20 Recurrent grants in respect of student residences and affiliated colleges
(1) The Minister shall, for the purposes of this section, determine principles for calculating the amount of financial assistance that is payable to a State in relation to the student residence or student residences of a college of advanced education, or of a non‑government teachers college, situated in the State or in relation to an affiliated college of a college of advanced education situated in the State, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, and may vary or revoke any determination so made.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), there is payable to a State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the student residence or student residences of a college of advanced education, or of a non‑government teachers college, situated in the State or in relation to an affiliated college of a college of advanced education situated in that State, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, such amount as the Commission determines, in accordance with a determination made by the Minister under subsection (1) that is in force, to be an amount of financial assistance that is payable in relation to that student residence or those student residences, or in relation to that affiliated college, in respect of that year.
(3) The total of the amounts payable under subsection (2) in relation to all student residences of colleges of advanced education and non‑government teachers colleges and in relation to all affiliated colleges of colleges of advanced education shall not exceed:
(a) in respect of the year 1982—$1,250,000;
(b) in respect of the year 1983—$1,358,000; or
(c) in respect of the year 1984—$1,101,000.
(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State in accordance with this section in relation to the student residence or student residences, or to an affiliated college, of a college of advanced education in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:
(a) in the case of financial assistance in relation to the student residence or student residences of a college of advanced education:
(i) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college of advanced education each amount of that financial assistance paid to it in relation to the student residence or student residences;
(ii) the State will ensure that the amount expended by, or on behalf of, the college of advanced education for the provision of tutorial assistance to students of, and for meeting the administrative costs of, the student residence or student residences in respect of that year is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to the student residence or student residences of the college in respect of that year; and
(iii) the State will ensure that the college of advanced education furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure by, or on behalf of, the college for the provision of the tutorial assistance and for meeting the administrative costs referred to in subparagraph (ii); and
(b) in the case of financial assistance in relation to an affiliated college of a college of advanced education:
(i) the State will, without undue delay, pay to the college of advanced education or other body administering the affiliated college an amount equal to each amount paid to the State under this section in relation to that affiliated college;
(ii) the State will ensure that the amount expended by the college of advanced education or other body administering the affiliated college for the provision of tutorial assistance to students of, and for meeting the administrative costs of, that affiliated college in respect of that year is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in relation to that affiliated college in respect of that year; and
(iii) the State will ensure that the college of advanced education or other body administering the affiliated college furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the expenditure of the college or other body for the provision of the tutorial assistance and for meeting the administrative costs referred to in subparagraph (ii).
(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State in accordance with this section in relation to the student residence or student residences of the non‑government teachers college situated in that State in respect of a year to which this Act applies on the conditions that:
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the State will, without undue delay, pay to the approved authority of the non‑government teachers college each amount of that financial assistance paid to it in relation to that student residence or those student residences;
(b) the State will not make a payment to the approved authority of the non‑government teachers college under this section in relation to that student residence or those student residences in respect of that year unless the approved authority, before or at the time of accepting the first payment under this section in relation to that student residence or those student residences in respect of that year, has agreed or agrees with the State to be bound by the following conditions:
(i) the approved authority will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by, or on behalf of, the non‑government teachers college for the provision of tutorial assistance to students of, and for meeting the administrative costs of, the student residence or student residences in respect of that year is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the approved authority under this section in relation to the student residence or student residences of the college in respect of that year;
(ii) the approved authority will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the expiration of that year, a certificate by a qualified accountant to the effect that he has satisfied himself that the condition specified in subparagraph (i) has been fulfilled; and
(iii) if the approved authority does not fulfil a condition specified in subparagraph (i) or (ii), the approved authority will, if the Minister so determines, pay to the State such amount (not being an amount greater than the sum of the amounts paid to the approved authority under this section in relation to that student residence or those student residences in respect of that year) as the Minister determines should be repaid by the approved authority; and
(c) if an amount that the approved authority of the non‑government teachers 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.
(6) This section does not apply in relation to a student residence or affiliated college that does not provide collegiate accommodation.
(7) In this section:
affiliated college, in relation to a college of advanced education, means a residential college (not being a student residence) affiliated with the college of advanced education and approved by the Commission, for the purposes of this Act, as an affiliated college.
collegiate accommodation means residential accommodation (including related facilities) for students of a college of advanced education or of a non‑government teachers college, being accommodation that, having regard to the facilities and services provided for the students, is, in the opinion of the Commission, of a collegiate nature.
student residence, in relation to a college of advanced education or of a non‑government teachers college, means a hall, college or other establishment at which any students of the college reside, being an establishment:
(a) administered by:
(i) the college or the body administering the college; or
(ii) a body established by the college or by the body administering the college; and
(b) approved by the Commission, for the purposes of this Act, as a student residence.
(8) The Commission shall, as soon as practicable after making a determination under subsection (2), cause a copy of that determination to be furnished to the Minister.