Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1987 No. 123, 1987 - SECT 27

27. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may:

   (a)  approve a building project (other than a minor building project) as an
        approved building project of a relevant higher education institution
        in respect of the year 1988; and

   (b)  direct that specified information be furnished to the Minister in
        respect of specified building projects at such times and in such
        manner as are specified in the direction.

(2) The building projects that may be approved by the Minister under
subsection (1) in respect of the year 1988 are building projects additional to
the building projects specified in Schedule 9.

(3) Where the Minister approves a building project under subsection (1), the
Minister shall also approve:

   (a)  an amount as the estimated maximum Commonwealth contribution towards
        the project, being so much of the amount estimated by the Minister to
        be the cost of the project as the Minister determines to be the
        appropriate Commonwealth contribution towards the project; and

   (b)  an amount of expenditure, not exceeding the estimated expenditure on
        the project in respect of that year, as the amount of the approved
        expenditure on the project in respect of that year.

(4) For the purposes of this Act, where information is furnished to the
Minister in accordance with a direction under paragraph (1) (b) with respect
to a building project of a university, or with respect to a relevant higher
education institution (other than a university), in a State, being a building
project specified in Schedule 9 or a minor building project approved by the
Minister in respect of the year 1988, the Minister shall, after consideration
of that information, give directions to the university, or to the State, as
the case may be, with respect to the manner in which the project is to be
carried out.