Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 127, 1984 - SECT 8

8. (1) The Minister may, after obtaining the advice of the Commission, approve
a proposal for expenditure by a prescribed institution on an
Aboriginal participation project as a proposal deserving financial assistance
under this section in respect of a specified year to which this Act applies
subject to such conditions as the Minister determines.

(2) Where the Minister approves a proposal for expenditure by a prescribed
institution in respect of a year to which this Act applies, the Minister shall
determine an amount, not exceeding the estimated expenditure on the proposal
in that year, as the amount of the approved expenditure in relation to the
proposal in respect of that year, and, subject to sub-section (3), upon the
making of that determination-

   (a)  in a case where the amount is determined in relation to a
        university-there shall be deemed to have been specified (as from 1
        January in that year), in substitution for the amount specified in
        Schedule 1 in relation to the university and to that year, the amount
        so specified as increased by an amount equal to the amount of the
        approved expenditure in relation to the prescribed institution in
        respect of that year;

   (b)  in a case where the amount is determined in relation to a college of
        advanced education-there shall be deemed to have been specified (as
        from 1 January in that year), in substitution for the amount specified
        in Schedule 3 in relation to the college and to that year, the amount
        so specified as increased by an amount equal to the amount of the
        approved expenditure in relation to the prescribed institution in
        respect of that year;

   (c)  in a case where the amount is determined in relation to a
        technical and further education institution-there shall be deemed to
        have been specified (as from 1 January in that year), in substitution
        for the amount specified in Schedule 7 in relation to the institution
        and to that year, the amount so specified as increased by an amount
        equal to the amount of the approved expenditure in relation to the
        prescribed institution in respect of that year;

   (d)  in a case where the amount is determined in relation to a Northern
        Territory tertiary education institution-there shall be deemed to have
        been specified (as from 1 January in that year), in substitution for
        the amount specified in Schedule 8 in relation to that year, the
        amount so specified as increased by an amount equal to the amount of
        the approved expenditure in relation to the prescribed institution in
        respect of that year; or

   (e)  in a case where the amount is determined in relation to a
        non-government teachers college-there shall be deemed to have been
        specified (as from 1 January in that year), in substitution for the
        amount specified in Schedule 9 in relation to the college and to that
        year, the amount so specified as increased by an amount equal to the
        amount of the approved expenditure in relation to the
        prescribed institution in respect of that year.

(3) The aggregate of the amounts determined under sub-section (2) in relation
to prescribed institutions shall not exceed-

   (a)  in respect of the year 1985-$839,000;

   (b)  in respect of the year 1986-$1,574,000; or

   (c)  in respect of the year 1987-$2,098,000.

(4) In this section-

"Aboriginal participation project" means a project designed to promote the
participation of Aboriginals in tertiary education in a prescribed institution
or prescribed institutions;

"prescribed institution" means-

   (a)  a university situated in a State;

   (b)  a college of advanced education situated in a State;

   (c)  a technical and further education institution that is situated in a
        State and at which courses of advanced education are provided;

   (d)  a Northern Territory tertiary education institution at which courses
        of advanced education are provided; or

   (e)  a non-government teachers college.