1States Grants (Universities) Act 1973

States Grants (Universities) Act 1973 No. 97 of 1973 AN ACT To Grant Financial Assistance to the States for the purpose of Assistance to Students in Need at Universities in the Year 1973. \[Assented to 10 September 1973\] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:— Short title and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Universities) Act 1973. (2) The States Grants (Universities) Act (No. 2) 1972 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the States Grants (Universities) Act 1972–1973. Commencement. 2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 17th June, 1973. 3. After section 11 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:— Grants for assistance to students in need. “11a. (1) In relation to each University specified in the Eighth Schedule there is payable, in the year that commenced on 1st January, 1973, to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance, the amount specified in the second column of the Eighth Schedule opposite to the name of that University. “(2) The financial assistance to a State by way of payment of an amount under this section in relation to a University is granted on the conditions that— (a) the State will, without undue delay, pay that amount to the University; (b) the State will ensure that the amount so paid to the University is applied by the University towards assisting students in need; and (c) the State will, as a condition of the payment to the University, require the University to furnish annually to the Commission statistics and information in respect of the application of the amount by the University. “(3) In this section, ‘student in need’ means a student enrolled at a University specified in the Eighth Schedule who is determined by that University to be experiencing hardship by reason of his financial circumstances.”. Eighth Schedule. 4. The Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:— EIGHTH SCHEDULE Section 11a Grants for Assistance to Students in Need in the Year 1973 | First column | Second column | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | University | Amount of Grant | | New South Wales— | $ | | University of Sydney.................................. | 359,000 | | University of New South Wales........................... | 277,050 | | University of New England.............................. | 63,000 | | University of Newcastle................................ | 56,000 | | Macquarie University................................. | 81,000 | | Wollongong University College........................... | 20,000 | | Victoria— | | | University of Melbourne............................... | 273,000 | | Monash University................................... | 231,000 | | La Trobe University.................................. | 82,000 | | Queensland— | | | University of Queensland............................... | 220,000 | | James Cook University of North Queensland.................. | 25,000 | | South Australia— | | | University of Adelaide................................. | 146,000 | | Flinders University of South Australia....................... | 54,000 | | Western Australia— | | | University of Western Australia........................... | 147,000 | | Tasmania— | | | University of Tasmania................................ | 62,000 | | | 2,096,000 |