STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 NO. 17, 1976 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Short title. 2. Commencement. 3. Interpretation. 4. Grants for recurrent expenditure. 5. Conditions attaching to grants for recurrent expenditure. 6. Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with programs of expenditure for particular purposes. 7. Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with in-service teacher training programs. 8. Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with special projects. 9. Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with planning projects. 10. Minister may transfer amounts from year to year. 11. 12. 13. Schedules. SCHEDULE STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 1 Short title. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17 of 1976 An Act to amend the States Grants (Technical and Further Education) Act 1974. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:- Short title and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Technical and Further Education) Amendment Act 1976.*1* (2) The States Grants (Technical and Further Education) Act 1974*2* 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 (Technical and Further Education) Act 1974-1976. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 2 Commencement. 2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.*1* STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 3 Interpretation. 3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting from the definition of ''period to which this Act applies'' in sub-section (1) the figures and word ''30 June 1976'' and substituting the figures and word ''31 December 1976''; (b) by adding at the end of the definition of ''year'' in sub-section (1) the words '', and includes the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976''; (c) by adding at the end of the definition of ''year to which this Act applies'' in sub-section (1) the words ''or the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976''; and (d) by omitting from sub-section (2) the word ''financial''. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 4 Grants for recurrent expenditure. 4. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting from paragraph (a) the word ''and''; and (b) by adding at the end thereof the following word and paragraph:- ''; and (c) in the case of the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976-the amount specified in column 4 of Schedule 3 opposite to the name of the State.''. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 5 Conditions attaching to grants for recurrent expenditure. 5. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting from paragraph (a) the word ''financial''; (b) by omitting from paragraph (b) the word ''financial''; and (c) by omitting from paragraph (c) the word ''financial'' (wherever occurring). STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 6 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with programs of expenditure for particular purposes. 6. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting at the end of sub-section (2) the following word and paragraph:- ''; and (c) in the case of the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976-the amount specified in column 4 of Schedule 4 opposite to the name of the State.''. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 7 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with in-service teacher training programs. 7. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) the word ''and''; and (b) by adding at the end of sub-section (2) the following word and paragraph:- ''; and (c) in the case of the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976-the amount specified in column 4 of Schedule 5 opposite to the name of the State.''. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 8 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with special projects. 8. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by inserting in sub-section (2), after the word ''paragraph'', the figures ''19 (1)''; (b) by inserting in sub-section (3), after the word ''paragraph'', the figures ''19 (1)''; and (c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:- ''(4) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under this section, in the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976, in respect of projects for a purpose specified in paragraph 19 (1) (a), (b) or (d) that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified opposite to the name of that State in column 10, 11 or 12, respectively, of Schedule 6. ''(5) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under this section, in the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976, in respect of projects for a purpose specified in paragraph 19 (1) (c).''. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 9 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connexion with planning projects. 9. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1), after the word ''applies'', the words '', other than the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976''. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 10 Minister may transfer amounts from year to year. 10. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting sub-sections (1) and (2) and substituting the following sub-sections:- ''(1) Where the amount specified opposite to the name of a State in column 2 or 3 of Schedule 4 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State in accordance with section 15 in the period to which that column relates, the Minister may, at the request of the State, determine in writing that the amount so specified be varied by reducing that amount by an amount not exceeding the amount of that excess and that the amount specified opposite to the name of the State in the column of that Schedule relating to the period next following that first-mentioned period be varied by increasing that amount by an amount equal to the amount of that reduction. ''(2) Where the amount specified opposite to the name of a State in column 2 or 3 of Schedule 5 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State in accordance with section 18 in the period to which that column relates, the Minister may, at the request of the State, determine in writing that the amount so specified be varied by reducing that amount by an amount not exceeding the amount of that excess and that the amount specified opposite to the name of the State in the column of that Schedule relating to the period next following that first-mentioned period be varied by increasing that amount by an amount equal to the amount of that reduction.''; (b) by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-section:- ''(3A) Where the amount specified opposite to the name of a State in column 3, 5 or 9 of Schedule 6 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts paid to the State in accordance with section 20 for purposes referred to in paragraph 19 (1) (a), (b) or (d), respectively, in the year that ends on 30 June 1976, the Minister may, at the request of the State, determine in writing that the amount so specified be varied by reducing that amount by an amount not exceeding the amount of that excess and that the amount specified opposite to the name of the State in column 10, 11 or 12, respectively, of that Schedule be varied by increasing that amount by an amount equal to the amount of that reduction.''; and (c) by omitting from sub-section (5) the word and figure ''or (3)'' (wherever occurring) and substituting the figures and word '', (3) or (3A)''. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 11 11. Section 26 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:- Minister may fix amounts, and times of payments, of financial assistance. ''26. Financial assistance payable to a State under this Act (other than advances) shall be paid in such amounts, and at such times, as the Minister determines in accordance with arrangements approved by the Treasurer.''. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 12 12. Section 29 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections substituted:- Payments to States. ''29. (1) Payments to a State of amounts authorized to be paid under section 6, 8 or 10 or of advances on account of amounts that are expected to be so authorized may be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund or the Loan Fund. ''(2) Payments to a State for the purposes of this Act, other than payments referred to in sub-section (1), shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Authority to borrow. ''29A. The Treasurer may, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911-1973, or in accordance with the provisions of an Act authorizing the issue of Treasury Bills, borrow moneys not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of the payments referred to in sub-section 29 (1). Application of moneys borrowed. ''29B. Moneys borrowed under section 29A shall be issued and applied only for the expenses of borrowing and for the purpose of making payments to the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with section 29C. Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund. ''29C. (1) Where an amount has been paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under sub-section 29 (1), the Treasurer may authorize the payment to that Fund, out of the Loan Fund, of an amount not exceeding the amount so paid. ''(2) In any statement of the receipts and expenditure, or of the expenditure, of the Consolidated Revenue Fund prepared by the Treasurer under section 49 or section 50 of the Audit Act 1901-1975, amounts paid to the Consolidated Revenue Fund under sub-section (1) of this section shall not be shown as receipts of that Fund but shall be shown as having reduced the total of the amounts expended from that Fund under this Act. Appropriation. ''29D. The Consolidated Revenue Fund and the Loan Fund are appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act.''. STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SECT 13 Schedules. 13. The Schedules to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Act substituted. ----------- STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE Section 13 Schedules to be Inserted in the Principal Act -------- SCHEDULE 1 Section 6 CAPITAL GRANTS FOR MAJOR BUILDING PROJECTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Maximum Name of State Grant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,735,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,724,000 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,692,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,323,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,870,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,163,000 ----------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,507,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- SCHEDULE 2 Section 8 CAPITAL GRANTS FOR MINOR BUILDING PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Maximum Name of State Grant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,758,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000,000 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,767,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,771,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,060,000 ---------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,156,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- SCHEDULE 3 Section 12 GENERAL PURPOSE RECURRENT GRANTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Year Year Six months commencing commencing commencing 1 July 1974 1 July 1975 1 July 1976 Name of State Amount of Grant Amount of Amount of Grant Grant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . 9,604,500 13,024,500 2,112,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,311,000 7,289,500 3,505,000 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,860,500 2,612,500 900,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 2,054,000 2,801,000 1,197,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . 1,740,000 2,385,000 494,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370,000 528,500 189,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- SCHEDULE 4 Section 15 PARTICULAR PURPOSE RECURRENT GRANTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Year Year Six months commencing commencing commencing 1 July 1974 1 July 1975 1 July 1976 Name of State Maximum Grant Maximum Grant Maximum Grant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . 1,480,000 2,301,000 985,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149,000 1,794,500 765,500 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695,000 1,074,000 462,500 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 382,000 594,000 254,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . 334,000 529,000 223,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,000 261,500 111,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- SCHEDULE 5 Section 18 GRANTS FOR IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Year Year Six months commencing commencing commencing 1 July 1974 1 July 1975 1 July 1976 Name of State Maximum Grant Maximum Grant Maximum Grant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . 310,000 620,000 310,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,000 267,000 133,500 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 200,000 100,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 117,000 233,000 116,500 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . 110,000 220,000 110,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000 60,000 30,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- SCHEDULE 6 Section 20 SPECIAL PROJECT RECURRENT GRANTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Year com- Year com- Year com- Year com- Year com- Year com- mencing mencing mencing mencing mencing mencing 1 July 1 July 1 July 1 July 1 July 1 July 1974 1975 1974 1975 1974 1975 Maximum Maximum Maximum Maximum Maximum Maximum Name of State Grant Grant Grant Grant Grant Grant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ $ $ $ $ New South Wales . . 77,000 103,000 9,000 16,000 6,000 14,000 Victoria . . . . . . 58,000 77,000 9,000 16,000 6,000 14,000 Queensland . . . . . 56,000 74,000 8,000 17,000 5,000 10,000 South Australia . . 24,000 31,000 8,000 17,000 5,000 10,000 Western Australia . 19,000 26,000 8,000 17,000 5,000 10,000 Tasmania . . . . . . 6,000 9,000 8,000 17,000 3,000 7,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 Column 11 Column 12 Six months Six months ix months Year com- Year com- com- com- com- mencing mencing mencing mencing mencing 1 July 1 July 1 July 1 July 1 July 1974 1975 1976 1976 1976 Maximum Maximum Maximum Maximum Maximum Grant Grant Grant Grant Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ $ $ $ New South Wales . . 164,000 226,000 51,500 8,000 113,000 Victoria . . . . 117,000 163,000 38,500 8,000 81,500 Queensland . . . . . 63,000 87,000 37,000 8,500 43,500 South Australia . . 38,000 52,000 15,500 8,500 26,000 Western Australia . 25,000 35,000 13,000 8,500 17,500 Tasmania . . . . . . 13,000 17,000 4,500 8,500 8,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATES GRANTS (TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 17, 1976 - NOTES NOTES 1. Act No. 17, 1976; assented to 1 April 1976. 2. Act No. 138, 1974.