Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1987 No. 123, 1987 - SECT 18

18. (1) In relation to each institute of tertiary education specified in
Schedule 5, there is payable to the relevant State, for the purposes of
financial assistance in relation to recurrent expenditure of the institute in
connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1988, of courses of
advanced education, the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to the
institute reduced by the amount calculated under section 6 in relation to the
institute in respect of that year.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in
relation to an institute on the conditions that:

   (a)  the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received
        by it to the institute without undue delay;

   (b)  the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the
        institute by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the
        provision, in respect of the year 1988, of courses of advanced
        education is not less than the amount specified in Schedule 5 in
        relation to the institute;

   (c)  the State will ensure that each institute of tertiary education
        situated in the State does not charge any student fees in respect of
        that year or a part of that year except as provided by section 9;

   (d)  the State will ensure that each institute of tertiary education will
        impose in respect of that year an amount of charge as provided by
        section 8 in respect of each student undertaking a
        course of advanced education;

   (e)  the State will ensure that the institute furnishes to the Minister,
        not later than 30 September 1989, a statement by a qualified auditor,
        in accordance with the approved form, as to the amounts expended as
        described in paragraph (b); and

   (f)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister by the institute,
        not later than such date as the Minister specifies, such statistical
        and other information as the Minister requires in respect of the
        provision by the institute, in respect of that year, of courses of
        advanced education.

(3) Where a determination is made under subsection 4 (4) in relation to the
provision of a course of advanced education at an institute of tertiary
education in a State, any expenditure in connection with the preparation for
the introduction of the course (not being expenditure incurred for the purpose
of making a further submission to the Minister concerning the course), or in
connection with the provision of the course, that is incurred by the institute
while the determination is in force shall not be treated as recurrent
expenditure of the institute for the purposes of this section.