Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1973 No. 214, 1973 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''Board for Catholic Systemic Schools'', in relation to a State, means the
Board for Catholic Systemic Schools established for the State in accordance
with the regulations;

''building'' includes part of a building;

''building project'' includes-

   (a)  the purchase of land, with or without buildings;

   (b)  the planning, erection, alteration or extension of a building or other
        facilities;

   (c)  the development or preparation of land for building or other purposes;

   (d)  the installation of water, electricity or other services; and

   (e)  the provision of furniture or equipment for a building or other
        facility;

''Catholic systemic disadvantaged school'' means a Catholic systemic school in
a State which the Board for Catholic Systemic Schools for the State informs
the Minister, in writing, is a disadvantaged school, and which is declared by
the Minister, in writing, to be a disadvantaged school for the purposes of
this Act;

''Catholic systemic school'' means a non-government primary school that is a
Roman Catholic parish school, and includes any other school that is a
non-government primary school, or nongovernment secondary school, administered
by a Roman Catholic education authority for a State, or for a region
consisting of part of a State, as part of a school system that includes such a
parish school;

''certificate by an authorized person'', in relation to moneys paid to a State
under a provision of this Act, means a certificate signed by a person who is,
or by a person included in a class of persons the members of which are,
authorized by the State Education Minister for the State to sign certificates
in respect of the application by the State of moneys paid to the State under
that provision, being a person or class of persons approved by the Minister
for the time being administering this Act;

''certificate by a qualified accountant'' means a certificate signed by-

   (a)  a person who is registered as a company auditor or a public accountant
        under a law of a State or Territory;

   (b)  a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or of
        the Australian Society of Accountants; or

   (c)  a person approved by the Minister as a qualified accountant for the
        purposes of this Act;

''disadvantaged school'' means a school-

   (a)  the students at which, or a substantial proportion of the students at
        which, are members of a community which, for social, economic, ethnic,
        geographic, cultural, lingual or any similar reason, has a lower than
        average ability to take advantage of educational facilities; and

   (b)  which requires special facilities (whether in the form of buildings,
        equipment, teaching staff or in some other form) for the purpose of
        enabling the school to provide adequate educational opportunities for
        students at the school;

''government disadvantaged school'' means a government primary school, or a
government secondary school, in a State which the State Education Minister for
the State informs the Minister, in writing, is a disadvantaged school, and
which is declared by the Minister, in writing, to be a disadvantaged school
for the purposes of this Act;

''government primary school'' means-

   (a)  a government school at which primary education is provided; or

   (b)  in the case of a government school at which primary education and also
        education of another kind are provided-that school in so far as it
        provides primary education;

''government school'' means a school in a State that is conducted by or on
behalf of the Government of the State;

''government secondary school'' means-

   (a)  a government school at which secondary education is provided; or

   (b)  in the case of a government school at which both secondary education
        and education of another kind are provided-that school in so far as it
        provides secondary education;

''government special school'' means a special school that is a government
school;

''handicapped child'' means a child or young person who, by reason of his
being physically or mentally handicapped, or for any other reason, requires
special educational treatment;

''library'' means a library building and the library material and equipment
for use in the building;

''library building'' means a building for the accommodation and use of books
and other library material;

''library material'' includes books, periodicals, newspapers, films, sound
recordings, musical scores, maps, plans, pictures, photographs and prints;

''library project'' means a project in connexion with a library, including
such a project that is in whole or in part a building project;

''non-government primary school'' means-

   (a)  a non-government school in a State at which primary education is
        provided; or

   (b)  in the case of a non-government school at which primary education and
        also education of any other kind are provided-that school in so far as
        it provides primary education;

''non-government school'' means a school in a State that is not conducted by
or on behalf of the Government of the State, but does not include a school
conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals;

''non-government secondary school'' means-

   (a)  a non-government school in a State at which secondary education is
        provided; or

   (b)  in the case of a non-government school at which secondary education
        and also education of any other kind are provided-that school in so
        far as it provides secondary education;

''non-government special school'' means a special school that is a
non-government school;

''non-systemic school'' means a non-government primary school, or a
non-government secondary school, that is not a Catholic systemic school;

''period to which this Act applies'' means the period commencing on 1 January
1974 and ending on 31 December 1975;

''primary education''-

   (a)  in relation to government schools in a State-means full-time education
        provided for students in primary classes at government schools in the
        State; and

   (b)  in relation to a non-government school in a State-means full-time
        education provided for students at the school, being education of a
        kind similar to that provided for students in primary classes at
        government schools in the State;

''recurrent expenditure'' means expenditure other than capital expenditure;

''school'' includes any institution similar to a school, but does not include
a school or institution at which education is provided only at a pre-school or
kindergarten standard;

''school authority'' means-

   (a)  in relation to a non-systemic school-the person or body conducting the
        school; and

   (b)  in relation to a Catholic systemic school-such person or body as the
        Minister, in accordance with the advice of the
        Board for Catholic Systemic Schools for the State in which the school
        is situated, declares in writing to be the school authority for that
        school for the purposes of this Act;

''schools census date'', in relation to a State, means the date in the
relevant year as at which the Commonwealth Statistician compiles statistics in
relation to the numbers of pupils in schools in that State;

''Schools Commission'' means the Schools Commission established by the Schools
Commission Act 1973;

''secondary education''-

   (a)  in relation to government schools in a State-means full-time education
        provided for students in secondary classes at government schools in
        the State; and

   (b)  in relation to a non-government school in a State-means full-time
        education provided for students at the school, being education of a
        kind similar to that provided for students in secondary classes at
        government schools in the State;

''special education teacher training course'' means a course for the training
of teachers of handicapped children;

''special school'' means a school in a State (whether or not it is a school or
institution at which primary education or secondary education is provided)-

   (a)  at which special education is provided for handicapped children, or if
        education other than such special education is provided at that
        school, that school in so far as it provides such special education;
        and

   (b)  which is approved by the Minister, in writing, in accordance with the
        advice of the State Education Minister for the State, for the purposes
        of Part VI;

''State Education Minister'' means the Minister of State for a State who is
responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters
relating to primary education and secondary education in the State;

''year'' means a period of twelve months commencing on 1 January;

''year to which this Act applies'' means the year commencing on 1 January 1974
or the year commencing on 1 January 1975.

(2) A reference in this Act to primary education or secondary education shall,
in relation to students who, by reason of physical or mental handicap or for
any other reason, require special educational treatment, be read as including
a reference to such education of those students as is specified by the
Minister, in writing, to be education of a kind that should be treated as
primary education or secondary education, as the case may be, for the purposes
of this Act.