7Reimbursement of money expended by States before commencing day on recurrent expenditure of colleges of advanced education

7 Reimbursement of money expended by States before commencing day on recurrent expenditure of colleges of advanced education

(1) Where the State Education Minister for a State requests the Commonwealth Education Minister to authorize the reimbursement to the State: (a) of an amount of moneys which, during the relevant period, had been paid by the State to a college of advanced education for the purpose of expenditure by way of recurrent expenditure of the college for college purposes in respect of the year 1976; or (b) of an amount of moneys which, during the relevant period, had been applied by the State for the purpose of expenditure, by way of recurrent expenditure of the college for college purposes, in respect of the year 1976; otherwise than out of financial assistance granted to the State under any other Act providing for the granting of financial assistance to the States in relation to colleges of advanced education, the Commonwealth Education Minister may, subject to section 8, authorize the payment to the State under this subsection, by way of financial assistance to the State, of such amount as the Commonwealth Education Minister determines, being an amount that does not exceed the amount referred to in the request. (2) The financial assistance to a State constituted by a payment or payments of moneys under subsection (1) (in this subsection referred to as the relevant financial assistance) in relation to an amount or amounts of moneys paid to a college of advanced education for the purpose referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is granted on the conditions: (a) that the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1977, a statement in writing signed by the Auditor‑General of the State, or by a qualified accountant, to the effect that he or she has satisfied himself or herself that an amount equal to the relevant financial assistance was applied in expenditure by way of recurrent expenditure of the college for college purposes in respect of the year 1976, otherwise than out of moneys paid to the college from financial assistance granted to the State under this Act or any other Act providing for the granting of financial assistance to the States in relation to colleges of advanced education; and (b) that the State will ensure that no college of advanced education situated in the State charges fees in respect of the year 1976 or any part of that year. (3) The financial assistance to a State constituted by a payment or payments of moneys under subsection (1) (in this subsection referred to as the relevant financial assistance) in relation to an amount or amounts of moneys applied by the State for the purpose referred to in paragraph (1)(b) in relation to a college of advanced education is granted on the conditions: (a) that the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September 1977, a statement in writing signed by the Auditor‑General of the State, or by a qualified accountant, to the effect that he or she has satisfied himself or herself that an amount equal to the relevant financial assistance was, during the relevant period, applied in expenditure by way of recurrent expenditure of the college for college purposes in respect of the year 1976 otherwise than out of financial assistance granted to the State under this Act or any other Act providing for the granting of financial assistance to the States in relation to colleges of advanced education; and (b) that the State will ensure that no college of advanced education situated in the State charges fees in respect of the year 1976 or any part of that year. (4) For the purposes of this section, an amount that was expended during the relevant period by way of recurrent expenditure of a college of advanced education in respect of the year 1976 shall be deemed to have been expended for college purposes if it was expended: (a) for the general teaching purposes of the college in connexion with courses of study of the college, being courses of study that were, after the commencing day, approved by the Commission under section 5; (b) for tuition for any such courses of study; or (c) for planning and other preparatory work in connexion with proposed courses of study, being proposed courses of study that were so approved by the Commission.