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This Act changes how the Commonwealth pays States for university funding: it adjusts many grant amounts and project schedules, adds new specific payments (including a repair grant), and lets the Commonwealth reimburse States for eligible sums they paid to universities during specified past periods. Payments are made to States under conditions and aggregate caps, and the Treasurer may borrow to meet certain payments. It affects Commonwealth and State budgets, university project funding and reporting obligations, and gives ministers discretion to authorise or limit reimbursements.
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STATES GRANTS (UNIVERSITIES)
AMENDMENT ACT 1976
No. 14 of 1976
An Act to amend the States Grants (Universities) Act 1972-1975.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
(2) The States Grants (Universities) Act 1972-1975 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 1972-1976.
Commencement.
(2) Sections 5 and 19 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 31 December 1975.
Interpretation.
“‘relevant period’ means the period that commenced on 20 November 1975 and ended on the day immediately preceding the day on which the States Grants (Universities) Amendment Act 1976 received the Royal Assent;”.
Salary rates.
Grants for expenditure on University building projects, &c.
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1c) the figures “$2,179,000” and substituting the figures “$223,000”;
(b) by omitting sub-section (1f); and
(c) by omitting from sub-section (4) the words “sub-section (1), (1c), (1d) or (1f)” and substituting the words “sub-section (l), (1c) or (1d)”.
Additional grants for cost increases— University building projects, &c.
Additional grants for cost increases— building projects of halls and colleges.
Recurrent grants in respect of halls of residence and residential colleges.
(a) by omitting from sub-section (2) the words “each of the years 1974 and 1975, $5,510” and substituting the words “the year 1974, $6,130, and, in respect of the year 1975, $7,150”; and
(b) by omitting sub-sections (3) and (4) and substituting the following sub-sections:—
“(3) In relation to each residential college, there is payable to a State under this section, in relation to the year 1974, the amount that is specified in column 2 of the following table in relation to the number of resident full-time students of the college in that year and, in relation to the year 1975, the amount that is specified in column 3 of that table in relation to the number of resident full-time students of the college in that year:—
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Amount for | Amount for | |
| Number of Resident Full-time Students | 1974 | 1975 |
| $ | $ | |
| Less than 100................................... | 6,130 | 7,150 |
| Not less than 100 but less than 120..................... | 6,750 | 7,860 |
| Not less than 120 but less than 140..................... | 7,360 | 8,580 |
| Not less than 140 but less than 160..................... | 7,970 | 9,290 |
| Not less than 160 but less than 180..................... | 8,590 | 10,010 |
| Not less than 180................................. | 9,200 | 10,720 |
“(4) In addition to the amount payable in accordance with sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), there is payable under this section, in relation to each hall of residence or residential college—
(a) in respect of the year 1974, the sum of—
(i) an amount calculated by multiplying $73.60 by the number of resident full-time undergraduate students of the hall of residence or residential college in that year;
(ii) an amount calculated by multiplying $36.80 by the number of resident full-time post-graduate students of the hall of residence or residential college in that year; and
(iii) an amount calculated by multiplying $12.30 by the number of non-resident students of the hall of residence or residential college in that year; and
(b) in respect of the year 1975, the sum of—
(i) an amount calculated by multiplying $85.80 by the number of resident full-time under-graduate students of the hall of residence or residential college in that year;
(ii) an amount calculated by multiplying $42.90 by the number of resident full-time post-graduate students of the hall of residence or residential college in that year; and
(iii) an amount calculated by multiplying $14.30 by the number of non-resident students of the hall of residence or residential college in that year.”.
Additional grants for cost increases—teaching hospital building projects.
Section 10a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2b) the figures “$751,360” and substituting the figures “$675,000”.
After section 11c of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:—
Grant for repairs to Clinical Science Building at Royal Brisbane Hospital.
“11d. (1) There is payable to the State of Queensland, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to expenses incurred by the University of Queensland in carrying out repairs to the Clinical Science Building at the Royal Brisbane Hospital in that State in consequence of damage caused by fire to that building, an amount of $38,920.
“(2) The financial assistance to the State of Queensland by way of payment of an amount under sub-section (1) is granted on the condition that the State will, without undue delay, pay that amount to the University of Queensland.
Reimbursement of moneys expended by States before commencing day on recurrent expenditure of Universities.
“11e. (1) Where the State Education Minister for a State requests the Commonwealth Education Minister to authorize the reimbursement to the State of an amount of moneys which, during the relevant period, had been paid by the State to a University situated in that State for the purpose of being applied by the University towards expenditure by the University on university purposes in respect of the year 1975, otherwise than out of financial assistance granted to the State under this Act or under any other Act providing for the granting of financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities, the Commonwealth Education Minister may, subject to section 11f, authorize the payment to the State under this sub-section, 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 money under sub-section (1) (in this sub-section referred to as the ‘relevant financial assistance’) in relation to a University is granted on the conditions—
(a) that the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission (not later than 31 December 1976 or such later day as the Minister approves) a certificate by a person approved by the Minister to the effect that the person has satisfied himself that an amount equal to the relevant financial assistance was, after 20 November 1975, applied by the University for expenditure on university purposes otherwise than out of moneys paid to the University by the State from financial assistance granted to the State under this Act or under any other Act providing for the granting of financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities; and
(b) if the University is specified in Part IV of the First Schedule and the Commonwealth Education Minister informs the State Education Minister that he is satisfied that the University failed to apply, in the year 1975, for university purposes included in the purposes specified in that Part in relation to that University, an amount that is not less than the amount specified in that Part in relation to that University in respect of that year—that the State will repay the relevant financial assistance, or such part of the relevant financial assistance as the Minister specifies, to the Commonwealth.
Limits on grants under sections 3 and 11e.
“11f. Payments shall not be made to a State under sections 3 and 11e in relation to a University that exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of the amounts that, but for this section, would be authorized to be paid to the State under section 3 in relation to the University.
Reimbursement of moneys expended by States on University building projects.
“11g. (1) Where the State Education Minister for a State requests the Commonwealth Education Minister to authorize the reimbursement to the State of an amount of moneys which, during the period that commenced on 1 January 1976 and ended on the day immediately preceding the day on which the States Grants (Universities) Amendment Act 1976 received the Royal Assent, had been paid by the State to a University situated in that State for the purpose of being applied by the University towards the carrying out of a project that is specified in relation to that University in the Second Schedule, otherwise than out of financial assistance granted to the State under this Act or under any other Act providing for the granting of financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities, the Commonwealth Education Minister may, subject to section 11h, authorize the payment to the State under this sub-section, 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 sub-section (1) (in this sub-section referred to as the ‘relevant financial assistance’) in relation to a building project of a University is granted on the condition that the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission (not later than 31 December 1976 or such later day as the Minister approves) a certificate by a person approved by the Minister to the effect that the person has satisfied himself that an amount equal to the relevant financial assistance was, after 1 January 1976, applied by the University towards the carrying out of the project, otherwise than out of moneys paid to the University by the State from financial assistance granted to the State under this Act or under any other Act providing for the granting of financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities.
Limits on grants under sections 5, 5a and 11g.
“11h. Payments shall not be made to a State under any one or more of the following provisions, namely, sections 5, 5a and 11g in relation to a project that is specified in relation to that University in the Second Schedule that exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of the amounts that, but for this section, would be authorized to be paid to the State under sections 5 and 5a in relation to that project.
Reimbursement of moneys expended by States on equipment proposals of Universities.
“11j. (1) Where the State Education Minister for a State requests the Commonwealth Education Minister to authorize the reimbursement to the State of an amount of moneys which, during the period that commenced on 1 January 1976 and ended on the day immediately preceding the day on which the States Grants (Universities) Amendment Act 1976 received the Royal Assent, had been paid by the State to a University situated in that State for the purpose of assisting the University to meet expenditure incurred, or to be incurred, by the University in accordance with proposals for expenditure in respect of equipment for use by that University approved under section 6 or 6a, otherwise than out of financial assistance granted to the State under this Act or under any other Act providing for the granting of financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities, the Commonwealth Education Minister may, subject to section 11k, authorize the payment to the State under this sub-section, 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 sub-section (1) (in this sub-section referred to as the ‘relevant financial assistance’) in relation to a University is granted on the condition that the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission (not later than 31 December 1976 or such later day as the Minister approves) a certificate by a person approved by the Minister to the effect that the person has satisfied himself that an amount equal to the relevant financial assistance was, after 1 January 1976, applied by the University for the purposes of expenditure in accordance with proposals for expenditure in respect of equipment for use by that University approved under section 6 or 6a, otherwise than out of moneys paid to the University by the State 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 Universities.
Limits on grants under section 6, sub-sections 6a(1) and (3) and section 11j.
“11k. Payments shall not be made to a State, in relation to proposals for expenditure in respect of equipment for use by a University situated in that State, under any one or more of the following provisions, namely, section 6, sub-sections 6a(1) and (3) and section 11j that exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of the amounts that, but for this section, would be authorized to be paid to the State under sections 6 and 6a in relation to those proposals.
Reimbursement of moneys expended by States on additional research expenses incurred by Universities.
“11l. (1) Where the State Education Minister for a State requests the Commonwealth Education Minister to authorize the reimbursement to the State of an amount of moneys which, during the relevant period, had been paid by the State to a University situated in that State for the purpose of being applied by the University towards additional research expenses incurred by the University, otherwise than out of financial assistance granted to the State under this Act or under any other Act providing for the granting of financial assistance to the States in relation to Universities, the Commonwealth Education Minister may, subject to section 11m, authorize the payment to the State under this sub-section, 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 sub-section (1) (in this sub-section referred to as the ‘relevant financial assistance’) in relation to a University is granted on the conditions that the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission (not later than 31 December 1976 or such later day as the Minister approves) a certificate by a person approved by the Minister to the effect that the person has satisfied himself that an amount equal to the relevant financial assistance was, after 20 November 1975, applied by the University towards the discharge of its outstanding liabili
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