Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (UNIVERSITIES ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 No. 129, 1976 - SECT 5

5. (1) In relation to each University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1,
there is payable to the State in which the University is situated, in respect
of the year 1977, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the
expenditure of the University for university purposes, the amount specified in
Column 2 of that Schedule in relation to the University.

(2) The financial assistance to a State by way of payment of an amount under
sub-section (1) in relation to a University is granted on the conditions that-

   (a)  the State will, without undue delay, pay that amount to the
        University;

   (b)  the State will ensure that the amount so paid to the University is
        applied by the University, without undue delay, for expenditure for
        university purposes; and

   (c)  the State will ensure that no University situated in the State charges
        fees in respect of the year 1977, or any part of that year.

(3) The financial assistance to a State by way of payments under sub-section
(1), in relation to a University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 2, is
granted on the further condition that the State will ensure that the
University will apply, for university purposes included in the purpose
specified in Column 2 of that Schedule in relation to the University, not less
than the amount specified in Column 3 of that Schedule in relation to those
purposes.

(4) In this section, ''fees'' means tuition, examination, matriculation and
other fees payable to a University by a student enrolled at, or applying for
enrolment at, the University in connexion with his course of study or
attendance at the University, and includes fees payable to the University in
respect of the conferring of a degree or diploma, but does not include-

   (a)  fees the payment of which is voluntary;

   (b)  fees payable in respect of an organization of students, or of students
        and other persons, or in respect of the provision to students of
        amenities or services that are not of an academic nature;

   (c)  fees in respect of residential accommodation; or

   (d)  fees payable in connexion with, or in connexion with attendance for
        the purposes of, studies that are not included in the studies that are
        required or permitted to be undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a
        degree or diploma of the University.