Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1987 No. 123, 1987 - SECT 4

4. (1) The Minister may declare a course of study at a university involving a
new teaching development to be a course of study to which this section
applies.

(2) The Minister may declare a course of advanced education at a relevant
tertiary education institution (other than a university) involving a new
teaching development to be a course of advanced education to which this
section applies.

(3) As soon as practicable after the Minister makes a declaration under
subsection (1) or (2), the Minister shall cause copies of the declaration to
be furnished:

   (a)  in the case of a declaration under subsection (1)-to the
        State Tertiary Education Minister for each State, other than the
        Northern Territory; or

   (b)  in the case of a declaration under subsection (2)-to the
        State Tertiary Education Minister for each State.

(4) The Minister may, in his or her discretion:

   (a)  determine that the Minister does not approve, for the purpose of
        grants of financial assistance under this Act, the provision at a
        university of a relevant course of study that has been introduced, or
        that is proposed to be introduced, by that institution in the year
        1988; or

   (b)  determine that the Minister does not approve, for the purpose of
        grants of financial assistance under this Act, the provision at a
        relevant tertiary education institution other than a university of a
        relevant course of advanced education that has been introduced, or
        that is proposed to be introduced, at that institution in the year
        1988; and may revoke such a determination.

(5) As soon as practicable after the Minister makes or revokes a determination
under subsection (4), the Minister shall give notice of the making or
revocation of the determination:

   (a)  where the relevant tertiary education institution is a university in a
        State-to the university;

   (b)  where the relevant tertiary education institution is a college of
        advanced education or an institute of tertiary education in a State-to
        the authority responsible, or principally responsible, for
        co-ordination of advanced education in the State; and

   (c)  where the relevant tertiary education institution is a technical and
        further education institution in a State-to the instrumentality of the
        State responsible, or principally responsible, for
        technical and further education in the State.

(6) For the purposes of this Act, a determination under subsection (4) shall
be deemed to come into force when notice of the making of the determination
has been given under subsection (5).

(7) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears:

"relevant course of advanced education" means a course of advanced education
that is declared, in a declaration in force under subsection (2), to be a
course of advanced education to which this section applies;

"relevant course of study" means a course of study that is declared, in a
declaration in force under subsection (1), to be a course of study to which
this section applies;

"relevant tertiary education institution" means:

   (a)  a university in a State;

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

   (c)  an institute of tertiary education in a State at which courses of
        advanced education are provided; or

   (d)  a technical and further education institution in a State at which
        courses of advanced education are provided.