1States Grants (Universities) Act (No. 2) 1972

States Grants (Universities) (No. 2)

No. 126 of 1972

An Act to make provision for the grant of Financial Assistance to the States in connexion with Universities.

[Assented to 2 November 1972]

[Date of commencement 30 November 1972]

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.

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Universities) Act (No. 2) 1972.

Interpretation.

2.—(1.) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

“additional research expenses”, in relation to a University, means such expenses incurred, otherwise than by way of land and buildings expenditure, by the University, in connexion with research or training in research, as the Commission approves as additional research expenses for the purposes of this Act, being expenses that, in the opinion of the Commission, should not be expected to be met out of funds available for university purposes;

“collegiate accommodation” means residential accommodation (including related facilities) for students of a University, being accommodation which, having regard to the facilities and services provided for the students, the extent to which, and the manner in which, the students are supervised and to any other considerations that the Commission considers relevant, is, in the opinion of the Commission, of a collegiate nature;

“fees” means tuition, examination, matriculation and other fees payable to a University by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, the University in connexion with his course of study or attendance at the University, and includes fees payable to the University in respect of the conferring of a degree or diploma, but does not include—

(a) fees the payment of which is voluntary;

(b) fees payable to an organization of students;

(c) fees in respect of residential accommodation; or

(d) fees payable in connexion with, or in connexion with attendance for the purposes of, studies that are not included in the studies that are required or permitted to be undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a degree or diploma of the University;

“hall of residence”, in relation to a University, means a hall, college or other establishment at which any students of the University reside, being an establishment—

(a) administered by the University, or by a body corporate established by the University; and

(b) approved by the Minister, for the purposes of this Act, as a hall of residence;

“land and buildings expenditure” means expenditure on the purchase of land, with or without buildings, the planning, erection or alteration of a building, the development or preparation of land for building or other purposes or the installation of water, electricity and other services, other than expenditure on the alteration of a building at a cost of less than Ten thousand dollars;