Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1987 No. 123, 1987 - SECT 19

19. (1) In relation to each technical and further education institution
specified in Schedule 6, there is payable to the relevant State, for the
purposes of financial assistance in relation to recurrent expenditure incurred
by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in connection with the
provision, in respect of the year 1988, of courses of advanced education at
the institution, the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to the
institution, reduced by the amount calculated under section 6 in relation to
the institution in respect of that year.

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

   (a)  the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the
        State and by instrumentalities of the State by way of
        recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of
        the year 1988, of courses of advanced education at the institution is
        not less than the amount specified in Schedule 6 in relation to the
        institution;

   (b)  the State will ensure that each technical and further education
        institution situated in the State at which courses of advanced
        education are provided does not charge any student fees in respect of
        that year or a part of that year;

   (c)  the State will ensure that each technical and further education
        institution situated in the State at which courses of advanced
        education are provided imposes in respect of that year an amount of
        charge as provided by section 8 in respect of each student undertaking
        one of those courses;

   (d)  the State will furnish 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
        (a); and

   (e)  the State will furnish to the Minister, not later than such date as
        the Minister specifies, such statistical and other information as the
        Minister requires in respect of the provision, in respect of that
        year, at the institution 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 a technical and further
education institution situated 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 State or by an instrumentality of the State while the
determination is in force shall not be treated as expenditure by the State or
by an instrumentality of the State by way of recurrent expenditure for the
purposes of this section.