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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act authorises the Commonwealth to pay financial assistance to States for colleges of advanced education for the years 1967–1969. It prescribes how recurrent and capital grants are calculated or capped (set out in the Schedules), requires Ministerial approval for courses, projects and library purchases, and attaches conditions, reporting duties and repayment obligations. Payments are drawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and the Treasurer may make advances; the Minister has discretion over approvals and amounts.
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Direct links to the current provisions in States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1967.
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States Grants (Advanced Education)
No. 33 of 1967
An Act relating to the grant of Financial Assistance to the States in connexion with Advanced Education.
[Assented to 24 May 1967]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title.
Commencement.
Repeal.
3.—(1.) The States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1966 is repealed.
(2.) A payment made or an approval given under a provision of the Act repealed by the last preceding sub-section, other than an approval given in respect of an approved project specified in the Second Schedule, shall be deemed to have been made or given under the corresponding provision of this Act.
Interpretation.
4.—(1.) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“approved project” means a project in respect of a college of advanced education, being a project—
(a) specified in the Second Schedule; or
(b) approved by the Minister under the next succeeding section;
“capital expenditure” means—
(a) expenditure on the purchase of land, with or without buildings, the planning, erection, alteration or extension of a building, the development or preparation of land for building or other purposes or the installation of water, electricity or other services; and
(b) expenditure exceeding Two thousand dollars for the purchase of, or otherwise in connexion with, a single item of equipment;
“college of advanced education” means a place of education referred to in a Schedule;
“college purposes”, in relation to a college of advanced education, means the general teaching purposes of that college in connexion with courses of study at that college approved by the Minister under the next succeeding section, and includes external tuition for those courses of study and planning and other preparatory work in connexion with proposed courses of study approved by the Minister under that section;
“fees” means tuition, examination and other fees paid by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, a college of advanced education in connexion with a course of study at the college approved by the Minister under the next succeeding section, being fees forming part of the funds available for expenditure for college purposes, and includes such fees paid in respect of the conferring of a diploma, certificate or other award in respect of such a course of study, but does not include fees the payment of which is voluntary or fees paid to an organization of students;
“library material” includes books, periodicals, newspapers, films, sound recordings, musical scores, maps, plans, pictures, photographs and prints;
“State contributions” means moneys expended for college purposes by, or out of funds provided by, a State in connexion with a college of advanced education or colleges of advanced education, other than moneys expended in fulfilment of the conditions upon which a payment is or has been made to the State by the Commonwealth under this or any other Act;
“year to which this Act applies” means any of the years One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight and One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.
(2.) In this Act, a reference to a Schedule shall be read as a reference to a Schedule to this Act.
Approvals in respect of courses, projects and library material.
5.—(1.) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may—
(a) approve courses of study and proposed courses of study in respect of a college of advanced education;
(b) approve, in respect of a college of advanced education specified in the Second Schedule, particulars of a project specified in the second column of that Schedule;
(c) approve, in respect of a college of advanced education specified in the Second Schedule, projects additional to those specified in that Schedule, being projects consisting of the purchase of land with or without buildings, and approve particulars, including the estimated cost, of each project so approved; and
(d) approve, in respect of a college of advanced education, proposed library material,
and may revoke or vary any such approval.
(2.) Where a project specified in the second column of the Second Schedule consists of, or includes, the erection, alteration or extension of a building, that project shall be deemed to include the provision of furnishings and equipment for that building, or for the altered parts or the extensions of that building, as the case may be.
(3.) As soon as practicable after the Minister has approved projects in pursuance of paragraph (c) of sub-section (1.) of this section, he shall cause a statement specifying the projects and the approved estimated cost of each of the projects to be laid before each House of the Parliament.
Grants for recurrent expenditure.
6.—(l.) In relation to a college of advanced education referred to in a Part of the First Schedule there is payable, in respect of the year to which that Part relates, to the State in which the college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance—
(a) if the sum of the fees received by the college during that year and the State contributions in respect of the college during that year (other than fees or State contributions used for capital expenditure) is not less than the amount specified in respect of that college in the second column of that Part—the amount specified in respect of that college in the third column of that Part; or
(b) in any other case—so much of the amount specified in respect of that college in the third column of that Part as bears to that amount the same proportion as the sum of those fees and State contributions bears to the amount specified in respect of that college in the second column of that Part.
(2.) Where the Minister is satisfied that a State contribution expended after the expiration of a year to which this Act applies related to commitments undertaken in that year in respect of college purposes, he may, in his discretion and with the approval of the State, direct that, for the purposes of this section, that contribution shall be treated as having been expended during that year.
(3.) The financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to a college of advanced education is granted on the condition that the State will, in respect of each payment of that financial assistance and without undue delay, ensure that an amount equal to that payment is applied in expenditure, other than capital expenditure, on college purposes in a manner approved by the Minister.
(4.) For the purposes of this section, the places of education conducted by the Department of Technical Education of the State of New South Wales that are referred to in the first column of a Part of the First Schedule shall be deemed to be one college of advanced education.
Grants for capital expenditure on college building projects, &c.
7.—(1.) Subject to this section, if a State contribution in respect of a college of advanced education or colleges of advanced education specified in the Second Schedule in the period of three years to which this Act applies was made for the purpose of carrying out an approved project in connexion with the college or colleges, there is payable under this section to the State in which the college is, or the colleges are, situated, for the purposes of financial assistance, such amount (if any) as the Minister approves, but not exceeding the State contribution.
(2.) The amount payable to a State under the last preceding subsection in relation to a project in connexion with a college of advanced education or colleges of advanced education, being a project specified in respect of the college or colleges in the second column of the Second Schedule, shall not exceed the amount specified in the third column of that Schedule opposite to the description of that project or such other amount as the Minister, at the request of the State, determines.
(3.) The sum of the amounts payable to the State of Victoria under sub-section (1.) of this section in relation to projects in connexion with colleges of advanced education, being projects described in the second column of the Second Schedule as “Other works and services”, shall not exceed the amount specified in the third column of that Schedule opposite to that description of those projects or such other amount as the Minister, at the request of the State, determines.
(4.) The amount payable to a State under sub-section (1.) of this section in relation to a project in connexion with a college of advanced education or colleges of advanced education, not being a project specified in the second column of the Second Schedule, shall not exceed one-half of the approved estimated cost of the project as specified in the particulars of the project approved by the Minister under section 5 of this Act.
(5.) The sum of the amounts payable to a State under sub-section (1.) of this section in relation to colleges of advanced education shall not exceed the sum of the amounts specified in the third column of the Second Schedule opposite to the descriptions of projects in connexion with those colleges.
(6.) The financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to a project in connexion with a college of advanced education or colleges of advanced education is granted on the condition that the State will, in respect of each payment of that financial assistance and without undue delay, ensure that an amount equal to that payment is applied towards that project in a manner approved by the Minister.
Grants for acquisition of library material.
8.—(1.) Subject to this section, there is payable to a State during the period of three years to which this Act applies, in relation to a college of advanced education situated in that State, for the purposes of financial assistance, such amount (if any) in respect of library material for use in connexion with the college as the Minister approves.
(2.) The financial assistance to a State under this section in relation to a college of advanced education is granted on the condition that the State will, in respect of each payment of that financial assistance and without undue delay, ensure that an amount equal to that payment is applied in a manner approved by the Minister in the acquisition, for use by the college, of library material approved by the Minister under section 5 of this Act in relation to the college.
(3.) The sum of the amounts payable to the States under this section shall not exceed Five hundred thousand dollars.
(4.) As soon as practicable after the thirty-first day of December in each year to which this Act applies, the Minister shall cause a statement of the approvals given under this section in respect of that year to be laid before each House of the Parliament.
Additional conditions.
(a) if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he is satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil the conditions applicable to that amount, the State will repay that amount to the Commonwealth;
(b) if that amount exceeds the amount properly payable, the State will repay the excess to the Commonwealth; and
(c) in the case of an amount of financial assistance in respect of an approved project—
(i) the project will be carried out in accordance with the particulars of the project approved by the Minister under section 5 of this Act; and
(ii) the State will, whenever requested by the Minister, furnish to the Minister a report as to the progress of work, and the expected rate of further progress of work, on the project or, if work has not commenced on the project at the time when the request is made, as to the expected time of commencement of work, and the expected rate of progress of work, on the project.
Advances.
Appropriation.
THE SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE Section 6.
Part I
Grants for Recurrent Expenditure for the Year 1967
| First Column | Second Column | Third Column |
|---|---|---|
| College | Amount of fees and State contributions necessary to attract maximum grant | Maximum grant under section 6 (1.) |
| $ | $ | |
| New South Wales— | ||
| Hawkesbury Agricultural College................................ | 71,400 | 38,600 |
| New South Wales College of Occupational Therapy.................... | 44,000 | 23,780 |
| New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music..................... | 88,060 | 47,600 |
| Places of education conducted by the Department of Technical Education that are approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Act | 800,690 | 432,810 |
| School of Physiotherapy at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.............. | 57,000 | 30,810 |
| Speech Therapy Training School at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children.. | 29,000 | 15,680 |
| The New South Wales College of Nursing.......................... | 17,000 | 9,190 |
| Victoria— |
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