States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979

No. 185 of 1979

An Act to amend the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978, and for related purposes.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979.

(2) The States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

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

Title

3. The title to the Principal Act is amended by inserting “and the Northern Territory” after “the States”.

Interpretation

4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:

“(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.”.

5. After section 5 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

University courses involving new teaching developments

“5a. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section 6(2a), a determination under sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (2) that is in force, to be a class of courses of study to which this section applies.”.

Grants for expenditure on University purposes

6. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:

“(2a) Where a determination is made under sub-section 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, 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 sub-sections (2), (4) and (6) of this section to and in relation to financial assistance granted to a State in relation to the University.”.

Grants for equipment

7. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (2) “the year 1979” and substituting “a year to which this section applies”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3) “in respect of the year 1979, the amount specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to the University” and substituting “in respect of a year to which this section applies, the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to the University and to that year”; and

“(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 section 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 section 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.

“(6) In this section, ‘year to which this section applies’ means the year 1979 or the year 1980.”.

Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges

8. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-sections:

“(2) In relation to each student residence, 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 $9,986 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $155.78 by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that student residence; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $352.85 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 a year to which this sub-section applies, that is to say, the year 1980 or the year 1981—

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $10,118 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $157.83 by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that student residence; or

(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying $357.50 by the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that student residence,

whichever is the lesser amount.”;

(b) by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following sub-sections:

“(4) For the purposes of sub-section (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—$352.85;

(b) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 49 but less than 75—$352.85 reduced by $2.66 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—$286.27 reduced by $1.33 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—$253.00 reduced by $0.21 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.

“(4a) For the purposes of sub-section (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college for a year to which this sub-section applies, that is to say, the year 1980 or the year 1981, is—

(a) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is less than 50—$357.50;

(b) if the prescribed number of students for that year in relation to that college is more than 49 but less than 75—$357.50 reduced by $2.70 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—$290.04 reduced by $1.35 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—$256.34 reduced by $0.21 for each student by which the prescribed number of students exceeds 100.”; and

9. After section 11a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Building projects in respect of the year 1980, &c.

“11b. (1) Subject to sub-section (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 sub-section (4), where the Commission approves, under sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section 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 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 sub-section (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 sub-section (2) as an approved minor building project of the University in respect of the year 1980.”.

Interpretation

10. (1) Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “college purposes” in sub-section (1) and substituting the following definitions:

“‘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 column 2 of Schedule 8 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 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 sub-paragraph (a) (ii).”.

(2) The amendment of the Principal Act made by sub-section (1) does not apply to or in relation to financial assistance provided to a State in respect of the year 1979.

11. After section 12 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Courses of advanced education involving new teaching developments

“12a. (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 sub-section (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 or 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 coordination 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 sub-section (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 sub-sections 14(3) and (7) and 15b(3), a determination under sub-section (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 sub-section (4) of this section—to the authority referred to in that sub-section;

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

(c) in the case of a notice under sub-section (6) of this section—to the instrumentality referred to in that sub-section,

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 sub-section (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 sub-section (2) that is in force, to be a class of courses of advanced education to which this section applies.”.

Approvals in respect of courses

12. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

“(3) The Commission shall not approve a course of study or a program of continuing education under sub-section (1) after 31 December 1979.”.

13. (1) Sections 14 and 15 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted:

Grants for expenditure on college purposes

“14. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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.

“(3) Where a determination is made under sub-section 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, 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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section, 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 sub-section 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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section 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 sub-section 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, 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 sub-section (6) of this section and section 15 to and in relation to financial assistance granted to that State under sub-section (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;

(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, diploma or certificate of the college.

Carry forward of amounts specified in Schedule 8

“15. (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 sub-section referred to as the ‘base year’), being the year 1979 or 1980, under sub-section 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 sub-section 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 sub-section 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 sub-section 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 sub-section (1) in relation to a college of advanced education in respect of a year (in this sub-section 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 sub-section 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 sub-section (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 sub-section 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 sub-section 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 sub-section 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 sub-section 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 sub-section 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 sub-section 14(1) and the amounts (if any) paid to the State under sub-section 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 sub-section 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 sub-section (5) in relation to a State other than Victoria and to a year, or after he has given a direction under sub-section (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 sub-section (3) or (4).

“(9) The Minister shall not, after he has given a direction under sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section 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 sub-section (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.

Variations of amounts specified in Schedule 8

“15a. (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (1), or has been furnished under sub-section (7) with particulars of a direction given by the Commission under sub-section (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

Grants for recurrent expenditure in Northern Territory on advanced education

“15b. (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-paragraph (7)(a)(ii) at institutions in the Northern Territory during that year.

“(3) Where a determination is made under sub-section 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 sub-sections (2), (4) and (6) of this section to and in relation to financial assistance granted to the Northern Territory under sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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.”.

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of section 14 of the Principal Act effected by sub-section (1), the provisions of sub-sections (3) to (13) inclusive of that section continue to apply in relation to grants of financial assistance provided to a State in respect of the year 1978.

Grants for equipment

14. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (2) “the year 1979” and substituting “a year to which this section applies”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3) “the year 1979” and substituting “a year to which this section applies”;

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

(d) by inserting after “sub-section (3)” in sub-section (5) “in respect of approved proposals for expenditure by colleges in respect of the year 1979”;

(e) by omitting sub-section (6) and substituting the following sub-section:

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

(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college each amount paid to it under sub-section (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 sub-section (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.”; and

(f) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

“(9) In this section, ‘year to which this section applies’ means the year 1979 or the year 1980.”.

Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges

15. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-sections:

“(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 $9,986 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $155.78 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 $352.85 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 a year to which this sub-section applies, that is to say, the year 1980 or the year 1981—

(a) an amount equal to the sum of $10,118 and the amount ascertained by multiplying $157.83 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 $357.50 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.”;

(b) by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following sub-sections:

“(4) For the purposes of sub-section (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—$352.85;

(b) if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that year is more than 49 but less than 75—$352.85 reduced by $2.66 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—$286.27 reduced by $1.33 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—$253.00 reduced by $0.21 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 100.

“(4a) For the purposes of sub-section (3), the basic grant in respect of an affiliated college for a year to which this sub-section applies, that is to say, the year 1980 or the year 1981—

(a) if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that year is less than 50—$357.50;

(b) if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that year is more than 49 but less than 75—$357.50 reduced by $2.70 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—$290.04 reduced by $1.35 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—$256.34 reduced by $0.21 for each student by which that number of students exceeds 100.”; and

“(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 sub-section (9) to ‘a course of study approved by the Commission under’ paragraph 13(a)’ shall be read as a reference to a course of advanced education within the meaning of section 12.”.

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

16. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (4) “$4,202,000” and substituting “$4,216,000”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (5) “this section” and substituting “sub-section (1)”.

17. After section 18 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

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

“19. (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 sub-section (1) shall not exceed—

(a) in respect of the year 1980—$1,238,000; and

(b) in respect of the year 1981—$1,300,000.

“(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 sub-paragraph (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 sub-paragraph (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.”.

Grants in respect of contributions to National Institute of Dramatic Art

18. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “in respect of each year to which this Act applies, an amount of $505,000” and substituting “in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the amount that is, under sub-section (1a), the prescribed amount in respect of that year”; and

(b) by adding after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

“(1a) For the purposes of sub-section (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—$506,000;

(b) in the case of the year 1980—$510,000; and

19. After section 21a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Building projects in respect of the year 1980, &c.

“21b. (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 sub-section (4), where the Commission approves, under sub-section (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 sub-section (3), in relation to minor building projects of colleges of advanced education situated in that State that are approved under sub-section (2) shall not exceed the amount specified in column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7a in relation to that State.

“(5) The Commission may approve an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure in respect of the year 1980 on a design project of a college of advanced education specified in Part V of Schedule 7a.

“(6) Subject to sub-section (7), where the Commission approves an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure, in respect of the year 1980, on a design project of a college of advanced education specified in Part V of Schedule 7a, 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 1980, an amount equal to the amount of that approved expenditure.

“(7) The total of the amounts payable under sub-section (6) shall not exceed the amount set out in Part V of Schedule 7a 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 sub-section (2) or (5) 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—

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

(b) in the case of a design project specified in Part V of Schedule 7a—as from the date on which an approval was given under sub-section (5) in respect of the project,

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 sub-section (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 sub-section 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 sub-section (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 sub-section 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

(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 sub-section (10), a reference to an approved building project of a college of advanced education is—

(a) a project approved by the Commission under sub-section (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.”.

Interpretation

20. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from the definition of “technical and further education” in sub-section (1) “approved under paragraph 13(1)(c)” and substituting “that is, for the purposes of Part III, a course of advanced education”;

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (1) the following definition:

“ ‘year to which this Act applies’ means the year 1979 or the year 1980.”; and

“(3) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (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.”.

Grants for recurrent expenditure

21. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “the year 1979” and substituting “a year to which this Part applies”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (1) “column 2 of Schedule 10 in relation to that State” and substituting “Schedule 10 in relation to that State and to that year”; and

“(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (1) in respect of a year to which this Part 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 sub-section (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.”.

Proposals for expenditure on training and data processing

22. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “the year 1979” and substituting “a year to which this Part applies”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) “the year 1979” and substituting “a year to which this Act applies”; and

“(3) 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 accordance with an approved proposal or approved proposals for expenditure by the State in respect of a year to which this Part 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 or column 2 of Part II of Schedule 11, whichever is applicable to that year.

“(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 Part 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 or column 3 of Part II of Schedule 11, whichever is applicable to that year.

“(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (3) in respect of a year to which this Part 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 sub-section (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).

“(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (4) in respect of a year to which this Part 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 sub-section (4) in respect of that year; and

23. Section 26 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

Variations of amounts in Schedule 11

“26. (1) At any time, and from time to time, during a year to which this Part 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, or in columns 2 and 3 of Part II, 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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 Part 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, or in columns 2 and 3 of Part II, 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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section (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, or in columns 2 and 3 of Part II, of Schedule 11 if those amounts have previously been varied in accordance with a direction given under sub-section (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, or in column 2 or 3 of Part II, 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 sub-section (1) or (2) in relation to a State—

(a) that will have the effect of varying amounts in Part I or Part II 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; and

(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.”.

Other recurrent grants

24. Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-sections:

“(2a) A State may, from time to time, after the commencement of this sub-section, 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 sub-section (2a) as an approved proposal for expenditure by the State in respect of the year 1980, and may revoke or vary any such approval.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3) “in respect of the year 1979, the amount specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that State” and substituting “in respect of a year to which this Part applies, the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to that State and that year”; and

“(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (3) in respect of a year to which this Part 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 sub-section 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.”.

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

25. Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (3) and (4) and substituting the following sub-sections:

“(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 Part 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 Part 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 sub-section (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.”.

26. After section 29a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Building projects in respect of the year 1980, &c.

“29b. (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 sub-section 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 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.”.

Grants for minor building projects and equipment

27. Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (2) and (3) and substituting the following sub-sections:

“(2) In respect of a year to which this Part 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 Part 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 sub-section; 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.”.

Grants for approved courses provided by non-government business colleges

28. Section 30d of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) “$55” and substituting “$58.02”.

Grants for special teacher training initiatives

29. Section 30e of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (2) “the year 1979” and substituting “a year to which this section applies”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3) “the year 1979” (first occurring) and substituting “a year to which this section applies”;

(d) by omitting sub-sections (5) and (6) and substituting the following sub-sections:

“(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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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.”;

(e) by omitting from sub-section (7) “$808,000” and substituting “$772,000”; and

(f) by omitting sub-sections (8) and (9) and substituting the following sub-sections:

“(8) The aggregate of the amounts approved by the Minister under sub-section (2) as amounts of approved expenditure on proposals in respect of the year 1980 shall not exceed $817,000.

“(9) Financial assistance is granted to a State under sub-section (5), in relation to proposals approved under sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section 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 sub-section 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 or the year 1980.”.

30. Section 31 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

Variation of building grants in Schedules 7 and 7a

“31. (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section and sub-sections (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; or

(ii) if that Schedule is Schedule 7a—by including in Part I, Part III or Part VI, 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 sub-section (6),

and then, for the purposes of this Act (including this sub-section and sub-sections (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 sub-section (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; or

(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 and 29b,

unless the State has agreed to the variation or variations.

“(5) The Commission shall not give a direction under sub-section (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 sub-section (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; or

(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 section 11b, 21b or 29b.

“(6) A direction shall not be given under sub-section (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, 21b and 29b being greater or less than $125,910,000; or

“(7) A direction shall not be given under sub-section (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 sub-section (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 sub-section (1) or (3), or has been furnished under sub-section (8) with particulars of a direction given by the Commission under sub-section (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; or

(b) in relation to a variation of Schedule 7a—the day on which the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979 comes into operation;

‘relevant Schedule’ means Schedule 7 or Schedule 7a.”.

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

31. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) “section 8, 11, 11a, 16, 21, 21a, 29, 29a or 30” and substituting “section 8, 11, 11a, 11b, 16, 21, 21a, 21b, 29, 29a, 29b or 30”.

Authority to borrow

32. Section 37 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “sections 8, 11, 11a, 16, 21, 21a, 29, 29a and 30” and substituting “sections 8, 11, 11a, 11b, 16, 21, 21a, 21b, 29, 29a, 29b and 30”.

Application of moneys borrowed

33. Section 38 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “section 8, 11, 11a, 16, 21, 21a, 29, 29a or 30” and substituting “section 8, 11, 11a, 11b, 16, 21, 21a, 21b, 29, 29a, 29b or 30”.

Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund from Loan Fund

34. Section 39 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “section 8, 11, 11a, 16, 21, 21a, 29, 29a or 30” and substituting “section 8, 11, 11a, 11b, 16, 21, 21a, 21b, 29, 29a, 29b or 30”.

Substitution of Schedules

35. (1) Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 1 to this Act are substituted.

(2) Schedules 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 2 to this Act are substituted.

Directions under Principal Act

36. A direction given by the Minister under sub-section 6(5), 14(4) or (5), 15(1), 26(1) or 31(1) or (3) of the Principal Act or by the Tertiary Education Commission under sub-section 6(4), 14(3), 15(2), 26(2) or 31(2) of that Act shall, by force of this section, cease to have effect upon the commencement of this Act, but this section shall not be taken to affect the previous operation of the direction.

Payments made before Royal Assent

37. Payments (including advances) by way of financial assistance made to a State under the Principal Act shall be deemed to have been made for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

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SCHEDULE 1 Section 35(1)

New Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 to be inserted in the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978

SCHEDULE 1 Section 6

GRANTS FOR EXPENDITURE BY UNIVERSITIES ON UNIVERSITY PURPOSES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
University	Amount of grant in respect of 1979	Amount of grant in respect of 1980	Amount of grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney..............	77,443,000	78,238,000	78,089,000
The University of New South Wales....	75,081,000	75,890,000	75,851,000
University of New England.........	23,512,000	23,827,000	23,827,000
The University of Newcastle.........	19,598,000	20,169,000	20,368,000
The Macquarie University..........	29,121,000	29,344,000	29,239,000
The University of Wollongong.......	11,633,000	12,181,000	12,513,000
Total......................	236,388,000	239,649,000	239,887,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne...........	66,052,000	66,720,000	66,593,000
Monash University...............	54,907,000	55,328,000	55,123,000
La Trobe University..............	28,244,000	28,460,000	28,355,000
Deakin University................	12,414,000	13,188,000	13,426,000
Total......................	161,617,000	163,696,000	163,497,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland........	62,125,000	62,948,000	62,948,000
James Cook University of North Queensland	11,912,000	12,176,000	12,275,000
Griffith University...............	9,359,000	10,036,000	10,235,000
Total......................	83,396,000	85,160,000	85,458,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide..........	40,390,000	40,686,000	40,543,000
The Flinders University of South Australia	18,739,000	18,889,000	18,828,000
Total......................	59,129,000	59,575,000	59,371,000

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
University	Amount of grant in respect of 1979	Amount of grant in respect of 1980	Amount of grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia.....	38,047,000	38,430,000	38,358,000
Murdoch University................	11,852,000	12,126,000	12,181,000
Total.......................	49,899,000	50,556,000	50,539,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania.............	18,970,000	19,167,000	19,140,000
Total—All States...............	609,399,000	617,803,000	617,892,000

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SCHEDULE 2 Section 6(3)

SPECIAL PURPOSES IN RELATION TO GRANTS FOR EXPENDITURE BY UNIVERSITIES ON UNIVERSITY PURPOSES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
University	Purpose	Amount of expenditure in respect of 1979	Amount of expenditure in respect of 1980	Amount of expenditure in respect of 1981
		$	$	$
University of Sydney	General Development or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	518,000	525,000	525,000
	Law Extension Committee	195,000	263,000	263,000
The University of New South Wales	Australian Graduate School of Management, for teaching and research	1,326,000	1,465,000	1,587,000
	General Development or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	491,000	498,000	498,000
The University of Newcastle	School of Medicine, for teaching and research	1,853,000	2,291,000	2,561,000
University of Melbourne	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	437,000	442,000	442,000
Monash University	Legal Workshop Course......	218,000	221,000	221,000
The University of Queensland	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	409,000	415,000	415,000
The University of Adelaide	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	273,000	276,000	276,000

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
University	Purpose	Amount of expenditure in respect of 1979	Amount of expenditure in respect of 1980	Amount of expenditure in respect of 1981
		$	$	$
The Flinders University of South Australia	School of Medicine, for teaching and research	2,816,000	—	—
The University of Western Australia	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	273,000	276,000	276,000
Murdoch University	School of Veterinary Studies, for teaching and research	2,052,000	—	—
University of Tasmania	General Development, or other University purposes, approved by the Commission	218,000	221,000	221,000

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SCHEDULE 3 Section 7

SPECIAL RESEARCH GRANTS FOR UNIVERSITIES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
University	Amount of grant in respect of 1979	Amount of grant in respect of 1980	Amount of grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney...............	824,000	835,000	835,000
The University of New South Wales.....	731,000	741,000	741,000
University of New England...........	175,000	177,000	177,000
The University of Newcastle..........	126,000	127,000	127,000
The Macquarie University............	224,000	227,000	227,000
The University of Wollongong.........	71,000	72,000	72,000
Total.......................	2,151,000	2,179,000	2,179,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne.............	840,000	852,000	852,000
Monash University................	649,000	658,000	658,000
La Trobe University................	218,000	221,000	221,000
Deakin University.................	33,000	33,000	33,000
Total.......................	1,740,000	1,764,000	1,764,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland.........	639,000	647,000	647,000
James Cook University of North Queensland	65,000	66,000	66,000
Griffith University.................	49,000	50,000	50,000
Total.......................	753,000	763,000	763,000

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
University	Amount of grant in respect of 1979	Amount of grant in respect of 1980	Amount of grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide..........	546,000	553,000	553,000
The Flinders University of South Australia	120,000	122,000	122,000
Total......................	666,000	675,000	675,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia....	278,000	282,000	282,000
Murdoch University..............	55,000	55,000	55,000
Total......................	333,000	337,000	337,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania............	126,000	127,000	127,000
Total—All States..............	5,769,000	5,845,000	5,845,000

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SCHEDULE 4 Sections 8

GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT FOR UNIVERSITIES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
University	Grant for approved proposals in respect of 1979	Grant for approved proposals in respect of 1980
	$	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney...............................	4,000,000	4,110,000
The University of New South Wales.....................	3,134,000	3,409,000
University of New England...........................	658,000	728,000
The University of Newcastle..........................	1,067,000	1,188,000
The Macquarie University...........................	620,000	712,000
The University of Wollongong........................	675,000	669,000
Total.......................................	10,154,000	10,816,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne............................	3,265,000	3,387,000
Monash University................................	1,600,000	1,729,000
La Trobe University...............................	560,000	701,000
Deakin University.................................	778,000	739,000
Total.......................................	6,203,000	6,556,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland.........................	3,232,000	3,398,000
James Cook University of North Queensland...............	522,000	535,000

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
University	Grant for approved proposals in respect of 1979	Grant for approved proposals in respect of 1980
	$	$
Griffith University................................	305,000	294,000
Total.......................................	4,059,000	4,227,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide...........................	2,090,000	2,151,000
The Flinders University of South Australia................	642,000	674,000
Total.......................................	2,732,000	2,825,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia.....................	1,458,000	1,589,000
Murdoch University...............................	337,000	396,000
Total.......................................	1,795,000	1,985,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania.............................	571,000	599,000
Total—All States...............................	25,514,000	27,008,000

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SCHEDULE 5 Section 8(5)

SPECIFIED EQUIPMENT IN RELATION TO GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT FOR UNIVERSITIES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
University	Equipment	Amount of expenditure on approved proposals in respect of 1979	Amount of expenditure on approved proposals in respect of 1980
		$	$
The University of Newcastle	Equipment for Medical School	386,000	545,000
	Library material for Medical Library	62,000	65,000

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SCHEDULE 1—continued

SCHEDULE 6 Section 10

GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OF TEACHING HOSPITALS OF UNIVERSITIES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Universities	Grant in respect of 1979	Grant in respect of 1980	Grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney....................	351,000	356,000	356,000
The University of New South Wales..........	337,000	342,000	342,000
The University of Newcastle...............	—	22,000	44,000
Total............................	688,000	720,000	742,000
Victoria—
University of Melbourne.................	368,000	373,000	373,000
Monash University.....................	217,000	220,000	220,000
Total............................	585,000	593,000	593,000
Queensland—
The University of Queensland..............	247,000	250,000	250,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide................	224,000	227,000	227,000
The Flinders University of South Australia......	57,000	58,000	58,000
Total............................	281,000	285,000	285,000
Western Australia—
The University of Western Australia..........	120,000	122,000	122,000
Tasmania—
University of Tasmania..................	60,000	61,000	61,000
Total—All States....................	1,981,000	2,031,000	2,053,000

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SCHEDULE 2 Section 35(2)

New Schedules 7a, 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 to be inserted in the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1978

SCHEDULE 7a Section 11b, 21b and 29b

PART I—GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED BUILDING PROJECTS OF UNIVERSITIES IN RESPECT OF 1980

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
University	Project	Estimated cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
		$	$
New South Wales—
University of Sydney....	Westmead Hospital—Clinical teaching facilities	3,411,000	3,411,000
The University of New South Wales	Australian Graduate School of Management Building	3,049,000	2,693,000
The University of Newcastle	Medical School—Clinical teaching facilities	3,842,000	2,693,000
The University of Wollongong	Social Sciences Stage II Building	1,479,000	1,479,000
Victoria—
Monash University......	Microbiology Building...........	1,109,000	1,109,000
Deakin University......	Lecture Theatre...............	11,000	11,000
Queensland—
James Cook University of North Queensland	Tropical Veterinary Science Building	211,000	211,000
James Cook University of North Queensland	Electrical Engineering Building	644,000	644,000
Griffith University......	Lecture Theatre...............	285,000	285,000
South Australia—
The University of Adelaide	Medical School Building.........	116,000	116,000
Western Australia—
Murdoch University.....	Animal Breeding Centre..........	21,000	21,000

PART II—GRANTS FOR MINOR BUILDING PROJECTS OF UNIVERSITIES APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION IN RESPECT OF 1980

Column 1	Column 2
University	Grant in respect of 1980
	$
University of Sydney..............................................	597,000
The University of New South Wales....................................	407,000
University of New England..........................................	245,000
The University of Newcastle..........................................	245,000
The Macquarie University...........................................	163,000
The University of Wollongong........................................	163,000
University of Melbourne............................................	597,000
Monash University................................................	245,000
La Trobe University...............................................	163,000
Deakin University................................................	282,000
The University of Queensland.........................................	471,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2
University	Grant in respect of 1980
	$
James Cook University of North Queensland............................	163,000
Griffith University.............................................	157,000
The University of Adelaide........................................	282,000
The Flinders University of South Australia.............................	157,000
The University of Western Australia..................................	245,000
Murdoch University............................................	157,000
University of Tasmania..........................................	298,000

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	1,088,000	1,088,000
Newcastle College of Advanced Education	Art building...............	528,000	528,000
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education	Relocation on new campus.....	8,766,000	422,000
Riverina College of Advanced Education	Information Resources Centre	317,000	317,000
The New South Wales Institute of Technology	Extension of Building 2.......	1,162,000	1,162,000
	Union building.............	1,024,000	1,024,000
	Design of building for joint use with Sydney Teachers College	—	211,000
Total—New South Wales................		—	4,752,000
Victoria—
Bendigo College of Advanced Education	Education building............	929,000	929,000
Bendigo College of Advanced Education	Library/Union—Stage 2.........	2,725,000	1,985,000
Footscray Institute of Technology	Physical Education Centre.......	1,267,000	1,267,000
Footscray Institute of Technology	Refurbishing of existing building	1,056,000	211,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Erection of Union.............	4,480,000	2,450,000
The Victorian College of the Arts	Academic building............	2,819,000	2,482,000
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education	Buildings for Art and Design, Administration, Computer and Student Amenities	158,000	158,000
Total—Victoria.......................		—	9,482,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
College of Advanced Education	Project	Estimated cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
		$	$
Queensland—
Queensland Agricultural College	Animal Products Technology facilities	676,000	676,000
Queensland Institute of Technology	Business Studies building........	3,380,000	422,000
Total—Queensland.............................		—	1,098,000
South Australia—
Adelaide College of the Arts , and Education	Completion of Underdale campus	1,954,000	1,954,000
Total—South Australia..........................		—	1,954,000
Western Australia—
Churchlands College	Lecture theatre...............	275,000	275,000
Western Australian Institute of Technology	Health Science building.........	106,000	106,000
Western Australian Institute of Technology	Applied Science building........	74,000	74,000
Total—Western Australia.........................		—	455,000
Tasmania—
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education	Engineering facilities..........	845,000	634,000
Total—Tasmania..............................		—	634,000
Total—All States..............................		—	18,375,000

PART IV—GRANTS FOR MINOR BUILDING PROJECTS FOR COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION IN RESPECT OF 1980

Column 1	Column 2
State	Grant in respect of 1980
	$
New South Wales...............................................	1,479,000
Victoria.....................................................	2,059,000
Queensland...................................................	845,000
South Australia................................................	634,000
Western Australia...............................................	475,000
Tasmania....................................................	158,000
Total—All States........................................	5,650,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

PART V—GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED DESIGN PROJECTS OF COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2
College of Advanced Education	Project
New South Wales—
Hawkesbury Agricultural College...................	Design of Applied Science building
Western Australia—
Western Australian Institute of Technology.............	Design of Technology building at Western Australian School of Mines

Total of all grants payable in respect of design projects specified in this Part of this Schedule—$211,000.

PART VI—GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED BUILDING PROJECTS OF TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN RESPECT OF 1980

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Institutions providing technical and further education	Project	Estimated cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
		$	$
New South Wales—
Brookvale Technical College	States II and III: Buildings for trade and fashion courses	6,037,000	1,056,000
Campbelltown Technical College	Buildings for trade courses...........	2,707,000	2,535,000
Glendale Technical College	Buildings for engineering trades and commercial courses	6,540,000	4,224,000
Gymea Technical College	Stage IV: Buildings for trade courses	2,873,000	510,000
Hornsby Technical College	Buildings for automotive and electrical trades	371,000	371,000
Miller Technical College	Stage II: Building for boilermaking courses	818,000	634,000
Mount Druitt Technical College	State I: Buildings for engineering trades..	52,000	52,000
	Stage II: Buildings for automotive and commercial courses	4,025,000	3,908,000
	Stage III: Building for boilermaking courses	589,000	569,000
North Sydney Technical College	Stage V: Building for trade courses	333,000	333,000
Padstow Technical College	Buildings for automotive, commercial and horticulture courses	2,873,000	2,640,000
Shellharbour Technical College	Stage II: Building for trade and commercial courses	5,513,000	1,056,000
Sydney Technical College	Stage II: Building for business studies....	2,923,000	2,923,000
	Reconstruction of building 13; admissions and information centre	1,234,000	1,234,000
	Buildings 38 and 39 Stage I: Reconstruction for business, engineering and navigation studies	2,112,000	1,056,000
	Stage IIIa: Building for library, general studies chiropody	7,604,000	1,373,000
Tamworth Technical College	Stage IV: Building for fitting and machining and boilermaking courses	2,224,000	528,000
Wetherill Park Technical College	Buildings for trade courses, college services and administration	2,201,000	1,584,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Institutions providing technical and further education	Project	Estimated cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
		$	$
Wollongong Technical College	Stage VII: Building for secretarial studies and extension to Union building	2,081,000	317,000
Wollongong Technical College	Building for Foundry and Laboratories...	585,000	585,000
Victoria—
Ballarat School of Mines	Stage I: Buildings for trade courses and student area	2,936,000	422,000
Box Hill Technical College	Stage I: Buildings for engineering and building technology courses	2,187,000	2,187,000
	Stage II: Building for humanities and science studies	6,521,000	4,706,000
	Stage III: Building for Technician courses.	3,254,000	1,162,000
Collingwood Technical College	Building for mid-level courses	2,211,000	2,211,000
Longerenong Agricultural College	Stage II: Building for library..........	305,000	305,000
Newport Technical College	Stage II: Buildings for electrical and building courses	3,122,000	3,122,000
Preston Technical College	Stage I: Buildings for library and classrooms	38,000	38,000
Preston Technical College	Stage II: Building for electrical and building courses	1,532,000	1,532,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Building for engineering studies	9,552,000	3,570,000
Sunraysia College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Buildings for commercial and trade courses	5,188,000	634,000
Yallourn Technical College	Buildings for trade courses...........	4,244,000	1,584,000
Queensland—
Bald Hills College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Buildings for school of technology	839,000	839,000
	Stage II: Site development...........	1,369,000	1,369,000
	Stage III: Buildings for library, catering and science courses	3,282,000	845,000
Gladstone College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Buildings for trade courses, library and amenities areas	3,508,000	739,000
Gold Coast College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Building for service industry courses	3,628,000	845,000
Ipswich College of Technical and Further Education	Stage I: Building for trade courses	286,000	286,000
	Stage II: Building for library and commercial studies	3,043,000	3,043,000
	Stage III: Design of buildings for commercial studies and food courses	—	211,000
Mount Gravatt College of Technical and Further Education	Stage II: Building for engineering......	1,695,000	1,695,000
	Stage III: Design of building for commercial studies	—	106,000
	Stage IV: Design of building for a library and art studies	—	106,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Institutions providing technical and further education	Project	Estimated cost to complete	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
		$	$
South Australia—
Elizabeth Community College	Stage III: Building for business studies	1,467,000	1,467,000
Gilles Plains Community College	Stage I: Buildings for paradental, commercial and building courses	1,659,000	1,659,000
Gilles Plains Community College	Stage II: Building for building trades courses	1,373,000	1,373,000
Kilkenny Community College	Design for reconstruction of vacated building to provide for Open College of Further Education	—	53,000
Marleston Community College	Design for reconstruction of college	—	106,000
Noarlunga Community College	Construction of multi-purpose college	9,466,000	3,908,000
Regency Park Community College	Design of building for plumbing trades	—	53,000
Riverland Community College	Design of building for rural studies	—	11,000
South East Community College	Building for timber technology centre	337,000	337,000
Western Australia—
Bentley Technical College	Building for rural studies.....	1,765,000	1,765,000
Carine Technical College	Stage II: Buildings for catering trades and arts/crafts courses	1,199,000	1,199,000
Hedland College......	Design of a regional college...	—	211,000
Rockingham Technical College	Buildings for automotive and engineering trades	4,780,000	1,479,000
Technical Education Division—Technical Extension service	Stage II: Building to accommodate teaching staff	2,535,000	317,000
Thornlie Technical College	Buildings for trade courses....	3,905,000	3,905,000
Tasmania—
Hobart Technical College	Building for technical and general courses	7,411,000	3,908,000
Northern Territory—
Darwin Community College	Technology and Science building	1,056,000	1,056,000
	Trades block.............	2,086,000	1,373,000
Batchelor College.....	Replacement for Aboriginal teacher education centre	3,485,000	739,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

PART VII—SUMMARY OF GRANTS TO STATES FOR SPECIFIED BUILDING PROJECTS OF TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN RESPECT OF 1980

Column 1	Column 2
State	Total grant in respect of 1980
	$
New South Wales...............................................	27,488,000
Victoria.....................................................	21,473,000
Queensland...................................................	10,084,000
South Australia................................................	8,967,000
Western Australia...............................................	8,876,000
Tasmania....................................................	3,908,000
Northern Territory..............................................	3,168,000
Total—All States........................................	83,964,000

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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
College of Advanced Education	Grant in respect of 1979	Grant in respect of 1980	Grant in respect of 1981
	S	$	$
New South Wales—
Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education	4,956,000	5,001,000	5,007,000
Armidale College of Advanced Education......	3,823,000	3,853,000	3,853,000
Catholic College of Education..............	1,258,000	1,318,000	1,281,000
Catholic Teachers College................	2,382,000	2,373,000	2,373,000
Cumberland College of Health Sciences.......	5,360,000	5,407,000	5,414,000
Good Samaritan Teachers College...........	393,000	316,000	362,000
Goulburn College of Advanced Education......	3,017,000	2,976,000	2,940,000
Hawkesbury Agricultural College...........	4,821,000	4,920,000	4,922,000
Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education.....	6,626,000	6,740,000	6,744,000
Mitchell College of Advanced Education.......	7,918,000	8,045,000	8,056,000
Nepean College of Advanced Education.......	3,259,000	3,306,000	3,310,000
New South Wales Conservatorium of Music....	1,901,000	1,937,000	1,940,000
Newcastle College of Advanced Education.....	7,720,000	7,645,000	7,671,000
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education..	2,641,000	2,668,000	2,671,000
Nursery School Teachers College............	769,000	766,000	766,000
Orange Agricultural College...............	1,303,000	1,322,000	1,330,000
Riverina College of Advanced Education.......	8,786,000	8,951,000	8,962,000
Sydney College of the Arts................	2,608,000	2,650,000	2,659,000
Sydney Kindergarten Teachers College........	1,091,000	1,090,000	1,090,000
Sydney Teachers College.................	8,364,000	8,404,000	8,404,000
The Guild Teachers College...............	1,133,000	1,124,000	1,124,000
The Milperra College of Advanced Education...	2,197,000	2,271,000	2,273,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
College of Advanced Education	Grant in respect of 1979	Grant in respect of 1980	Grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
The New South Wales Institute of Technology	18,754,000	19,091,000	19,104,000
Wollongong Institute of Education........	3,225,000	3,167,000	3,085,000
Total.....................	104,305,000	105,341,000	105,341,000
Victoria—
State College of Victoria—
State College of Victoria, Burwood.....	4,903,000	4,878,000	4,859,000
State College of Victoria, Coburg......	3,808,000	3,824,000	3,793,000
State College of Victoria, Frankston.....	3,487,000	3,435,000	3,421,000
State College of Victoria, Hawthorne....	4,302,000	4,325,000	4,284,000
State College of Victoria, Institute of Catholic Education	3,819,000	3,935,000	3,927,000
State College of Victoria, Institute of Early Childhood Development	2,355,000	2,378,000	2,372,000
State College of Victoria, Melbourne....	12,652,000	12,453,000	12,397,000
State College of Victoria, Rusden......	6,644,000	6,675,000	6,645,000
State College of Victoria, Toorak.......	4,133,000	4,154,000	4,142,000
Total.....................	46,103,000	46,057,000	45,840,000
Victoria Institute of Colleges—
Ballarat College of Advanced Education	6,720,000	6,673,000	6,609,000
Bendigo College of Advanced Education	7,181,000	7,150,000	7,078,000
Caulfield Institute of Technology.......	11,531,000	11,591,000	11,591,000
Footscray Institute of Technology......	6,782,000	6,726,000	6,726,000
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education	4,738,000	4,745,000	4,745,000
Lincoln Institute..................	6,504,000	6,541,000	6,541,000
Prahran College of Advanced Education	3,935,000	3,929,000	3,929,000
Preston Institute of Technology........	6,532,000	6,476,000	6,476,000
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	28,571,000	28,625,000	28,625,000
Swinburne College of Technology......	12,986,000	13,039,000	13,039,000
The Victorian College of the Arts......	1,923,000	1,894,000	1,894,000
Victorian College of Pharmacy........	2,042,000	2,046,000	2,046,000
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education	3,135,000	3,124,000	3,124,000
Total.....................	102,580,000	102,559,000	102,423,000
Queensland—
Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers College....	1,458,000	1,382,000	1,338,000
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education	6,305,000	6,366,000	6,409,000
Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education	8,947,000	9,005,000	9,060,000
Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education	7,646,000	7,738,000	7,803,000
Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education	5,725,000	5,764,000	5,785,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
College of Advanced Education	Grant in respect of 1979	Grant in respect of 1980	Grant in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
North Brisbane College of Advanced Education	4,969,000	5,083,000	5,170,000
Queensland Agricultural College.........	4,768,000	4,800,000	4,800,000
Queensland Conservatorium of Music	1,149,000	1,156,000	1,189,000
Queensland Institute of Technology.......	18,329,000	18,364,000	18,571,000
Townsville College of Advanced Education	2,701,000	2,769,000	2,791,000
Total........................	61,997,000	62,427,000	62,916,000
South Australia—
Adelaide College of the Arts and Education..	11,994,000	12,067,000	11,896,000
Hartley College of Advanced Education....	5,492,000	5,478,000	5,388,000
Roseworthy Agricultural College.........	2,308,000	2,351,000	2,440,000
Salisbury College of Advanced Education...	3,911,000	3,933,000	3,883,000
South Australian Institute of Technology....	15,193,000	15,188,000	15,552,000
Sturt College of Advanced Education......	4,540,000	4,700,000	4,694,000
Total........................	43,438,000	43,717,000	43,853,000
Western Australia—
Churchlands College.................	5,954,000	6,171,000	6,137,000
Claremont Teachers College............	2,856,000	2,982,000	2,982,000
Graylands Teachers College............	309,000	—	—
Mount Lawley College................	4,809,000	4,812,000	4,765,000
Nedlands College...................	4,734,000	4,889,000	4,900,000
Western Australian Institute of Technology..	31,416,000	31,529,000	31,735,000
Total........................	50,078,000	50,383,000	50,519,000
Tasmania—
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education	9,398,000	9,461,000	9,461,000
Total—All States................	417,899,000	419,945,000	420,353,000

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.....................................	2,235,000	2,180,000
Victoria............................................	980,000	980,000
Queensland.........................................	926,000	871,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

PART III—UNALLOCATED MONEYS FOR EXPENDITURE BY COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION AND BY STATES ON ADVANCED EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
State	Unallocated Moneys in respect of 1979	Unallocated Moneys in respect of 1980	Unallocated Moneys in respect of 1981
	$	$	$
New South Wales.......................	408,000	27,000	27,000
Victoria.............................	—	—	1,835,000
Victoria—
State Colleges of Victoria System..........	131,000	262,000	—
Victoria Institute of Colleges System........	271,000	1,165,000	—
Queensland...........................	—	43,000	44,000
South Australia........................	—	98,000	98,000
Western Australia.......................	—	131,000	131,000
Tasmania............................	—	—	—
Total—All States.................	810,000	1,726,000	2,135,000

PART IV—AGGREGATES OF MONEYS FOR EXPENDITURE BY COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION AND BY STATES 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.......................	104,713,000	107,603,000	107,548,000
Victoria.............................	149,085,000	151,023,000	151,078,000
Queensland...........................	61,997,000	63,396,000	63,831,000
South Australia........................	43,438,000	43,815,000	43,951,000
Western Australia.......................	50,078,000	50,514,000	50,650,000
Tasmania............................	9,398,000	9,461,000	9,461,000
Total—All States.................	418,709,000	425,812,000	426,519,000

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SCHEDULE 8a Section 15b

GRANTS FOR EXPENDITURE BY THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ON ADVANCED EDUCATION PURPOSES

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
$	$
2,808,000	2,808,000

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SCHEDULE 2—continued

SCHEDULE 9 Section 16

PART I—GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT FOR COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Grant in respect of 1979	Grant in respect of 1980
	$	$
New South Wales..................................	4,168,000	3,425,000
Victoria........................................	—	5,459,000
Victoria—
State Colleges of Victoria System.....................	1,197,000	—
Victoria Institute of Colleges System...................	5,224,000	—
Queensland......................................	2,503,000	2,569,000
South Australia...................................	1,415,000	1,498,000
Western Australia..................................	1,632,000	1,712,000
Tasmania.......................................	239,000	268,000
Total—All States...........................	16,378,000	14,931,000

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

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SCHEDULE 2—continued

SCHEDULE 10 Section 24

GENERAL PURPOSE RECURRENT GRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Amount of grant in respect of 1979	Amount of grant in respect of 1980
	$	$
New South Wales..................................	15,148,000	16,052,000
Victoria.........................................	9,470,000	10,700,000
Queensland.......................................	3,940,000	4,149,000
South Australia....................................	4,097,000	4,224,000
Western Australia..................................	3,927,000	4,232,000
Tasmania........................................	1,361,000	1,357,000
Northern Territory..................................	—	294,000
Total—All States............................	37,943,000	41,008,000

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SCHEDULE 11 Section 25

GRANTS FOR STAFF TRAINING AND DATA PROCESSING IN CONNECTION WITH TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

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.........................	917,000	116,000	1,033,000
Victoria...............................	399,000	266,000	665,000
Queensland.............................	400,000	118,000	518,000
South Australia..........................	311,000	110,000	421,000
Western Australia.........................	311,000	92,000	403,000
Tasmania..............................	94,000	13,000	107,000
Total...........................	2,432,000	715,000	3,147,000

SCHEDULE 2—continued

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.........................	1,054,000	124,000	1,178,000
Victoria...............................	424,000	265,000	689,000
Queensland.............................	404,000	104,000	508,000
South Australia..........................	300,000	83,000	383,000
Western Australia.........................	296,000	75,000	371,000
Tasmania..............................	93,000	26,000	119,000
Northern Territory........................	26,000	10,000	36,000
Total—All States...................	2,597,000	687,000	3,284,000

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SCHEDULE 12 Section 27

OTHER RECURRENT GRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1979	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
	$	$
New South Wales..................................	4,915,000	4,564,000
Victoria........................................	3,463,000	3,410,000
Queensland......................................	1,477,000	1,459,000
South Australia...................................	1,257,000	1,225,000
Western Australia..................................	1,118,000	1,128,000
Tasmania.......................................	408,000	366,000
Northern Territory.................................	—	113,000
Total—All States...........................	12,638,000	12,265,000

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SCHEDULE 2—continued

SCHEDULE 13 Section 28

GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS OF ADULT EDUCATION RELATED TO TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Maximum grant in respect of 1979	Maximum grant in respect of 1980
	$	$
New South Wales..................................	109,000	148,000
Victoria........................................	78,000	112,000
Queensland......................................	47,000	64,000
South Australia...................................	33,000	39,000
Western Australia..................................	33,000	33,000
Tasmania.......................................	16,000	18,000
Total—All States...........................	316,000	414,000

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SCHEDULE 14 Section 30

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	1,712,000
Victoria........................................	1,632,000	1,605,000
Queensland......................................	544,000	535,000
South Australia...................................	215,000	Nil
Western Australia..................................	107,000	106,000
Tasmania.......................................	108,000	107,000
Total....................................	4,554,000	4,065,000

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