16Grants for expenditure in connection with the provision of courses of advanced education in technical and further education institutions

16 Grants for expenditure in connection with the provision of courses of advanced education in technical and further education institutions

(1) There is payable to a State specified in Part II of Schedule 8, for the purposes of financial assistance 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 Act applies, at technical and further education institutions situated in that State, of courses of advanced education, the amount specified in that Part in relation to that State and that year. (2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) 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 this Act applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision 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 subsection (1) in respect of that year;

(b) the State will ensure that each technical and further education institution situated in the State at which courses of advanced education are provided does not charge any student fees in respect of that year or a 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 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; 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 at those institutions of courses of advanced education.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to the State of New South Wales under subsection (1) on the further condition that the State will ensure that of the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in connection with the provision, at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, of courses of advanced education in respect of the year 1982, not less than $30,000 is expended upon the provision, or the development and provision, of courses of advanced education in applied science, technology or business studies at one or more of those institutions in respect of that year. (4) Where a determination is made under subsection 5(5) relating to the provision of a course of advanced education at a technical and further education institution situated in a State, any expenditure in connection with preparation for the introduction of the course (not being expenditure incurred for the purpose of making a further submission to the Commission concerning the course) or, if the course has been 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 shall not be treated as expenditure by the State or by an instrumentality of the State by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision of courses of advanced education at technical and further education institutions in the application of subsection (2) of this section and section 17 to and in relation to financial assistance granted to that State under subsection (1) of this section.