in the State as the approved authority of that State for the purposes of this section.

(2) The Commission may revoke or vary any approval given under subsection (1).

(3) There is payable to a State specified in Schedule 13, for the purpose of financial assistance in connection with programs of adult education to be carried out in a year to which this Act applies in the State, the amount specified in Schedule 13 in relation to the State and to that year.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the approved authority of the State without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the approved authority of the State in making contributions towards the recurrent expenditure of a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in connection with the provision, in that year, by that body, or those bodies, of courses of adult education is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (3) in respect of that year; and

(c) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by an approved auditor in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the approved authority of the State in making contributions towards the recurrent expenditure of a relevant body, or of relevant bodies, in connection with the provision, in that year, by that body, or those bodies, of courses of adult education.

(5) In this section:

(a) a reference to a relevant body is a reference to a body (other than a body established by or on behalf of the Government of a State) that is not conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals; and

(b) a reference to a course of adult education, in relation to a relevant body, is a reference to a part‑time course of education, being a course in respect of which:

(i) attendance is voluntary; and

(ii) no award is made, in respect of the completion of the course, or of a part of the course, that is intended as a qualification for any employment.

29 Building projects etc.

(1) In relation to each building project specified, in relation to a technical and further education institution, in Column 2 of Part VI of Schedule 7, there is payable to the State in which the institution is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1979, the amount specified in Column 4 of that Schedule in relation to the description of the project in Column 2.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to a building project specified in Column 2 of Part VI of Schedule 7 in relation to a technical and further education institution situated in that State subject to the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1980 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to technical and further education institutions;

(b) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(c) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(d) the State will, if the Commission so requests, furnish to the Commission, as soon as practicable after such date as the Commission specifies, such particulars as are specified by the Commission concerning the progress or expected progress of the work or matter constituting the project; and

(e) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1980, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended, in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1980, in connection with the project.

29A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a technical and further education institution, the expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the institution is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under section 29, such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 3 of Part IX of Schedule 7 opposite to the name of the State in Column 1 of that Part.

(3) Subsection 29(2) applies to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under section 29.

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a technical and further education institution shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in Column 2 of Part VI of Schedule 7 in relation to the institution; or

(ii) a building project of the institution approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(c) as an approved building project of the institution in respect of the year 1979; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1979 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in Column 2 of Part VI of Schedule 7 in relation to a technical and further education institution—the amount specified in Column 4 of Part VI of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

(ii) where the project is a building project of a technical and further education institution approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(c)—the amount of expenditure approved by the Minister under subsection 4(3) as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1979.

29B Building projects in respect of the year 1980 etc.

(1) In relation to each building project specified, in relation to a technical and further education institution, in column 2 of Part VI of Schedule 7A, there is payable to the State in which the institution is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1980, the amount specified in column 4 of that Part in relation to the description of the project in column 2.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to a building project specified in column 2 of Part VI of Schedule 7A in relation to a technical and further education institution situated in that State subject to the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1981 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to technical and further education institutions;

(b) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(c) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(e) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1981, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended, in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1981, in connection with the project.

29C Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions for 1980

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a technical and further education institution, the expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1980 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the institution is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under section 29B, such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in Column 3 of Part IX of Schedule 7A opposite to the name of the State in Column 1 of that Part.

(3) Subsection 29B(2) applies to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under section 29B.

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a technical and further education institution shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in Column 2 of Part VI of Schedule 7A in relation to the institution; or

(ii) a building project of the institution approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(c) as an approved building project of the institution in respect of the year 1980; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1980 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in Column 2 of Part VI of Schedule 7A in relation to a technical and further education institution—the amount specified in Column 4 of Part VI of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

29D Building projects in respect of the year 1981 etc.

(1) In relation to each building project specified, in relation to a technical and further education institution, in column 2 of Part VII of Schedule 7B, there is payable to the State in which the institution is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project in respect of the year 1981, the amount specified in column 4 of that Part in relation to the description of the project in column 2.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation to a building project specified in column 2 of Part VII of Schedule 7B in relation to a technical and further education institution situated in that State subject to the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1982 in connection with the project will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or any previous Act that granted financial assistance to the States in relation to technical and further education institutions;

(b) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction under paragraph 4(1)(d);

(c) the State will ensure that the project will be carried out in accordance with the directions (if any) given by the Commission under subsection 4(5);

(e) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1982, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended, in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1982, in connection with the project.

29E Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions for 1981

(1) Where, by reason of increases in the cost of an approved building project of a technical and further education institution, the expenditure on the project in respect of the year 1981 exceeds, or appears to the Minister likely to exceed, the amount of the approved expenditure on that project in respect of that year, there is payable to the State in which the institution is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the project, in addition to the amount payable in respect of the project under section 29D, such amount as the Minister determines for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the amount of the excess or likely excess.

(2) The total of the amounts payable to a State under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount specified in column 3 of Part X of Schedule 7B opposite to the name of the State in column 1 of that Part.

(3) Subsection 29D(2) applies to a grant of financial assistance under this section as if that grant were a grant of financial assistance under section 29D.

(4) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved building project of a technical and further education institution shall be read as a reference to:

(i) a building project specified in column 2 of Part VII of Schedule 7B in relation to the institution; or

(ii) a building project of the institution approved by the Minister under paragraph 4(1)(c) as an approved building project of the institution in respect of the year 1981; and

(b) a reference to the amount of the approved expenditure on a project in respect of the year 1981 shall be read as a reference to:

(i) where the project is a building project specified in column 2 of Part VII of Schedule 7B in relation to a technical and further education institution—the amount specified in column 4 of Part VII of that Schedule in relation to that project; or

30 Grants for minor building projects and equipment

(1) In this section:

(a) a reference to an approved minor building project shall be read as a reference to a minor building project included in a class of minor building projects, related to the provision of technical and further education, approved by the Commission for the purposes of this section; and

(b) a reference to approved equipment shall be read as a reference to equipment of a kind included in a class of equipment, related to the provision of technical and further education, approved by the Commission for the purposes of this section.

(2) In respect of a year to which this section applies, there is payable to a State specified in Schedule 14, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred, by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, in carrying out approved minor building projects and on approved equipment, the amount specified in Schedule 14 in relation to that State and to that year.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect of a year to which this section applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of:

(i) the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in relation to work carried out during that year in connection with approved minor building projects; and

(ii) the amounts so expended on approved equipment before 1 January next following the end of that year or on or after that date in pursuance of commitments entered into before that date;

is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in respect of that year;

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September in that year, a statement specifying:

(i) the approved minor building projects carried out; and

(ii) the approved equipment in respect of which moneys have been expended or commitments have been entered into;

during the period of 6 months ending on 30 June of that year;

(c) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 31 March next following the end of that year, a statement specifying:

(i) the approved minor building projects carried out; and

(ii) the approved equipment in respect of which moneys have been expended or commitments have been entered into;

during the period of 6 months ending on 31 December in that year; and

(d) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission:

(i) as to the amount expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in relation to work carried out during that year in connection with approved minor building projects specified in the statements furnished in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection; and

(ii) as to the amount expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State on approved equipment so specified before 1 January next following the end of that year or on or after that date in pursuance of commitments entered into before that date.

(4) In this section, year to which this section applies means the year 1979 or the year 1980.

PART IVA—NON‑GOVERNMENT BUSINESS COLLEGES

30A Interpretation

(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

approved authority, in relation to a non‑government business college, means such person or body as the Minister declares, in writing, to be the approved authority of that college for the purposes of this Part.

business college means a college or similar institution, whether incorporated or unincorporated, providing courses of instruction in secretarial studies, but does not include a particular college or institution that provides such courses if the State Education Minister for a State notifies the Commonwealth Education Minister that it is not recognized by the State Education Minister as a business college and the Commonwealth Education Minister does not approve it as a business college for the purposes of this Part.

business college census date, in relation to a month of the year 1979 other than the month of January, February or March in that year, or in relation to a month of the year 1980 or the year 1981, means the date in that month declared by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, to be the business college census date for that month.

certificate by a qualified accountant means a certificate signed by:

(a) a person who is registered as a company auditor or a public accountant under a law of a State or Territory;

(b) a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or of the Australian Society of Accountants; or

Commonwealth Education Minister means the Minister.

non‑government business college means a business college in a State that is not established by the Government of the State or conducted by or on behalf of the Government of the State, but does not include a business college conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals.

State Education Minister, in relation to a State, means the Minister of State for the State who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters related to tertiary education in the State.

(2) In this Part, a reference to a course of instruction in secretarial studies shall be read as a reference to a course of instruction in:

(a) shorthand;

(b) typing; or

in conjunction with other subjects suitable for preparing persons to perform secretarial duties.

30B Approvals by Minister in respect of 1979

(1) The Minister may determine, in writing, that a college or similar institution conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals, being a college or institution that, if it were not so conducted, would be a non‑government business college, shall be deemed to be a non‑government business college for the purposes of this Part in respect of the year 1979.

(2) The Minister may:

(a) approve a course of instruction in secretarial studies (being a course that is provided or is proposed to be provided by a non‑government business college) as an approved course of that college, for the purposes of this Part, in respect of the year 1979; and

(b) vary or revoke any approval so given.

(3) The Minister shall not, under subsection (2), approve a course of instruction in secretarial studies provided or proposed to be provided by a non‑government business college as an approved course of that non‑government business college in respect of the year 1979 unless a similar course of instruction in secretarial studies was provided by the college in the year 1978.

30C Approvals by Minister in respect of 1980 and 1981

(1) The Minister may:

(a) approve a course of instruction in secretarial studies that is being provided or is proposed to be provided by a non‑government business college in the year 1980 or 1981 as an approved course of that college for the purpose of this Part in respect of that year; and

(b) vary or revoke any approval so given.

(2) Without limiting the matters to which the Minister may have regard in deciding whether to approve a course of instruction under subsection (1), he shall have regard to:

(a) the content of the course and the standards to be attained in the course;

(b) the qualifications possessed by the teachers providing instruction in the course;

(d) the extent to which instruction will be given to students undertaking the course directly by the teachers providing instruction in the course; and

(e) the duration of the course.

30D Grants for approved courses provided by non‑government business colleges

(1) The Minister shall, after 31 December in each year to which this Act applies, authorize the payment to a State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of recurrent expenditure of a non‑government business college in providing in that State, in that year, a course that is an approved course of that college in respect of that year, of such an amount as the Minister determines.

(2) The Minister shall not authorize the payment to a State under subsection (1), in relation to the provision in that State by a non‑government business college, in a year to which this Act applies, of an approved course of that college in respect of that year, of an amount that exceeds the sum of the amounts (if any) respectively ascertained in respect of each of the months of that year by multiplying the amount specified in column 2, 3 or 4 (whichever is appropriate) of Schedule 15 as the maximum capitation amount in respect of that month of that year by the total number of students receiving instruction in that course in that State on the business college census date for that month.

(3) In calculating the number of students receiving instruction in an approved course of a non‑government business college in respect of a year to which this Act applies on a business college census date in that year, a student receiving instruction in such a course on that date who was receiving instruction in such a course on each of 10 or more previous business college census dates (whether in that year or in that year and in a previous year or previous years and whether or not he was, on that first‑mentioned date and those previous dates, receiving instruction in the same approved course of secretarial studies) shall be disregarded.

(4) For the purposes of applying subsection (3) in relation to the year 1979, 16 January 1979, 14 February 1979 and 16 March 1979 shall be treated as business college census dates in that year.

(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect of the recurrent expenditure of a non‑government business college in the provision, in that State, in a year to which this Act applies of an approved course of that college on the conditions that:

(b) the State will not make a payment to the approved authority under this section unless the approved authority, before or at the time of accepting the first payment under this section, has agreed or agrees with the State to be bound by the following conditions:

(i) the approved authority will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the amounts paid to the approved authority under this section is applied for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure incurred, in respect of that year, by the college in the provision in that year of approved courses of that college;

(ii) the approved authority will cause to be furnished to the Minister not later than 30 September in the year next following the expiration of that year:

(A) a certificate by a qualified accountant to the effect that he has satisfied himself that the conditions specified in subparagraph (i) has been fulfilled; and

(iii) if the approved authority does not fulfil a condition specified in subparagraph (i) or (ii), the approved authority will, if the Minister so determines, repay to the State such amount (not being an amount greater than the sum of the amounts paid to the approved authority under this section) as the Minister determines should be repaid by the approved authority; and

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect of the recurrent expenditure of a non‑government business college (being a college or similar institution that is deemed to be a non‑government business college by virtue of a determination made by the Minister under subsection 30B(1)) in the provision, in that State, in the year 1979, of an approved course of the college on the further conditions that:

(a) the State will not make a payment to the approved authority of the college under this section unless the approved authority, before or at the time of accepting the first payment under this section, has agreed or agrees with the State to be bound by the following condition in addition to the conditions that it has agreed to be bound by in accordance with paragraph (5)(b), namely, that if the Minister informs the approved authority, in writing, that the college has not made arrangements, satisfactory to the Minister, for ensuring that the college will not, after the expiration of the year 1979, be conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals, the approved authority will repay to the State such amount (not being an amount greater than the sum of the amounts paid to the State under this section in relation to that college) as the Minister determines should be repaid by the approved authority; and

(b) if an amount that the approved authority of a non‑government business college is liable to repay to a State under the condition referred to in paragraph (a) is repaid by the approved authority to the State, or is recovered by the State from the approved authority, the State will pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to that amount.

PART V—MISCELLANEOUS

30E Grants for special teacher training initiatives

(1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Minister proposals for the undertaking by the State or an instrumentality of the State, or by a college of advanced education situated in the State, of special projects relating to the training of technical and further education teachers.

(2) The Minister may approve a proposal submitted to him under subsection (1) and, where he does so, he shall approve an amount as the amount of approved expenditure on the proposal in respect of a year to which this section applies.

(3) The Minister may vary or revoke an approval given by him under subsection (2), and, if he varies the amount of the approved expenditure on a proposal in respect of a year to which this section applies, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection), the amount as so varied shall be deemed to have been, as from the date on which the proposal was approved under subsection (2), the amount of the approved expenditure on the proposal in respect of that year.

(4) Nothing in subsection (3) shall be taken to authorize the Minister to vary or revoke an approval if that variation or revocation would result in a State becoming liable to repay an amount to the Commonwealth under this Act.

(5) In relation to each proposal for the undertaking by the State, or by an instrumentality of the State, of a special project relating to the training of technical and further education teachers, being a proposal that is approved under subsection (2) in respect of a year to which this section applies, there is payable to the State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the State or by that instrumentality in connection with the proposal in respect of that year, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the proposal in respect of that year.

(6) In relation to each proposal for the undertaking, by a college of advanced education situated in a State, of a special project relating to the training of technical and further education teachers, being a proposal that is approved under subsection (2) in respect of a year to which this section applies, there is payable to the State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the college or the body administering the college in connection with that proposal in respect of that year, an amount equal to the amount of the approved expenditure on the proposal in respect of that year.

(7) The aggregate of:

(a) the amounts approved by the Minister under subsection (2) of section 19 of this Act, before that section was repealed; and

(b) the amounts approved by the Minister under subsection (2) of this section;

as amounts of approved expenditure on proposals in respect of the year 1979 shall not exceed $779,000.

(8) The aggregate of the amounts approved by the Minister under subsection (2) as amounts of approved expenditure on proposals in respect of the year 1980 shall not exceed $866,000.

(8A) The aggregate of:

(a) the amounts approved by the Minister under subsection (2) of section 19 of this Act, before that section was repealed, in respect of the year 1979; and

(b) the amounts approved by the Minister under subsection (2) of this section, in respect of the years 1979, 1980 and 1981;

shall not exceed $1,645,000.

(9) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (5), in relation to proposals approved under subsection (2) in respect of a year to which this section applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in connection with those proposals, being amounts expended before 1 January next following the end of that year or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (5) in respect of that year; and

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by an approved auditor within the meaning of Part IV, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in connection with those proposals, being expenditure that occurred before 1 January next following the end of that year or that occurred on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date.

(10) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (6), in relation to approved proposals of a college of advanced education in respect of a year to which this Act applies, on the conditions that:

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under that subsection in relation to those proposals;

(b) the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the college in connection with those proposals, being amounts expended before 1 January next following the end of that year or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under that subsection in relation to the college in respect of that year; and

(c) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the college in connection with those proposals, being expenditure that occurred before 1 January next following the end of that year or that occurred on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date.

(11) In this section, year to which this section applies means the year 1979, the year 1980 or the year 1981.

31 Variation of building grants in Schedules 7, 7A and 7B

(1) Subject to this section, the Minister may, from time to time, after receiving advice from the Commission, direct that this Act has effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in a relevant Schedule were varied in accordance with that direction, and, where the Minister gives a direction with respect to any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencing day) in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(2) Subject to this section, the Commission may, from time to time, direct that this Act has effect as if all or any of the amounts specified in a relevant Schedule were varied in accordance with the direction, and, where the Commission gives a direction with respect to the variation of any such amounts, then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (1), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7)), there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencing day), in substitution for those amounts, the amounts as so varied.

(3) Where the Minister approves a building project under paragraph 4(1)(a), (b) or (c) as a building project in respect of the year 1980 or the year 1981, the Minister may direct that this Act has effect as if:

(a) the relevant Schedule applicable to that Part were varied:

(i) if that Schedule is Schedule 7—by including in Part I, Part IV or Part VI, as the case requires;

(ii) if that Schedule is Schedule 7A—by including in Part I, Part III or Part VI, as the case requires; or

(iii) if that Schedule is Schedule 7B—by including in Part I, Part IV or Part VII, as the case requires;

particulars of the project and of the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in respect of that year; and

(b) all or any of the amounts specified in that Schedule were varied in accordance with the direction, being variations consequential on the inclusion in that Schedule of the new project having regard to the provisions of subsection (6);

and then, for the purposes of this Act (including this subsection and subsections (1), (2), (4), (5), (6) and (7)):

(c) the particulars referred to in paragraph (a) shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule as from the commencing day; and

(d) there shall be deemed to have been specified in that Schedule (as from the commencing day), in substitution for the amounts referred to in paragraph (b), the amounts as so varied.

(4) The Minister shall not give a direction under subsection (1) or (3):

(a) that will have the effect of increasing or decreasing the aggregate of the amounts that may be paid to a State under sections 11, 21, 21A, 29 and 29A;

(b) that will have the effect of increasing or decreasing the aggregate of the amounts that may be paid to a State under sections 11B, 21B, 21C, 29B and 29C; or

(c) that will have the effect of increasing or decreasing the aggregate amounts that may be paid to a State under section 11D, 21D, 21E, 29D and 29E;

unless the State has agreed to the variation or variations.

(5) The Commission shall not give a direction under subsection (2):

(a) that will have the effect of varying an amount specified in a relevant Schedule if that amount has previously been varied in accordance with a direction given under subsection (1) or (3);

(b) that will have the effect of varying an amount specified in a relevant Schedule to an amount that is greater or less, by more than $200,000, than the amount that is to be varied or that would be varied if no previous direction or directions had been given under this section;

(c) that will have the effect of increasing or decreasing the aggregate of the amounts that may be paid to a State in respect of the year 1979 under:

(i) section 11;

(ii) sections 21 and 21A; or

(iii) sections 29 and 29A;

(d) that will have the effect of increasing or decreasing the aggregate of the amounts that may be paid to a State in respect of the year 1980 under:

(i) section 11B;

(ii) sections 21B and 21C; or

(iii) sections 29B and 29C; or

(e) that will have the effect of increasing or decreasing the aggregate of the amounts that may be paid to a State in respect of the year 1981 under:

(i) section 11D;

(ii) sections 21D and 21E; or

(iii) sections 29D and 29E.

(6) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1), (2) or (3):

(a) that would result in the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State under sections 11, 11A, 21, 21A, 29 and 29A being greater or less than $121,693,000;

(b) that could result in the aggregate of the amounts payable to the States under sections 11B, 11C, 21B, 21C, 29B and 29C being greater or less than $132,968,536;

(ba) that could result in the aggregate of the amounts payable to the States under sections 11D, 11E, 21D, 21E, 29D and 29E being greater or less than $133,448,464; or

(7) A direction shall not be given under subsection (1), (2) or (3) in respect of an amount specified in a relevant Schedule in relation to a State, or to an institution or other body situated in a State, unless the Minister or the Commission has consulted with the State in relation to the proposed variation.

(8) As soon as practicable after the Commission has given a direction under subsection (2), the Commission shall furnish to the Minister particulars of the direction.

(9) As soon as practicable after the Minister has given a direction under subsection (1) or (3), or has been furnished under subsection (8) with particulars of a direction given by the Commission under subsection (2), the Minister shall cause a statement setting out particulars of the direction to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

(10) In this section:

commencing day means:

(a) in relation to a variation of Schedule 7—4 December 1978;

(b) in relation to a variation of Schedule 7A—the day on which the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979 came into operation; or

(c) in relation to a variation of Schedule 7B—the day on which the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1980 comes into operation.

relevant Schedule means Schedule 7, Schedule 7A or Schedule 7B.

32 Additional conditions

In addition to the conditions specified in any other provision of this Act, financial assistance is granted to a State under this Act on the conditions that:

(a) if the Minister informs the State that he is satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil the conditions applicable to that financial assistance, the State will pay an amount equal to the amount of the financial assistance or to such part of the amount of the financial assistance as the Minister specifies, to the Commonwealth; and

(b) if the amount of the financial assistance paid to the State under a provision of this Act exceeds the amount of that financial assistance that is properly payable to the State under that provision, the State will pay an amount equal to the excess to the Commonwealth.

33 Time and manner of payments

Financial assistance payable to a State under this Act shall be paid in such amounts, and at such times, as the Minister determines in accordance with arrangements approved by the Minister for Finance.

34 Delegation

(1) The Commission may, by resolution, either generally or as otherwise provided by the resolution:

(a) delegate to a full‑time member of the Commission or to the Universities Council established under section 19 of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 any of its powers under section 4 or 31 in relation to building projects of universities or any of its powers under Part II;

(b) delegate to a full‑time member of the Commission or to the Advanced Education Council established under section 22 of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 any of its powers under section 4 or 31 in relation to building projects or design projects of colleges of advanced education or under section 30E in relation to special teacher training initiatives or any of its powers under Part III; and

(c) delegate to a full‑time member of the Commission or to the Technical and Further Education Council established under section 25 of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977 any of its powers under section 4 or 31 in relation to building projects of technical and further education institutions or any of its powers under Part IV.

(2) A power so delegated, when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exercised by the Commission.

(3) A delegation of a power under this section:

(a) may be revoked by resolution of the Commission (whether or not constituted by the persons constituting the Commission at the time the power was delegated);

(b) does not prevent the exercise of the power by the Commission; and

(4) Section 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies in relation to a delegation under this section as if the Commission were a person.

(5) A certificate signed by the Chairman stating any matter with respect to a delegation of a power under this section is prima facie evidence of that matter.

(6) A document purporting to be a certificate mentioned in subsection (5) shall, unless the contrary is established, be deemed to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.

35 Advances

The Minister and the Minister for Finance may make arrangements for the making by the Minister for Finance to a State, by way of financial assistance to the State, of advances on account of an amount that is expected to become payable under section 9, 17 or 30D to the State, and the conditions that would be applicable to a payment of the amount under that section are applicable to any such advance.

36 Payments to be made out of Consolidated Revenue Fund or Loan Fund

Payments (including an advance under section 35) to a State under this Act may be made out of:

(a) in the case of payments under section 8, 11, 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, 11E, 16, 21, 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 29, 29A, 29B, 29C, 29D, 29E or 30—the Consolidated Revenue Fund or the Loan Fund; or

(b) in any other case—the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

37 Authority to borrow

The Treasurer may, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911, or in accordance with the provisions of an Act authorizing the issue of Treasury Bills, borrow moneys not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of the amounts payable to the States under sections 8, 11, 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, 11E, 16, 21, 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 29, 29A, 29B, 29C, 29D, 29E and 30.

38 Application of moneys borrowed

Moneys borrowed under section 37 shall be issued and applied only for the expenses of borrowing, for the purpose of making payments to the States in accordance with section 8, 11, 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, 11E, 16, 21, 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 29, 29A, 29B, 29C, 29D, 29E or 30 and for the purpose of making payments to the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with section 39.

39 Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund from Loan Fund

(1) Where an amount has been paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with section 8, 11, 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, 11E, 16, 21, 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 29, 29A, 29B, 29C, 29D, 29E or 30, the Minister for Finance 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 Minister for Finance under section 49 or 50 of the Audit Act 1901, amounts paid to the Consolidated Revenue Fund under subsection (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.

40 Appropriation

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

PART VI—AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS

Division 1—Amendments of States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977

41 Principal Act

The States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977 is in this Division referred to as the Principal Act.

42 Grants for expenditure on university purposes

Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

“(3A) Where the amount expended by a University on university purposes (within the meaning of the States Grants (Universities Assistance) Act 1976) in respect of the year 1977 exceeded the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State in which that University was situated in relation to recurrent expenditure by that University on those purposes in respect of that year under section 5 of that Act, then, for the purposes of this Act, an amount equal to the excess in respect of that year shall be treated as if it had been expended by the University on university purposes (within the meaning of this Act) in respect of the year 1978.”

43 Grants for equipment

Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (4) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(b) the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the University in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the University in respect of the year 1978, being amounts expended before 1 January 1979 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to the University; and

“(c) the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by the University in respect of the year 1978, being expenditure that occurred before 1 January 1979 or that occurred on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date.”;

(b) by omitting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:

“(5) Financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to a University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 5 is granted on the further condition that the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the University in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the University on equipment specified in Column 2 of Schedule 5 in relation to the University in respect of the year 1978, being amounts expended before 1 January 1979 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date is not less than the amount specified in Column 3 of Schedule 5 in relation to that equipment.”; and

44 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences in affiliated colleges

Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a) an amount equal to the sum of $9380 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $146.33 by the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in respect of that student residence; or;”

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of subsection (2) “$327.52” and substituting “$331.44”;

(d) by omitting paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (4) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(b) if the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that college is more than 49 but less than 75—$331.44 reduced by $2.50 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 50;

“(c) if the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that college is more than 74 but less than 100—$268.90 reduced by $1.25 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 75; and

“(d) if the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in relation to that college is more than 99—$237.64 reduced by $0.20 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.”.

45 Building projects etc.

Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of subsection (8) “the amount expended, before 1 January 1979, toward the carrying out of the project” and substituting “the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the project”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (f) of subsection (8) all the words after “expended” and substituting “in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the approved project;” and

46

Section 11A of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

“11A Building project—Newman College

“(1) There is payable to Victoria, for the purpose of financial assistance in respect of the year 1978 in relation to the building project specified in Column 2 of Part VII of Schedule 7, the amount specified in Column 3 of that Part.

“(2) Financial assistance is granted to Victoria under this section in relation to the building project referred to in subsection (1) subject to the conditions that:

(a) the State will pay each amount paid to it under this section in relation to the project to the body administering Newman College without undue delay;

(b) the State will ensure that the amount expended, in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1979, in connection with the project, will be not less than the sum of the amounts paid to the State in relation to the project under this Act or under any previous Act that granted financial assistance to States in connection with Universities;

(c) the State will ensure that information in respect of the project is furnished to the Commission in accordance with any relevant direction given under paragraph 4(1)(d); and

(d) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the amounts expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the project.

47 Interpretation

Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of the definition of college purposes in subsection (1) “provided at the college, being courses” and substituting “and programs of continuing education provided at the college, being courses and programs”.

48 Grants for expenditure on college purposes

Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (6) the following subsection:

“(6A) Where the amount expended by a college of advanced education on college purposes (within the meaning of the States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976) in respect of the year 1977 exceeded the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State in which that college was situated in relation to recurrent expenditure by that college on those purposes in respect of that year under section 6 of that Act, then, for the purposes of this Act, an amount equal to the excess in respect of that year shall be treated as if it had been expended by the college on college purposes (within the meaning of this Act) in respect of the year 1978.”.

49 Grants for equipment

Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (6) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(b) the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the college in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the college in respect of the year 1978, being amounts expended before 1 January 1979 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (3) in relation to the college; and

“(c) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the college in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the college in respect of the year 1978, being expenditure that occurred before 1 January 1979 or that occurred on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date.”; and

(b) by omitting subsection (7).

50 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences in affiliated colleges

Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a) an amount equal to the sum of $9,380 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $146.33 by the prescribed number of students for the year 1978 in respect of that student residence; or”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of subsection (2) “$327.52” and substituting “$331.44;”

(d) by omitting paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (4) and substituting the following paragraphs:

51 Building projects etc.

Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of subsection (6) “the amount expended, before 1 January 1979, toward the carrying out of the project” and substituting “the amount expended in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the project”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (f) of subsection (6) all the words after “expended” and substituting “in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the approved project”; and

52 Grants for recurrent expenditure

Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(c) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a certificate by an approved auditor to the effect that the auditor has satisfied himself that the condition specified in paragraph (a) has been fulfilled; and.”.

53 Building projects etc.

Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of subsection (4) “before 1 January 1979, towards the carrying out of the project” and substituting “, in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the project”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (e) of subsection (4) all the words after “amounts” and substituting “expended in respect of work carried out before 1 January 1979 in connection with the project;” and

54 Grants for minor building projects and equipment

Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:

“(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of:

(i) the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, in relation to work carried out during 1978, in connection with approved minor building projects; and

(ii) the amounts expended on approved equipment before 1 January 1979 or on or after that date in pursuance of commitments entered into before that date,

is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section;

(b) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1978, a statement specifying the approved minor building projects carried out, and the approved equipment in respect of which moneys have been expended, during the period of 6 months ending on 30 June 1978;

(i) the approved minor building projects carried out, and the approved equipment in respect of which money has been expended, during the period of 6 months ending on 31 December 1978; and

(ii) the approved equipment, not being equipment referred to in subparagraph (i), in respect of which commitments have been entered into during the year ending on 31 December 1978; and

(d) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1979, a statement by an approved auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission:

(i) as to the amount expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, in relation to work carried out during 1978, in connection with approved minor building projects specified in the statements furnished in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection; and

(ii) as to the amount expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State on approved equipment so specified before 1 January 1979 or on or after that date in pursuance of commitments entered into before that date.”.

55 Variation of building grants in Schedule 7

Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) “, (5) and (5A)” and substituting “and (5)”.

(b) by omitting from subsection (2) “, (5) and (5A)” and substituting “and (5)”;

(d) by inserting “11A”, after “section 11” in paragraph (c) of subsection (4); and

(e) by omitting subsection (5A).

56 Schedules 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12

Schedules 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 15 of this Act are substituted.

Division 2—Amendments of States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976

57 Principal Act

The States Grants (Advanced Education Assistance) Act 1976 is in this Division referred to as the Principal Act.

58 Grants for recurrent expenditure

Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting “Part I” of from subsection (1);

(b) by omitting “and the amount specified in Part II of Schedule 1 in relation to the State in respect of that year” from subsection (4);

(c) by omitting “Part I of Schedule 1 opposite to the name of that college in Column 1 of that Part” from subsection (8) and substituting “Schedule 1 opposite to the name of that college in Column 1”; and

(d) by omitting subsections (9), (10) and (11).

59 Schedule 1

Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is repealed and the Schedule set out in Schedule 16 to this Act is substituted.

Schedule 1—Grants for Expenditure by Universities on University Purposes

Section 6

Column 1 University	Column 2 Amount of grant in respect of 1979	Column 3 Amount of grant in respect of 1980		Column 4 Amount of grant in respect of 1981
	$	$		$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney............... The University of New South Wales..... University of New England........... The University of Newcastle.......... The Macquarie University........... The University of Wollongong........	77,789,000 75,417,000 23,618,000 19,717,000 29,252,000 11,686,000	85,476,000 82,894,000 26,043,000 22,097,000 32,080,000 13,312,000	98,190,000 95,345,000 29,978,000 25,796,000l 36,802,000 15,739,000l
Total.......................	237,479,000	261,902,000		301,760,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne............ Monash University................ La Trobe University............... Deakin University.................	66,347,000 55,153,000 28,371,000 12,470,000	73,217,000 60,446,000 31,103,000 14,441,000		84,103,000 69,309,000 35,671,000 16,938,000
Total.......................	162,341,000	179,207,000		206,021,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland......... James Cook University of North Queensland Griffith University................	62,401,000 11,965,000 9,401,000	68,741,000 13,306,000 10,967,000		79,097,000 15,440,000 12,874,000
Total.......................	83,767,000	93,014,000		107,411,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide........... The Flinders University of South Australia	40,570,000 18,823,000	44,428,000 20,635,000		50,938,000 23,691,000
Total.......................	59,393,000	65,063,000		74,629,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia..... Murdoch University...............	38,216,000 11,905,000	41,972,000 13,255,000		48,206,000 15,375,000
Total.......................	50,121,000	55,227,000		63,541,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania.............	19,055,000	20,950,000		28,372,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES..........	612,156,000	675,363,000		781.734.000

Schedule 2—Special Purposes in Relation to Grants for Expenditure by Universities on University Purposes

Section 6(3)

Column 1 University	Column 2 Purpose	Column 3 Amount of expenditure in respect of 1979	Column4 Amount of expenditure in respect of 1980	Column 5 Amount of expenditure in respect of 1981
		$	$	$
University of Sydney	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	521,000	574,000	661,000
	Law Extension Committee	168,543	252,125	394,332
The University of New South Wales	Australian Graduate School of Management, for teaching and research	1,332,000	1,601,000	1,996,000
	General Development or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	493,000	544,000	626,000
The University of Newcastle	School of Medicine, for teaching and research	1,862,000	2,506,000	3,224,000
University of Melbourne	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	439,000	483,000	556,000
Monash University	Legal Workshop Course	219,000	242,000	278,000
The University of Queensland	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	411,000	453,000	522,000
The University of Adelaide	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	274,000	302,000	348,000
The Flinders University of South Australia	School of Medicine, for teaching and research	2,829,000	..	..
The University of Western Australia	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	274,000	302,000	348,000
Murdoch University	School of Veterinary Studies, for teaching and research	2,061,000	..	..
University of Tasmania	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	219,000	242,000	278,000

Schedule 3—Special Research Grants for Universities

Section 7

Column 1 University	Column 2 Amount of grant in respect of 1979	Column 3 Amount of grant in respect of 1980	Column 4 Amount of grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney............... The University of New South Wales..... University of New England........... The University of Newcastle.......... The Macquarie University........... The University of Wollongong........	828,000 735,000 175,000 126,000 225,000 71,000	912,000 810,000 193,000 139,000 248,000 79,000	1,050,000 932,000 223,000 160,000 285,000 90,000
Total.......................	2,160,000	2,381,000	2,740,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne............ Monash University................ La Trobe University............... Deakin University.................	844,000 652,000 219,000 33,000	931,000 719,000 242,000 36,000	1,071,000 828,000 278,000 42,000
Total.......................	1,748,000	1,928,000	2,219,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland......... James Cook University of North Queensland Griffith University................	641,00 66,000 49,000	707,000 73,000 54,000	814,000 83,000 63,000
Total.......................	756,000	834,000	960,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide........... The Flinders University of South Australia	548,000 121,000	604,000 133,000	696,000 153,000
Total.........................	669,000	737,000	849,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia..... Murdoch University...............	280,000 55,000	308,000 60,000	355,000 70,000
Total........................	335,000	368,000	425,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania	126,000	139,000	160,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES...........	5,794,000	6,387,000	7,353,000

Schedule 4—Grants for Equipment for Universities

Section 8

Column 1 University	Column 2 Grants for Approved Proposals in respect of 1979	Column 3 Grant for Approved Proposals in respect of 1980	Column 4 Grant for Approved Proposals in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney................ The University of New South Wales...... University of New England............ The University of Newcastle........... The Macquarie University............. The University of Wollongong..........	4,000,000 3,134,000 658,000 1,067,000 620,000 675,000	4,357,000 3,614,000 772,000 1,259,000 755,000 709,000	4,706,000 4,035,000 888,000 1,348,000 888,000 747,000
Total........................	10,154,000	11,466,000	12,612,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne.............. Monash University................. La Trobe University................. Deakin University..................	3,265,000 1,600,000 560,000 778,000	3,591,000 1,832,000 743,000 783,000	3,899,000 2,096,000 904,000 801,000
Total........................	6,203,000	6,949,000	7,700,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland.......... James Cook University of North Queensland Griffith University..................	3,232,000 522,000 305,000	3,602,000 567,000 312,000	3,953,000 596,000 390,000
Total........................	4,059,000	4,481,000	4,939,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide............ The Flinders University of South Australia	2,090,000 642,000	2,281,000 715,000	2,437,000 753,000
Total........................	2,732,000	2,996,000	3,190,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia...... Murdoch University.................	1,458,000 337,000	1,685,000 420,000	1,890,000 487,000
Total........................	1,795,000	2,105,000	2,377,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania	571,000	635,000	724,000
Total—All States................	25,514,000	28,632,000	31,542,000

Schedule 5—Specified Equipment in Relation to Grants for Equipment for Universities

Section 8(5)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
University	Equipment	Amount of expenditure on approved proposals in respect of 1979	Amount of expenditure on approved proposals in respect of 1980	Amount of expenditure on approved proposals in respect of 1981
		$	$	$
The University of Newcastle	Equipment for Medical School.......	386,000	578,000	382,000
	Library material for Medical Library...	62,000	69,000	76,000

Schedule 6—Grants for Recurrent Expenditure of Teaching Hospitals of Universities

Section 10

Column 1 University	Column 2 Grant in respect of 1979	Column 3 Grant in respect of 1980	Column 4 Grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney............... The University of New South Wales..... The University of Newcastle..........	353,000 339,000 ..	389,000 373,000 24,000	448,000 430,000 56,000
Total.........................	692,000	786,000	934,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne............. Monash University.................	369,000 218,000	407,000 240,000	469,000 277,000
Total.........................	587,000	647,000	746,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland.........	248,000	273,000	314,000
South Australian—
The University of Adelaide........... The Flinders University of South Australia	225,000 57,000	248,000 63,000	285,000 72,000
Total.........................	282,000	311,000	357,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia.....	121,000	133,000	153,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania..............	60,000	66,000	77,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES...........	1,990,000	2,216,000	2,581,000

Schedule 7

Sections 11, 21 and 29

Part I—Grants for Specified Building Projects of Universities

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
University	Project	Estimated cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1979
		$	$
New South Wales—
The University of New South Wales	Australian Graduate School of Management Building	4,175,000	1,288,000
The University of Newcastle	Medical School—Clinical teaching facilities	7,140,000	3,502,000
The University of Wollongong	Social Sciences Stage II Building...	2,454,000	1,030,000
Victoria—
Monash University..	Microbiology Building..........	2,329,000	1,236,000
Deakin University...	Lecture Theatre..............	456,000	443,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland	Psychiatric Unit at Princess Alexandria Hospital	165,000	165,000
James Cook University of North Queensland	Tropical Veterinary Sciences Building Electrical Engineering Building....	1,658,000 1,791,000	1,442,000 1,167,000
Griffith University..	Lecture Theatre..............	796,000	515,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide	Medical School Building........	1,005,000	881,000
Western Australia—
Murdoch University.	Animal Breeding Centre.........	955,000	927,000

Part II—Grants for Minor Building Projects of Universities Approved by the Commission

Column 1 University	Column 2 Amount
	$
University of Sydney.................................. The University of New South Wales........................ University of New England............................. The University of Newcastle............................. The Macquarie University.............................. The University of Wollongong........................... University of Melbourne............................... Monash University................................... La Trobe University.................................. Deakin University.................................... The University of Queensland............................ James Cook University of North Queensland.................. Griffith University................................... The University of Adelaide.............................. The Flinders University of South Australia................... The University of Western Australia....................... Murdoch University.................................. University of Tasmania................................	637,000 530,000 318,000 318,000 212,000 212,000 637,000 318,000 212,000 318,000 530,000 212,000 212,000 318,000 212,000 318,000 212,000 318,000

Column 1

University

Column 2

Amount

University of Sydney..................................

The University of New South Wales........................

University of New England.............................

The University of Newcastle.............................

The Macquarie University..............................

The University of Wollongong...........................

University of Melbourne...............................

Monash University...................................

La Trobe University..................................

Deakin University....................................

The University of Queensland............................

James Cook University of North Queensland..................

Griffith University...................................

The University of Adelaide..............................

The Flinders University of South Australia...................

The University of Western Australia.......................

Murdoch University..................................

University of Tasmania................................

637,000

530,000

318,000

212,000

637,000

318,000

212,000

318,000

530,000

212,000

318,000

212,000

318,000

212,000

318,000

Part III—Specified Design Projects of Universities

Column 1 University	Column 2 Project
New South Wales—
University of Sydney............	Design of Architecture Stage II building
University of New England........	Design of Library Extension
The University of Wollongong......	Design of Science building
Queensland—
The University of Queensland.......	Design of Psychology building
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia..	Design of Human Performance building

Total of all grants payable in respect of design projects specified in this Part of this Schedule—$318,000.

Part IV—Grants for Specified Building Projects of Colleges of Advanced Education

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
College of Advanced Education	Project	Estimated cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1979
		$	$
New South Wales—
Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education	Completion of Teaching and Administration building	4,302,000	3,528,000
Hawkesbury Agricultural College	Library Building........ Student amenities.......	554,000 271,000	538,000 263,000
Kuring‑gai College of Advanced Education	Academic office building..	382,000	371,000
Mitchell College of Advanced Education	Staff offices and lecture rooms Completion of Administration building	735,000 32,000	714,000 184,000
Newcastle College of Advanced Education	Art building...........	1,273,000	773,000
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education	Design of Stage I.......	318,000	309,000
Riverina College of Advanced Education	Information Resources Centre	1,305,000	1,030,000
Sydney College of the Arts	Design of Stage I.......	265,000	258,000
The New South Wales Institute of Technology	Extension of Building 2... Design of Brickfield Hill replacement facilities Union building.........	2,206,000 265,000 1,591,000	1,922,000 258,000 618,000
Total—New South Wales	.................	..	10,766,000
Victoria—
State College of Victoria—
State College of Victoria, Burwood	Physical Education facilities	164,000	160,000
State College of Victoria, Coburg	Library building........ Refurbishing..........	1,138,000 106,000	1,105,000 103,000
State College of Victoria, Hawthorn	Completion of College additions	124,000	121,000
Total—State College of Victoria	.................	..	1,489,000
Victoria Institute of Colleges—
Ballarat College of Advanced Education	Education building...... Arts building..........	1,528,000 1,093,000	1,236,000 824,000
Bendigo College of Advanced Education	Education building...... Library/Union—Stage 2	2,546,000 3,289,000	1,236,000 721,000
Footscray Institute of Technology	Physical Education Centre.	3,183,000	1,648,000
Lincoln Institute	Alterations to existing buildings	774,000	752,000
Prahran College of Advanced Education	Alterations...........	255,000	247,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Alterations to buildings... Design of Union........ Erection of Union.......	562,000 212,000 4,732,000	546,000 206,000 206,000
The Victorian College of the Arts	Academic building......	4,456,000	1,648,000
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education	Buildings for Art and Design, Administration and Computer and Student Amenities	1,273,000	1,236,000
Total—Victoria Institute of Colleges	.................		10,506,000
Total—Victoria	.................		11,995,000
Queensland—
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education	Teaching building....... Extension to Administration building	53,000 456,000	52,000 443,000
Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education	Lecture theatre and staff offices	815,000	791,000
Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education	Library building........ Community building.....	32,000 106,000	31,000 103,000
Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education	Manual Arts/TAFE Teacher Education building	881,000	855,000
Queensland Agricultural College	Animal Products Technology facilities	1,167,000	507,000
Queensland Institute of Technology	Design of business studies facilities	106,000	103,000
Total—Queensland	.................		2,885,000
South Australia—
Adelaide College of the Arts and Education	Completion of Underdale campus	3,055,000	1,185,000
Hartley College of Advanced Education	Purchase of property.....	85,000	82,000
Roseworthy Agricultural College	Applied Science Block...	817,000	793,000
Total—South Australia	.................	..	2,060,000
Western Australia—
Churchlands Teachers College	Business Studies building.. Lecture theatre.........	292,000 443,000	283,000 177,000
Western Australian Institute of Technology	Health Science building... Applied Science building.. Contribution to Animal Breeding Centre	737,000 463,000 106,000	673,000 412,000 103,000
Total—Western Australia	.................	..	1,648,000
Tasmania—
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education	Art building........... Alterations to Educational Services building	502,000 241000	487,000 234,000
Total—Tasmania	.................	..	721,000
Total—All States	.................	..	30,075,000

Part V—Grants for Minor Building Projects for Colleges of Advanced Education

Column 1	Column 2
State	Grant in respect of 1979
	$
New South Wales...............................	1,305,000
Victoria—
State College of Victoria System.................. Victoria Institute of Colleges System...............	801,000 1,167,000
Queensland...................................	743,000
South Australia.................................	530,000
Western Australia...............................	530,000
Tasmania	212,000
Total—All States........................	5,288,000

Part VI—Grants for Specified Building Projects of Technical and Further Education Institutions

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Institutions providing technical and further education	Project	Estimated cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1979
		$	$
New South Wales—
Campbelltown Technical College	Building for trade courses..	4,572,000	1,951,000
Glendale Technical College.	Buildings for engineering, trades and commercial courses	8,000,000	1,176,000
Granville Technical College	Building trades, bricklaying and general studies buildings	82,000	79,000
Gymea Technical College..	Design of trade courses building	..	206,000
Hornsby Technical College.	Automotive and electrical trades building	1,972,000	1,915,000
Miller Technical College...	Design of boilermaking building	..	93,000
Mount Druitt Technical College	Engineering trades building Automotive and commercial studies building Design of boilermaking building	1,349,000 5,666,000 ..	1,310,000 1,236,000 93,000
North Sydney Technical College	Trade courses building.... Television studio.......	2,462,000 570,000	1,862,000 553,000
Padstow Technical College.	Automotive, commercial and horticulture buildings	3,887,000	1,133,000
Shellharbour Technical College	Design of trades and commercial courses buildings	..	206,000
Sydney Technical College..	Business studies building.. Reconstruction of building 13, admissions and information centre	5,991,000 2,228,000	3,760,000 1,030,000
Tamworth Technical College	Design of fitting and machining and boilermaking buildings	..	103,000
Wollongong Technical College	Foundry and laboratories..	2,402,000	2,060,000
Victoria—
Box Hill Technical College.	Engineering and building technology buildings Humanities and science building Design of general studies building	4,399,000 7,199,000 ..	2,261,000 1,030,000 103,000
Collingwood Technical College	Mid‑level courses building	4,797,000	2,781,000
Dandenong Technical College	Trade and commercial courses building	1,271,000	1,240,000
Footscray Technical College	Design of first stage additions to college	..	103,000
Newport Technical College.	Engineering buildings.... Electrical and building courses buildings	751,000 5,077,000	729,000 2,060,000
Preston Technical College..	Learning resources centre and classrooms Applied science and business studies building	1,448,000 3,095,000	1,396,000 1,589,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Engineering building.....	9,575,000	515,000
Sunraysia Technical College	Design of first stage of College	..	206,000
Queensland—
Bald Hills Technical College	School of technology buildings Design of resources material centre	7,063,000 ..	5,872,000 206,000
Cairns Technical College...	Electrical building and resource material centre	2,295,000	2,228,000
Gladstone College of Technical and Further Education	Design of new college and site development	..	309,000
Gold Coast College of Technical and Further Education	Design of new college and site development	..	927,000
Ipswich College of Technical and Further Education	Technology building..... Resource material centre, office training building	3,723,000 2,859,000	2,884,000 753,000
Mount Gravatt Technical College	Automotive and technology buildings Technology building..... Design of business and general studies building	416,000 2,665,000 ..	404,000 1,030,000 206,000
South Australia—
Elizabeth Community College	Learning resources centre and classrooms Business studies building..	327,000 2,334,000	206,000 1,030,000
Gilles Plains Community College	Buildings for paradental, commercial and building courses	7,938,000	6,181,000
Noarlunga Community College	New college..........	9,493,000	515,000
South East Community College	Timber technology centre..	849,000	515,000
Western Australia—
Bentley Technical College..	Rural Studies building....	3,354,000	1,751,000
Carine Technical College...	Trade courses buildings... Catering courses building..	2,441,000 1,665,000	2,370,000 515,000
Thornlie Technical College.	Trade courses building....	5,378,000	1,638,000
Tasmania—
Hobart Technical College..	Technical and general courses building	8,927,000	1,854,000

Part VII—Summary of Grants to States for Specified Building Projects of Technical and Further Education Institutions

Column 1 State	Column 2 Total grant in respect of 1979
	$
New South Wales.............................. Victoria.................................... Queensland.................................. South Australia............................... Western Australia.............................. Tasmania...................................	18,766,000 14,013,000 14,819,000 8,447,000 6,274,000 1,854,000
Total..................................	64,173,000

Part VIII—Additional Grants for Major Building Projects of Universities

Total of additional grants—$380,000.

Part IX—Additional Grants for Major Building Projects of Colleges of Advanced Education and Technical and Further Education Institutions

Column 1 State	Column 2 Total of additional grants for major building projects of colleges of advanced education	Column 3 Total of additional grants for major building projects of technical and further education institutions
	$	$
New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania	322,000 357,000 86,000 62,000 49,000 22,000	563,000 419,000 443,000 252,000 188,000 56,000
Total	898,000	1,921,000

Schedule 7A

Sections 11B, 21B and 29BV

Part I—Grants for Specified Building Projects of Universities in Respect of 1980

Column 1 University	Column 2 Project	Column 3 Estimated cost to complete	Column 4 Maximum grant in respect of 1980
		$	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney	Westmead Hospital Clinical teaching facilities	3,122,000	3,122,000
The University of New South Wales	Australian Graduate School of Management Building	3,180,000	2,923,000
The University of Newcastle	Medical School—Clinical teaching facilities	4,921,000	3,565, 341
The University of Wollongong	Social Science Stage II Building.	1,117,000	1,117,000
Victoria—
Monash University	Microbiology Building.......	1,546,000	1,546,000
Deakin University	Lecture Theatre............	11,000	11,000
Queensland—
James Cook University of North Queensland Griffith University	Tropical Veterinary Science Building Electrical Engineering Building. Lecture Theatre............	178,000 719,000 385,000	178,000 710,000 385,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide	Medical School Building......	116,000	116,000
Western Australia—
Murdoch University	Animal Breeding Centre......	957,000	957,000

Part II—Grants for Minor Building Projects of Universities Approved by the Commission in Respect of 1980

Column 1	Column 2
University	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
	$
University of Sydney.................................. The University of New South Wales........................ University of New England............................. The University of Newcastle............................. The Macquarie University.............................. The University of Wollongong........................... University of Melbourne............................... Monash University................................... La Trobe University.................................. Deakin University.................................... The University of Queensland............................ James Cook University of North Queensland.................. Griffith University................................... The University of Adelaide.............................. The Flinders University of South Australia................... The University of Western Australia....................... Murdoch University.................................. University of Tasmania................................	630,000 429,000 259,000 259,000 172,000 172,000 630,000 .. 172,000 298,000 497,000 172,000 166,000 298,000 166,000 259,000 166,000 314,000

Part III—Grants for Specified Building Projects of Colleges of Advanced Education in respect of 1980

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3		Column 4
College of advanced education	Project	Estimated cost to complete		Maximum grant in respect of 1980
		$		$
New South Wales‑
Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education	Completion of Teaching and Administration building	263,000		263,000
Newcastle College of Advanced Education	Art building...............	1,352,000		1,352,000
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education	Information Resources Centre...	60,000		60,000
Riverina College of Advanced Education	Relocation on new campus.....	9,251,000		340,000
The New South Wales Institute of Technology	Extension of Building 2....... Union Building............. Design of building for joint use with Sydney Teachers College	175,000 1,431,000 ..		175,000 1,431,000 226,000
Sydney College of the Arts	Design of Stage 1...........	..		223,000
Total—New South Wales.............................				4,070,000
Victoria—
Bendigo College of Advanced Education Footscray Institute of Technology Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology The Victorian College of the Arts Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education	Education building........... Library/Union—Stage 2....... Physical Education Centre...... Refurbishing of existing building. Erection of Union........... Academic building........... Building for Art and Design, Administration, Computer and Student Amenities	747,000 2,876,000 1,267,000 1,115,000 4,728,000 2,975,000 127,000		747,000 2,297,000 1,267,000 358,000 1,620,000 2,853,000 127,000
Total—Victoria....................................				9,269,000
Queensland—
Queensland Agricultural College Queensland Institute of Technology	Animal Products Technology facilities Business Studies building......	713,000 3,567,000		713,000 446,000
Total—Queensland..................................				1,159,000
South Australia—
Adelaide College of the Arts and Education	Completion of Underdale campus. Performing Arts facilities......	1,362,000 700,000		1,362,000 700,000
Total—South Australia...............................				2,062,000
Western Australia—
Churchlands College Western Australian Institute of Technology	Lecture Theatre............. Health Science building....... Applied Science building......		294,500 118,500 74,000	294,500 118,500 74,000
Total—Western Australia.............................				487,000
Tasmania‑
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education	Engineering facilities.........		892,000	669,000
Total—Tasmania...................................				669,000
Total—All States..................................				17,716,000

Part IV—Grants for Minor Building Projects for Colleges of Advanced Education in respect of 1980

Column 1	Column 2
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
	$
New South Wales.................................... Victoria.......................................... Queensland........................................ South Australia..................................... Western Australia.................................... Tasmania.........................................	1,560,000 2,173,000 892,000 669,000 502,000 167,000
Total—All States....................................	5,963,000

Part V—Grants for Specified Design Projects of Colleges of Advanced Education

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
New South Wales— Hawkesbury Agricultural College	Design of Applied Science building	116,195
Western Australia— Western Australian Institute of Technology	Design of Technology building at Western Australian School of Mines	126,000

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

College of advanced education

Project

Grant in respect of 1980

New South Wales—

Hawkesbury Agricultural College

Design of Applied Science building

116,195

Western Australia—

Western Australian Institute of Technology

Design of Technology building at Western Australian School of Mines

126,000

Part VI—Grants for Specified Projects of Technical and Further Education Institutions in Respect of 1980

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Institution providing technical and further education	Project	Estimated Commonwealth contribution toward cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
		$	$
New South Wales—
Brookvale Technical College	Stages II and III: Buildings for trade and fashion courses	5,684,000	1,520,000
Campbelltown Technical College	Buildings for secretarial, fashion and trade courses	2,878,000	2,650,000
Glendale Technical College	Buildings for engineering trades and commercial courses	6,729,000	4,800,000
Gymea Technical College	State IV: Replacement buildings for automotive and engineering trades	2,714,000	570,000
Hornsby Technical College	Buildings for automotive and electrical trades and for student services	1,078,000	1,050,000
Miller Technical College	Stage II: Building for metal fabrication courses	860,000	520,000
Mount Druitt Technical College	Stage I: Buildings for student services, electrical and building trades	356,000	356,000
	Stage II: Buildings for automotive and commercial courses	3,791,000	3,000,000
	Stage III: Building for metal fabrication courses	648,000	304,000
North Sydney Technical College	Stage V: Building for trade courses	1,105,000	1,100,000
Padstow Technical College	Buildings for automotive, commercial and horticulture courses	2,651,000	2,200,000
Shellharbour Technical College	Stage II: Buildings for student services, trade and commercial courses	5,176,000	2.050,000
Sydney Technical College	Stage II: Building for business and administrative studies	2,409,000	2,020,000
	Reconstruction of building 13; admissions and information centre	1,479,000	480,000
	Buildings 38 and 39 Stage: Reconstruction for business, engineering and navigational studies	2,147,000	1,940,000
	Stage IIIA: Building for library, general studies and chiropody	7,904,000	1,430,000
Tamworth Technical College	Stage IV: Building for student services and metal fabrication courses	2,319,000	430,000
Wetherill Park Technical College	Buildings for trade courses, college services and administration	2,640,000	1,380,000
Wollongong Technical College	Stage VI: Building for foundry and laboratories	1,354,000	1,302,000
	Stage VII: Building for secretarial studies and extension to Union building	2,152,000	500,000
Victoria—
Ballarat School of Mines	Stage I: Buildings for trade courses and student services	3,060,000	1,700,000
Box Hill Technical College	State I: Buildings for engineering, building trades and metal fabrication courses	2,892,000	2,892,000
	Stage II: Building for humanities, science studies, food catering and student services	6,684,000	3,388,000
	Stage III: Building for technician courses	3,521,000	1,250,000
Central Metropolitan Regional College (La Trobe Street)	Stage I: Design of building for library, computer centre, student services and college administration	..	230,000
Collingwood Technical College	Stage II: Building for mid‑level courses, student and staff services	2,559,000	2,559,000
Dandenong Valley Regional College	Stage II: Design of buildings for trade, computer studies and applied art courses, student services and college administration	..	100,000
Goulburn Valley Regional College (Shepparton)	Stage II: Design of buildings for trade courses, library, student services and college administration	..	60,000
Loddon Valley Regional College (Bendigo)	Stage I: Design of buildings for trade, farm mechanics, art and design courses	..	200,000
Longerenong Agricultural College	Stage II: Building for library...	347,000	347,000
McMillan Rural Studies Centre	Stage I: Building for base facility containing teaching areas, library, college administration and subsidiary teaching centres	3,479,000	270,000
Newport Technical College	Stage II: Buildings for electrical and building courses	3,270,000	3,270,000
North‑Eastern Regional College (Wangaratta)	Stage II: Design of buildings for business studies, science and art courses, library and student services	..	150,000
Preston Technical College	Stage I: Buildings for library and classrooms Stage II: Building for applied science and business studies courses	488,000 2,451,000	488,000 2,451,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Stage IIB: Building for engineering studies	10,173,000	1,850,000
Sunraysia College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Buildings for commercial, applied science, food and trade courses	5,377,000	650,000
Yallourn Technical College	Buildings for trade courses....	4,491,000	1,550,000
Queensland—
Bald Hills College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Buildings for school of technology Stage II: Site development.... Stage III: Buildings for library, catering and science courses	1,340,000 1,568,094 3,417,000	839,000 1,568,094 1,410,000
Gladstone College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Buildings for trade and commercial courses, library and amenities areas	3,670,000	689,000
Gold Coast College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Building for tourist industry, business and general studies courses, library, student and staff services	3,833,000	575,281
Ipswich College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Building for trade courses Stage II: Building for library, commercial studies, arts and crafts courses Stage III: Design of buildings for commercial studies, catering and applied science courses	606,000 3,043,000 ..	422,637 3,043,000 211,000
Mount Gravatt College of Technical and Further Education	Stage II: Building for engineering trades and secretarial studies Stage III: Design of building for applied science, food and craft courses, commercial studies, staff and student services Stage IV: Design of building for library and art studies courses	1,976,988 .. ..	1,976,988 106,000 106,000
South Australia—
Elizabeth Community College	Stage III: Building for business studies courses, cafeteria, staff and student services	1,774,000	1,491,000
Gilles Plains Community College	Stage I: Buildings for paradental, applied science, commercial and building courses Stage II: Building for building trades courses	1,718,000 1,489,000	1,687,000 1,489,000
Kilkenny Open College of Further Education	Design for reconstruction of vacated building to provide for Open College of Further Education	..	30,000
Marleston College of Further Education	Design for reconstruction of college	..	116,000
Noarlunga Community College	Stage I: Construction of multi‑purpose college	9,940,000	4,110,000
Regency Park Community College	Design of building for plumbing trades	..	200,000
Riverland Community College; Loxton Branch	Design of multi‑purpose facility for commercial, rural and technical studies	..	3,000
South East Community College	Stage II: Building for rural and timber studies courses	389,000	337,000
Western Australia—
Bentley Technical College	Stage IV: Buildings for forestry, horticulture, animal care and fashion studies courses	2,009,000	1,861,000
Carine Technical College	Stage II: Buildings for catering trades and arts/crafts courses	1,597,000	1,508,000
Hedland College	Design of regional college for electrical, automotive and metal trades courses, commercial, science and art studies	..	222,000
Rockingham Technical College	Stage II: Buildings for fitting and machining and automotive studies and student amenities	2,322,000	1,759,000
Technical Education Division—Technical Extension Service	Stage II: Building to accommodate teaching staff	2,626,000	100,000
Thornlie Technical College	Stage I: Buildings for electrical, metal trades and heavy plant and equipment maintenance courses	4,614,000	4,118,000
Tasmania—
Hobart Technical College	Stage II: Building for technical and general courses	8,309,000	4,124,000
Northern Territory—
Darwin Community College	Extensions to the school of trades Technology and science building	2,197,000 1,112,000	621,675 1,112,000
Batchelor College	Replacement for Aboriginal teacher education centre	3,634,000	515,325

Part VII—Summary of Grants to States for Specified Building Projects of Technical and Further Education Institutions in respect of 1980

Column 1 State	Column 2 Total grant in respect of 1980
	$
New South Wales...................................	29,602,000
Victoria.........................................	23,405,000
Queensland.......................................	10,947,000
South Australia....................................	9,463,000
Western Australia...................................	9,568,000
Tasmania........................................	4,124,000
Northern Territory..................................	2,249,000
Total—All States..............................	89,358,000

Part VIII—Additional Grants for Major Building Projects of Universities

All moneys that were specified in this Part have been applied to building projects specified in Part 1 of this Schedule.

Part IX—Additional Grants for Major Building Projects of Colleges of Advanced Education and Technical and Further Education Institutions

All moneys that were specified in this Part have been applied to building projects specified in Part I, III or IV of this Schedule.

Schedule 7B

Sections 11B, 21B and 29B

Part I—Grants for Specified Building Projects of Universities in Respect of 1981

Column 1 University	Column 2 Project	Column 3 Estimated cost to complete	Column 4 Maximum grant in respect of 1981
		$	$
New South Wales—
The University of New South Wales	Australian Graduate School of Management Building	286,000	269,000
University of New England	Dixon Library Extension.....	2,759,000	482,000
The University of Newcastle	Medical School Clinical Teaching Facilities	1,536,000	1,246,659
Victoria—
University of Melbourne	Refurbishing of Chemistry Building Stage I	1,140,000	321,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland	Social Sciences (Psychology) Building Stage II	2,851,000	589,000

Part II—Grants for Minor Building Projects of Universities Approved by the Commission in Respect of 1981

Column 1	Column 2
University	Maximum grant in respect of 1981
	$
University of Sydney.................................. The University of New South Wales........................ University of New England............................. The University of Newcastle............................. The Macquarie University.............................. The University of Wollongong........................... University of Melbourne............................... Monash University................................... La Trobe University.................................. Deakin University.................................... The University of Queensland............................ James Cook University of North Queensland.................. Griffith University................................... The University of Adelaide.............................. The Flinders University of South Australia................... The University of Western Australia....................... Murdoch University.................................. University of Tasmania................................	684,000 456,000 285,000 285,000 171,000 228,000 684,000 285,000 228,000 342,000 570,000 228,000 171,000 342,000 171,000 285,000 171,000 409,000

Part III—Specified Design Projects of Universities

Column 1 University	Column 2 Project
New South Wales University of Newcastle.............	Design of Animal House
Queensland— The University of Queensland..........	Design of Clinical Sciences Building
Western Australia— The University of Western Australia.....	Design of Human Performance Building
Tasmania— The University of Tasmania..........	Design of Clinical Sciences Building

Column 1

University

Column 2

Project

New South Wales

University of Newcastle.............

Design of Animal House

Queensland—

The University of Queensland..........

Design of Clinical Sciences Building

Western Australia—

The University of Western Australia.....

Design of Human Performance Building

Tasmania—

The University of Tasmania..........

Design of Clinical Sciences Building

Total of all grants payable in respect of design projects specified in this Part of this Schedule—$285,000.

Part IV—Grants for Specified Building Projects of Colleges of Advanced Education in Respect of 1981

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
College of advanced education	Project	Estimated cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1981
New South Wales—
Cumberland College of Health Sciences	Student/Staff facilities........	..	250,000
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education	Relocation on new campus—Stage 1	3,359,000	2,044,000
The New South Wales Institute of Technology	Building for joint use with Sydney Teachers College	13,067,000	1,128,805
Total—New South Wales.............................			3,422,805
Victoria—
Bendigo College of Advanced Education	Library/union—Stage 2.......	912,000	856,000
Footscray Institute of Technology	Refurbishing of existing building.	912,000	856,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Erection of union........... Renovation of buildings 5, 7 and 9—Stage 1	3,763,000 1,140,000	2,881,000 428,000
The Victorian College of the Arts	Academic building..........	570,000	535,000
Total Victoria.....................................			5,556,000
Queensland—
Queensland Institute of Technology	Business studies building.....0	3,649,00	3,221,000
Total—Queensland.................................			3,211,000
South Australia—
Adelaide College of the Arts and Education	Fire protection, Kintore Avenue campus	547,000	268,000
Total—South Australia..............................			268,000
Western Australia—
Western Australian Institute of Technology	Technology building at School of Mines—Kalgoorlie	1,870,000	428,000
Total—Western Australia.............................			428,000
Tasmania—
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education	Engineering facilities.........	239,000	225,000
Total—Tasmania..................................			225,000
Total—All States..................................			13,110,805

Part V—Grants for Minor Building Projects for Colleges of Advanced Education in Respect of 1981

Column 1 State	Column 2 Maximum grant in respect of 1981
	$
New South Wales................................. Victoria........................................ Queensland...................................... South Australia................................... Western Australia................................. Tasmania	1,472,000 2,423,000 1,026,0000 741,000 570,000 161,000
Total—All States.............................	6,393,000

Part VI—Grants for Specified Design Projects of Colleges of Advanced Education

Column 1 College of advanced education	Column 2 Project
New South Wales— Alexander Mace College of Advanced Education...... Nepean College of Advanced Education............ Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education......	Refurbishing Albion Avenue Campus Teaching Building, Westmead Relocation on New Campus—Stage 2

Column 1

College of advanced education

Column 2

Project

New South Wales—

Alexander Mace College of Advanced Education......

Nepean College of Advanced Education............

Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education......

Refurbishing Albion Avenue Campus

Teaching Building, Westmead

Relocation on New Campus—Stage 2

Total of all grants payable in respect of design projects specified in this Part of this Schedule—$207,000.

Part VII—Grants for Specified Design Projects of Technical and Further Education Institutions in respect of 1981

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Institution providing technical and further education	Project	Estimated Commonwealth contribution toward cost to complete	Maximum Grant in respect of 1981
		$	$
New South Wales—
Baulkham Hills Technical College	Stage I: Buildings for secretarial, fashion, home science courses, library and college administration	4,076,000	923,000
Blacktown Technical College	Stage III: Reconstruction of factor for automotive, carpentry and secretarial courses and student services	5,974,000	925,000
Brookvale Technical College	Stages II and III: Buildings for trade and fashion courses	4,826,000	3,562,000
Campbelltown Technical College	Building for secretarial, fashion and trade courses	488,000	472,000
Forbes Technical College	Stage II: Extension to existing building for secretarial and fashion courses and student services	1,100,000	583,000
Glendale Technical College	Buildings for engineering trades and commercial courses	2,636,000	2,082,000
Gymea Technical College	Stage IV: Replacement buildings for automotive and engineering trades	2,472,000	2,172,000
Hornsby Technical College	Buildings for automotive and electrical trades and student services	106,000	106,000
Miller Technical College	Stage II: Building for metal fabrication courses	441,000	372,000
Mount Druitt Technical College	Stage II: Buildings for automotive and commercial courses Stage III: Building for metal fabrication courses	1,199,000 412,000	975,000 370,000
Newcastle Technical College (Tighes Hill)	Stage X: Building for electrical trades courses	6,777,000	629,000
North Sydney Technical College	Stage V: Building for trade Courses	85,000	85,000
Padstow Technical College	Buildings for automotive, commercial and horticulture courses	717,000	717,000
Petersham Technical College	Stage III: Building for secretarial and hairdressing courses, library and student services	4,556,000	1,826,000
Shellharbour Technical College	Stage II: Buildings for student services, trade and commercial courses	3,737,909	2,634,000
Sydney Technical College	Stage II: Building for business and administrative studies	590,000	308,000
	Reconstruction of building 13; admissions and information centre	1,167,000	926,000
	Buildings 38 and 39 Stage I: Reconstruction for business, engineering and navigation studies	446,000	435,000
	Stager IIIA: Building for library, general studies and chiropody	7,048,000	3,643,000
	Buildings 38 and 39 Stage II: Reconstruction for secretarial studies and general classrooms	3,051,000	1,712,000
Tamworth Technical College	Stage IV: Building for student services and metal fabrication courses	2,118,000	1,758,000
	Stage V: Buildings for plumbing, plant mechanics and general classrooms	2,546,000	250,000
Wagga Wagga Technical College	Stage IV: Building for panel‑beating and spray‑painting workshops	2,459,000	990,000
Wetherill Park Technical College	Buildings for trade courses, college services and administration	1,561,000	1,339,000
Wollongong Technical College	Stage VI: Building for foundry and laboratories	163,000	163,000
	Stage VII: Building for secretarial studies and extension to Union building	2,086,000	1,372,000
	Stage VIII: Building for panel‑beating and spray‑painting workshops	2,579,000	601,000
Wyong Technical College	Stage I: Building for plumbing, secretarial, home science and fashion courses, student services and college administration	4,700,000	1,890,000
Victoria—
Ballarat School of Mines	Stage I: Buildings for trade courses and student services	1,689,000	1,249,000
Box Hill Technical College	Stage II: Building for humanities, science studies, food catering and student services Stage III: Building for technician Courses	4,021,000 2,672,000	2,778,000 1,924,000
Central Metropolitan Regional College (La Trobe Street)	Stage I: Building for library, computer centre, student services and college administration	3,848,000	1,301,000
Dandenong Valley Regional College	Stage II: Design of buildings for trade, computer studies and applied art courses, student services and college administration	..	269,000
Gordon Technical College	Stage I: Design of buildings for electrical science, hairdressing, art and design and child care courses, library resource centre and administration	..	250,000
Goulburn Valley Regional College (Shepparton	Stage II: Design of buildings for trade courses, library, student services and college administration	..	214,000
Loddon Valley Regional College (Bendigo)	Stage I: Buildings for trade, farm mechanics, art and design courses	5,920,000	870,000
McMillan Rural Studies Centre	Stage I: Buildings for base facility containing teaching areas, library, college administration and subsidiary teaching centres	3,510,000	2,834,000
North‑Eastern Regional College (Wangaratta)	Stage II: Buildings for business studies, science and art courses, library and student services	5,345,000	981,000
Peninsula Regional Centre (Frankston)	Stage I: Design of building for engineering and building trades courses, college administration and student amenities	..	500,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Stage IIB: Building for engineering studies	9,540,000	3,962,000
Sunraysia College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Buildings for commercial, applied science, food and trade courses	5,348,000	2,988,000
Western Metropolitan Regional College (Footscray)	Stage II: Building for engineering, humanities and social science courses, library, student services and college administration	9,775,000	1,320,000
Yallourn Technical College	Buildings for trade courses.....	3,465,000	2,768,000
Queensland—
Bald Hills College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Buildings for school of Technology	632,000	632,000
	Stage III: Buildings for library, catering and science courses	2,444,000	2,217,000
College of Catering and Hospitality Services (Coorparoo)	Stage II: Extension to provide additional practical and demonstration kitchens	638,000	561,000
College of Hospitality and Tourism (South Brisbane	Stage I: Building for school of catering and hospitality services	8,933,000	700,000
Gladstone College of Technical and further education	Stage I: Buildings for trade and commercial courses, library and amenities areas	3,922,000	2,400,000
Gold Coast College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Building for tourist industry, business and general studies courses, library, student and staff services	3,974,000	2,217,000
	Stage II: Buildings for automotive, electrical and building trades	2,689,000	1,200,000
Ipswich College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Building for trade courses	329,000	329,000
	Stage II: Building for library, commercial studies, arts and crafts courses	690,000	500,000
	Stage III: Design of buildings for commercial studies, catering and applied science courses	..	100,000
Mount Gravatt College of Technical and Further Education	Stages III and IV: Buildings for applied science, food courses, commercial studies, arts and crafts courses, library, student services and college administration	7,434,000	1,346,000
Townsville College of Technical and Further Education (Pimlico)	Stage II: Design of buildings for school of catering and hospitality services	..	300,000
South Australia—
Elizabeth Community College	Stage III: Building for business studies courses, cafeteria, staff and student services	767,000	342,000
Gilles Plains Community College	Stage I: Buildings for paradental, applied science, commercial and building courses	136,000	11,000
	Stage II: Buildings for building trades courses	83,000	22,000
Marleston College of Further Education	Stage I: Reconstruction of college for building trades	4,091,000	1,269,000
Noarlunga Community College	Stage I: Construction of multi‑purpose college	6,989,000	3,719,000
Port Adelaide Community College	Stage I: Reconstruction of building for business and commercial studies, library and college administration	898,000	844,000
Regency Park Community College	Stage V: Building for plumbing trades	2,881,000	2,410,000
Riverland Community College (Loxton)	Stage I: Multi‑purpose facility for commercial, rural and technical studies	628,000	147,000
South East Community College	Stage II: Building for rural and timber studies courses	75,000	59,000
Western Australia—
Albany Technical College	Stage VI: Extension to existing automotive workshop	275,000	264,000
Bentley Technical College	Stage IV: Buildings for forestry, horticulture, animal care and fashion studies courses	304,000	196,000
Carine Technical College	Stage II: Buildings for catering trades and arts/crafts courses	217,000	127,000
Hedland Community College	Stage I: Buildings for electrical, automotive, metal trades, commercial, science and art courses	6,460,000	1,583,000
Technical Education Division—Technical Extension Service	Stage II: Building to accommodate teaching staff	2,744,000	2,383,000
Thornlie Technical College	Stage I: Buildings for electrical, metal trades and heavy plant and equipment maintenance courses	932,000	506,000
	Stage II: Buildings for furniture and building trades courses, and a pump test facility, library and student amenities	2,910,000	1,391,000
Tasmania—
Alanvale Community College	Stage I: Design of building for electrical and electronic trade courses	..	107,000
Hobart Technical College	Stage II: Building for technical and general courses	5,072,000	4,480,000
Northern Territory—
Darwin Community College	Extensions to the school of trades.	1,834,000	871,000
Batchelor College	Replacement for Aboriginal teacher education centre	3,772,000	2,476,000

Part VIII—Summary of Grants to States for Specified Building Projects of Technical and Further Education Institutions in respect of 1981

Column 1	Column 2
State	Total grant in respect of 1981
	$
New South Wales................................... Victoria......................................... Queensland....................................... South Australia.................................... Western Australia................................... Tasmania........................................ Northern Territory	33,820,000 24,208,000 12,502,000 8,823,000 9,902,000 4,587,000 3,347,000
Total—All States...............................	97,189,000

Part IX—Additional Grants for Major Building Projects of Universities

Total of additional grants—$202,000.

Part X—Additional Grants for Major Building Projects of Colleges of Advanced Education and Technical and Further Education Institutions

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Total of additional grants for major building projects of colleges of advanced education	Total of additional grants for major building projects of technical and further education institutions
	$	$
New South Wales................. Victoria....................... Queensland..................... South Australia................... Western Australia................. Tasmania...................... Northern Territory	177,000 314,000 210,000 17,000 28,000 14,000 ..	2,210,000 1,629,000 816,000 578,000 648,000 300,000 218,000
Total—All States.............	760,000	6,399,000

Schedule 8

Section 14

Part I—Grants for Expenditure by Colleges of Advanced Education on college purposes

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
University	Grant in respect of 1979	Grant in respect of 1980	Grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales—
Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education	5,020,000	5,542,000	6,473,000
Armidale College of Advanced Education	3,857,000	4,304,000	4,898,.000
Catholic College of Education........	1,289,000	1,470,000	1,667,000
Catholic Teachers College..........	2,418,000	2,666,000	3,143,000
Cumberland College of Health Sciences.	5,408,000	5,962,000	6,766,000
Good Samaritan Teachers College.....	397,000	349,000	462,000
Goulburn College of Advanced Education	3,104,000	3,307,000	3,738,000
Hawkesbury Agricultural College.....	4,864,000	5,426,000	6,278,000
Kuring‑gai College of Advanced Education	6,875,000	7,462,000	8,705,000
Mitchell College of Advanced Education	8,027,000	8,911,000	10,194,000
Nepean College of Advanced Education.	3,326,000	3,698,000	4,464,000
New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music	1,918,000	2,164,000	2,564,000
Newcastle College of Advanced Education	7,876,000	8,519,000	9,997,000
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education	2,665,000	2,970,000	3,470,000
Nursery School Teachers College.....	781,000	876,000	1,033,000
Orange Agricultural College.........	1,195,000	1,387,000	1,677,000
Riverina College of Advanced Education	8,865,000	9,886,000	11,531,000
Sydney College of the Arts..........	2,661,000	2,963,000	3,631,000
Sydney Kindergarten Teachers College..	1,101,000	1,264,000	1,509,000
Sydney Teachers College...........	8,439,000	9,228,000	10,587.000
The Guild Teachers College.........	1,143,000	1,238,000	1,392,000
The Milperra College of Advanced Education	2,217,000	2,549,000	2,940,000
The New South Wales Institute of Technology	18,922,000	21,049,000	24,408,000
Wollongong Institute of Education.....	3,284,000	3,521,000	3,906,000
Total.....................	105,652,000	116,711,000	135,433,000
Victoria—
State College of Victoria, Burwood....	4,964,000	5,471,000	6,391,000
State College of Victoria, Coburg	3,861,000	4,307,000	4,997,000
State College of Victoria, Frankston....	3,530,000	3,836,000	4,450,000
State College of Victoria, Hawthorn....	4,323,000	4,805,000	5,502,000
State College of Victoria, Institute of Catholic Education	3,879,000	4,518,000	5,343,000
State College of Victoria, Institute of Early Childhood Development	2,384,000	2,672,000	3,151,000
State College of Victoria, Melbourne...	12,806,000	13,899,000	16,128,000
State College of Victoria, Rusden.....	6,748,000	7,409,000	8,537,000
State College of Victoria, Toorak......	4,184,000	4,691,000	5,460,000
Ballarat College of Advanced Education.	6,783,000	7,148,000	8,304,000
Bendigo College of Advanced Education	7,249,000	8,011,000	9,313,000
Caulfield Institute of Technology......	11,673,000	12,895,000	14,975,000
Footscray Institute of Technology.....	6,907,000	7,651,000	8,891,000
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education	45,797,000	5,263,000	6,120,000
Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences....	6,610,000	7,245,000	8,409,000
Prahran College of Advanced Education.	3,984,000	4,466,000	5,248,000
Preston Institute of Technology.......	6,594,000	7,372,000	8,657,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	28,840,000	31,827,000	36,992,000
Swinburne Institute of Technology	13,108,000	14,440,000	16,762,000
The Victorian College of the Arts.....	2,041,000	2,217,000	2,722,000
Victorian College of Pharmacy.......	2,061,000	2,269,000	2,628,000
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education	3,174,000	3,473,000	4,037,000
Total.....................	150,500,000	165,885,000	193,017,000
Queensland—
Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers College.	1,472,000	1,548,000	1,660,000
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education	6,254,000	7,036,000	8,218,000
Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education	9,032,000	9,949,000	11,617,000
Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education	7,178,000	8,575,000	10,160,000
Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education	5,779,000	6,394,000	7,170,000
North Brisbane College of Advanced Education	5,015,000	5,642,000	6,701,000
Queensland Agricultural College......	4,924,000	5,295,000	6,138,000
Queensland Conservatorium of Music..	1,160,000	1,273,000	1,611,000
Queensland Institute of Technology....	18,502,000	20,310,000	24,027,000
Townsville College of Advanced Education	2,726,000	3,081,000	3,622,000
Total.....................	62,582,000	69,103,000	80,924,000
South Australia—
Adelaide College of the Arts and Education	12,108,000	13,356,000	15,315,000
Hartley College of Advanced Education.	5,545,000	6,203,000	7,147,000
Roseworthy Agricultural College......	2,330,000	2,638,000	3,135,000
Salisbury College of Advanced Education	3,948,000	4,388,000	5,115,000
South Australian Institute of Technology.	15,337,000	16,804,000	19,953,000
Sturt College of Advanced Education...	4,584,000	5,247,000	6,110,000
Total.....................	43,852,000	48,636,000	56,775,000
Western Australia—
Churchlands College..............	6,0111,000	6,896,000	7,978,000
Claremont Teachers College.........	2,883,000	3,357,000	3,920,000
Graylands Teachers College.........	312,000	..	..
Mount Lawley College............	4,855,000	5,359,000	6,142,000
Nedlands College................	4,779,000	5,452,000	6,304,000
Western Australian Institute of Technology	31,715,000	34,846,000	40,567,000
Total.....................	50,555,000	55,910,000	64,911,000
Tasmania—
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education	9,489,000	10,478,000	7,982,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES	422,630,000	466,723,000	539,042,000

Part II—Grants for Expenditure by States on Advanced Education

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Grant in respect of 1980	Grant in respect of 1981
	$	$
New South Wales.........................	2,464,000	2,781,000
Victoria................................	1,083,000	1,257,000
Queensland.............................	1,022,000	1,114,000

Part III—Unallocated Moneys for Expenditure by Colleges of Advanced Education and by States on Advanced Education

All moneys that were specified in this Part have been applied to Colleges of Advanced Education set out in Column 1 of Part I of this Schedule.

Part IV—Aggregates of Moneys for Expenditure by Colleges of Advanced Education and by Stated on Advanced Education

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	State aggregates in respect of 1979	State aggregates in respect of 1980	State aggregates in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales..................	105,652,000	119,175,000	138,214,000
Victoria	150,500,000	166,968,000	194,274,000
Queensland	62,582,000	70,125,000	82,038,000
South Australia....................	43,852,000	48,636,000	56,775,000
Western Australia..................	50,555,000	55,910,000	64,911,000
Tasmania	9,489,000	10,478,000	7,982,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES.........	422,630,000	471,292,000	544,194,000

Schedule 8A—Grants for Expenditure by the Northern Territory on Advanced Education Purposes

Section 15B

Column 1	Column 2
Grants for expenditure by the Northern Territory in respect of 1980	Grants for expenditure by the Northern Territory in respect of 1981
$	$
3,117,000	3,606,000

Schedule 9

Section 16

Part I—Grants for Equipment for Colleges of Advanced Education

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	Grant in respect of 1979	Grant in respect of 1980	Grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales...................	4,168,000	3,631,000	4,116,000
Victoria..........................	..	5,786,000	6,553,000
Victoria—
State College of Victoria System.......	1,197,000	..	..
Victorian Institute of Colleges System...	5,224,000	..	..
Queensland.......................	2,503,000	2,723,000	2,545,000
South Australia.....................	1,415,000	1,588,000	1,787,000
Western Australia...................	1,632,000	1,815,000	2,004,000
Tasmania.........................	239,000	284,000	192,000
Total—All States...............	16,378,000	15,827,000	17,197,000

Part II—Specified Equipment in Relation to Grants for Equipment for Colleges of Advanced Education

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
College of Advanced Education	Equipment	Grant in respect of 1979
		$
New South Wales—
The New South Wales Institute of Technology......	Computer	903,000
Victoria—
Victoria Institute of Colleges System.............	Computer network	1,415,000
Queensland—
Queensland Institute of Technology.............	Computer	544,000
Total—All States.......................		2,862,000

Schedule 10—General Purpose Recurrent Grants in Connection with Technical and Further Education

Section 24

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	Amount of grant in respect of 1979	Amount of grant in respect of 1980	Amount of grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales..................	15,254,000	17,766,000	20,444,000
Victoria.........................	9,585,000	11,886,000	13,828,000
Queensland......................	3,992,000	4,629,000	5,114,000
South Australia....................	4,144,000	4,717,000	5,400,000
Western Australia..................	3,968,000	4,742,000	5,314,000
Tasmania........................	1,380,000	1,511,000	1,788,000
Northern Territory..................	..	327,000	417,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES...........	38,323,000	45,578,000	52,305,000

Schedule 11—Grants for Staff Training and Data Processing in Connection with Technical and Further Education

Section 25

Part I—Grants in Respect of the Year 1979

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	Maximum grant for staff training	Maximum grant for data processing	Aggregate amount in respect of 1979
	$	$	$
New South Wales..................	930,000	118,000	1,048,000
Victoria.........................	404,000	269,000	673,000
Queensland......................	405,000	119,000	524,000
South Australia....................	292,000	137,000	429,000
Western Australia..................	317,000	94,000	411,000
Tasmania........................	95,000	13,000	108,000
Total—All States................	2,443,000	750,000	3,193,000

Part II—Grants in Respect of the Year 1980

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	Maximum grant for staff training	Maximum grant for data processing	Aggregate amount in respect of 1980
	$	$	$
New South Wales..................	1,182,000	138,000	1,320,000
Victoria.........................	474,000	201,000	675,000
Queensland......................	451,000	114,000	565,000
South Australia....................	336,000	93,000	429,000
Western Australia..................	332,000	83,000	415,000
Tasmania........................	104,000	28,000	132,000
Northern Territory..................	29,000	11,000	40,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES...........	2,908,000	668,000	3,576,000

Part III—Grants in Respect of the Year 1981

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	Maximum grant for staff training	Maximum grant for data processing	Aggregate amount in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales..................	1,253,000	191,000	1,444,000
Victoria.........................	580,000	193,000	773,000
Queensland......................	513,000	141,000	654,000
South Australia....................	382,000	92,000	474,000
Western Australia..................	362,000	92,000	454,000
Tasmania........................	176,000	35,000	211,000
Northern Territory..................	44,000	17,000	61,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES...........	3,310,000	761,000	4,071,000

Part IV—Unallocated Grant for Staff Training in respect of 1981

Total unallocated grant—$59,000.

Schedule 12—Other Recurrent Grants in Connection with Technical and Further Education

Section 27

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1979	Maximum grant in respect of 1980	Maximum grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales..................	4,982,000	4,117,000	5,609,000
Victoria.........................	3,498,000	3,893,000	4,217,000
Queensland......................	1,496,000	1,625,000	1,719,000
South Australia....................	1,282,000	1,373,000	1,464,000
Western Australia..................	1,135,000	1,260,000	1,361,000
Tasmania........................	414,000	408,000	380,000
Northern Territory..................	..	126,000	99,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES...........	12,807,000	13,802,000	14,849,000

Schedule 13—Grants for Programs of Adult Education Related to Technical and Further Education

Section 28

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1979	Maximum grant in respect of 1980	Maximum grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales..................	109,000	156,000	215,000
Victoria.........................	78,000	118,000	161,000
Queensland......................	47,000	68,000	93,000
South Australia....................	33,000	41,000	55,000
Western Australia..................	33,000	35,000	46,000
Tasmania........................	16,000	19,000	27,000
TOTAL—ALL STATES...........	316,000	437,000	597,000

Schedule 14—Grants for Minor Building Projects and Equipment for Technical and Further Education Institutions

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1979	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
	$	$
New South Wales.............................	1,948,000	1,815,000
Victoria...................................	1,632,000	1,702,000
Queensland	544,000	567,000
South Australia..............................	215,000	..
Western Australia.............................	107,000	111,000
Tasmania..................................	108,000	113,000
Total—All States.........................	4,554,000	4,308,000

Schedule 15—Maximum Monthly Capitation Amount of Commonwealth Assistance to Non‑government Business Colleges

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of Month	Maximum monthly capitation amount in respect of 1979	Maximum monthly capitation amount in respect of 1980	Maximum monthly capitation amount in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
January, February or March.............	—	61.46	67.29
April, May or June...................	—	61.81	69.40
July, August or September..............	58.02	63.99	69.59
October, November or December.........	58.09	63.99	70.93

Notes to the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978

Note 1

The States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 188, 1978 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions

States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978	188, 1978	4 Dec 1978	Ss. 42, 47 and 48: 1 Jan 1978 Remainder: Royal Assent
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act 1979	41, 1979	11 June 1979	11 June 1979	Ss. 18 (2) and 32‑34
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979	185, 1979	4 Dec 1979	4 Dec 1979	Ss. 10 (2), 13 (2), 36 and 37
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act 1980	96, 1980	6 June 1980	6 June 1980	Ss. 23‑25
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1980	136, 1980	19 Sept 1980	19 Sept 1980	Ss. 28 and 29
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act 1981	53, 1981	25 May, 1981	S. 6 (2): 4 Dec 1978 S. 6 (3): 4 Dec 1979 Ss. 10 and 15 (2): 6 June 1980 Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 9 (2), 13 (2) and 21‑23
Statute Law Revision Act 1981	61, 1981	12 June 1981	S. 117: Royal Assent (a)	S. 102
Companies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981	92, 1981	18 June, 1981	Part I (ss. 1,2): Royal Assent Div. 1 of Part XI (s. 36): 1 July 1981 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1981, No. S118) Remainder: 1 July 1982 (see s. 2 (3) and Gazette 1982, No. S124)	—
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1981	167, 1981	26 Nov 1981	26 Nov 1981	S. 61
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Legislation Amendment Act 1982	27, 1982	17 May 1982	Ss. 5 and 6: 26 Nov 1981 Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 21 and 22
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 4 (items 137, 138): Royal Assent (b)	—
Statute Stocktake Act 1999	118, 1999	22 Sept 1999	22 Sept 1999	—

(a) The States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978 was amended by section 117 only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981, subsection 2 (1) of which provides as follows:

“(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.”

(b) The States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978 was amended by Schedule 4 (items 137, 138) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

“(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.”

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

Title....................	am. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979s
S. 3....................	am. No. 185, 1979; No. 96, 1980; Nos. 61 and 92, 1981; No. 43, 1996
S. 4....................	am. No. 136, 1980
S. 5A...................	ad. No. 185, 1979
S. 6....................	am. No. 185, 1979; No. 96, 1980
S. 8....................	am. No. 185, 1979; No. 136, 1980
S. 9....................	am. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
S. 11A..................	ad. No. 41, 1979
S. 11B..................	ad. No. 185, 1979
S. 11C..................	ad. No. 96, 1980
S. 11D..................	ad. No. 136, 1980
S. 11E..................	ad. No. 53, 1981
S. 12...................	am. No. 185, 1979; No. 96, 1980; No. 53, 1981
S. 12A..................	ad. No. 185, 1979
S. 13...................	am. No. 185, 1979
S. 14...................	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979
	am. No. 96, 1980
S. 15...................	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979
S. 15A..................	ad. No. 185, 1979
S. 15B..................	ad. No. 185, 1979
	am. No. 27, 1982
S. 16...................	am. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; No. 136, 1980
S. 17...................	am. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
S. 18...................	am. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; No. 96, 1980
S. 19...................	rep. No. 41, 1979
	ad. No. 185, 1979
	am. Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
S. 20...................	am. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
S. 21A..................	ad. No. 41, 1979
S. 21B..................	ad. No. 185, 1979
	am. No. 53, 1981
S. 21C..................	ad. No. 96, 1980
	am. No. 53, 1981
S. 21D..................	ad. No. 136, 1980
S. 21E..................	ad. No. 53, 1981
Ss. 23‑25.........	am. No. 185, 1979; No. 136, 1980
S. 26...................	rs. No. 185, 1979
	am. No. 136, 1980
Ss. 27, 28................	am. No. 185, 1979; No. 136, 1980
S. 29A..................	ad. No. 41, 1979
S. 29B..................	ad. No. 185, 1979
S. 29C..................	ad. No. 96, 1980
S. 29D..................	ad. No. 136, 1980
S. 29E..................	ad. No. 53, 1981
S. 30...................	am. No. 185, 1979; No. 136, 1980
Part IVA ................ (ss. 30A‑30D)	ad. No. 41, 1979
Ss. 30A‑30C.......	ad. No. 41, 1979
S. 30D..................	ad. No. 41, 1979
	am. No. 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981
S. 30E..................	ad. No. 41, 1979
	am. No. 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
S. 31...................	am. No. 41, 1979
	rs. No. 185, 1979
	am. Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981
S. 34...................	am. No. 41, 1979; No. 61, 1981
S. 35...................	am. No. 41, 1979
Ss. 36‑39.........	am. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981
Schedules 1‑3......	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
Schedules 4, 5............	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981
Schedule 6...............	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No.167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
Schedule 7...............	rs. No. 41, 1979
Schedule 7A..............	ad. No. 185, 1979
	rs. Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981
	am. No. 167, 1981
Schedule 7B..............	ad. No. 136, 1980
	rs. No. 53, 1981
	am. No. 167, 1981
Schedule 8...............	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981
	am. No. 27, 1982
Schedule 8A..............	ad. No. 185, 1979
	rs. Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
Schedule 9...............	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981
Schedule 10..............	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
Schedule 11..............	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 167, 1981
	am. No. 27, 1982
Schedule 12..............	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No.167, 1981; No. 27, 1982
Schedule 13..............	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; Nos. 96 and 136, 1980; No. 53, 1981; No. 27, 1982
Schedule 14..............	rs. Nos. 41 and 185, 1979; No. 96, 1980
Schedule 15..............	ad. No. 53, 1981
	rs. No. 167, 1981; No. 27, 1982

Note 2

Section 3(1)—Section 117 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981 provides as follows:

Subsection 3(1):

(1) Omit “Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977” from paragraph (a) of the definition of College of Advanced Education, substitute “Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977”.

The proposed amendment was misdescribed and is not incorporated in this compilation.

Legislation content

PART I—PRELIMINARY

1 Short title [see Note 1]

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

3 Interpretation [see Note 2]

4 Approval of, and directions relating to, building projects

PART II—UNIVERSITIES

5 Interpretation

5A University courses involving new teaching developments

6 Grants for expenditure on university purposes

7 Special research grants

8 Grants for equipment

9 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges of Universities

10 Recurrent grants in respect of teaching hospitals

11 Building projects etc.

11A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of Universities

11B Building projects in respect of the year 1980 etc.

11C Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of Universities for 1980

11D Building projects in respect of the year 1981 etc.

11E Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of Universities for 1981

PART III—ADVANCED EDUCATION

12 Interpretation

12A Courses of advanced education involving new teaching developments

13 Approvals in respect of courses

14 Grants for expenditure on college purposes

15 Carry‑forward of amounts specified in Schedule 8

15A Variations of amounts specified in Schedule 8

15B Grants for recurrent expenditure in Northern Territory on advanced education

16 Grants for equipment

17 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges of colleges of advanced education

18 Grants for approved courses of advanced education at technical and further education institutions

19 Grants for courses of teacher education provided by non‑government teachers colleges

20 Grants in respect of contributions to National Institute of Dramatic Art

21 Building projects etc.

21A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education

21B Building projects in respect of the year 1980 etc.

21C Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education for 1980

21D Building projects in respect of the year 1981 etc.

21E Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of colleges of advanced education for 1981

22 Limits on payments in respect of building projects

PART IV—TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

23 Interpretation

24 Grants for recurrent expenditure

25 Proposals for expenditure on staff training and data processing

26 Variations of amounts in Schedule 11

27 Other recurrent grants

28 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with programs of expenditure on voluntary adult education

29 Building projects etc.

29A Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions

29B Building projects in respect of the year 1980 etc.

29C Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions for 1980

29D Building projects in respect of the year 1981 etc.

29E Additional grants in respect of cost increases for major building projects of technical and further education institutions for 1981

30 Grants for minor building projects and equipment

PART IVA—NON‑GOVERNMENT BUSINESS COLLEGES

30A Interpretation

30B Approvals by Minister in respect of 1979

30C Approvals by Minister in respect of 1980 and 1981

30D Grants for approved courses provided by non‑government business colleges

PART V—MISCELLANEOUS

30E Grants for special teacher training initiatives

31 Variation of building grants in Schedules 7, 7A and 7B

32 Additional conditions

33 Time and manner of payments

34 Delegation

35 Advances

36 Payments to be made out of Consolidated Revenue Fund or Loan Fund

37 Authority to borrow

38 Application of moneys borrowed

39 Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund from Loan Fund

40 Appropriation

PART VI—AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS

Division 1—Amendments of States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1977

41 Principal Act

42 Grants for expenditure on university purposes

43 Grants for equipment

44 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences in affiliated colleges

45 Building projects etc.

46

47 Interpretation