Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 127, 1984 - SECT 39

39. (1) The Commission may-

   (a)  approve a minor building project submitted to the Commission by a
        university as an approved minor building project of the university in
        respect of a year to which this Act applies;

   (b)  approve a minor building project submitted to the Commission by a
        State as an approved minor building project of a
        college of advanced education in respect of a
        year to which this Act applies; or

   (c)  approve a minor building project submitted to the Commission by a
        State as an approved minor building project of a
        non-government teachers college in respect of a
        year to which this Act applies, and, where the Commission does so, the
        Commission shall also approve an amount, being an amount equal to the
        estimated cost of the project, as the approved cost of the project and
        an amount as the amount of the approved expenditure on the project in
        respect of that year.

(2) Subject to sub-sections (3), (4) and (5), where the Commission approves,
under sub-section (1), a minor building project of a university, college of
advanced education or non-government teachers college in respect of a year to
which this Act applies, there is payable to the State in which the university
or college is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to
the project in respect of that year, an amount equal to the amount of the
approved expenditure on the project in respect of that year.

(3) The aggregate of the amounts payable to a State under sub-section (2), in
relation to a university specified in Column 1 of Schedule 21, in respect of a
year to which this Act applies, shall not exceed the amount specified in that
Schedule in relation to the university and to that year.

(4) The aggregate of the amounts payable to a State under sub-section (2), in
relation to colleges of advanced education, in respect of a year to which
this Act applies, shall not exceed the amount specified in Part I of Schedule
22 in relation to the State and to that year.

(5) The aggregate of the amounts payable to a State under sub-section (2), in
relation to non-government teachers colleges, in respect of a year to which
this Act applies, shall not exceed the amount specified in Part II of Schedule
22 in relation to the college and to that year.

(6) The Commission may revoke or vary an approval given under sub-section (1)
and, if the Commission varies the amount of the approved expenditure on a
project in respect of a year to which this Act applies, then, for the purposes
of this Act, the amount as so varied shall be deemed as from the date on which
the project was so approved to have been the amount of the approved
expenditure on the project in respect of that year.