Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (UNIVERSITIES ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 No. 129, 1976 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''building project'' means-

   (a)  the purchase of land, with or without buildings;

   (b)  the planning, erection, alteration or extension of a building or other
        facilities;

   (c)  the development or preparation of land for building or other purposes;
        or

   (d)  the installation of water, electricity or other services;

''minor building project'' means a building project of a kind referred to in
paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of ''building project'' other than a
building project the estimated cost of which exceeds $110,000 or such higher
amount as is from time to time determined by the Commission;

''University'' means a University specified in Schedule 1;

''university purposes'', in relation to a University, means-

   (a)  the general teaching and research purposes of that University in
        connexion with courses of study at that University (including the
        conduct of external tuition for courses of study at that University
        and preparatory work in connexion with proposed courses of study) but
        not including a building project of that University; and

   (b)  building projects of that University in relation to each of which the
        total expenditure does not exceed $27,000.

(2) In this Act-

   (a)  a reference to the Commission is a reference to the Universities
        Commission referred to in the Universities Commission Act 1959; and

   (b)  a reference to a teaching hospital of a University includes a
        reference to a hospital in which students enrolled in the Faculty of
        Medicine, or School of Medicine, of that University receive clinical
        instruction.

(3) For the purposes of this Act-

   (a)  the Gordon Institute of Technology and in the State College of
        Victoria at Geelong shall, during the period commencing on 1 January
        1977 and ending on 31 March 1977, be deemed to be incorporated in and
        form part of the Deakin University; and

   (b)  the courses of study provided in that period by that Institute and by
        that College, respectively, shall be deemed to be courses of study
        provided by the Deakin University.

(4) Where a building project of a University consists of, or includes, the
erection, alteration or extension of a building, that project shall be deemed
to include the provision of furnishings, as approved by the Commission for the
purposes of this Act, for that building or for the altered parts or the
extensions of that building, as the case may be.