Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1978 No. 188, 1978 - SECT 17

17. (1) There is payable to each State, for the purpose of financial
assistance in relation to student residences and affiliated colleges of
colleges of advanced education in the State, in respect of a year to which
this Act applies, amounts determined in accordance with this section.

(2) In relation to each college of advanced education providing collegiate
accommodation at a student residence or at student residences, there is
payable to the State in which the college is situated, in respect of a year to
which this Act applies-

   (a)  an amount equal to the sum of $9,508 and the amount ascertained by
        multiplying $148.31 by the number of resident full-time students at
        the student residence, or at the student residences, as the case may
        be, in that year; or

   (b)  an amount ascertained by multiplying $335.94 by the number of resident
        full-time students at the student residence, or at the
        student residences, as the case may be, in that year, whichever is the
        lesser amount.

(3) In relation to each affiliated college of a college of advanced education,
there is payable to the State in which the college of advanced education is
situated, in respect of a year to which this Act applies, an amount
ascertained by multiplying the basic grant in respect of the affiliated
college for that year by the number of resident full-time students at the
affiliated college in that year.

(4) For the purposes of sub-section (3), the basic grant in respect of an
affiliated college for a year to which this Act applies is-

   (a)  if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that
        year is less than 50-$335.94;

   (b)  if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that
        year is more than 49 but less than 75-$335.94 reduced by $2.54 for
        each student by which that number of students exceeds 50;

   (c)  if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that
        year is more than 74 but less than 100-$272.55 reduced by $1.27 for
        each student by which that number of students exceeds 75; or

   (d)  if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that
        year is more than 99-$240.88 reduced by $0.20 for each student by
        which that number of students exceeds 100.

(5) Where a student residence or affiliated college, or a part of such
residence or college, was not in use during the whole of the academic year
comprised in a year to which this Act applies, the Commission may determine
that an amount payable under this section in respect of that year in relation
to that residence or college shall be such part only of the amounts that would
otherwise be payable as the Commission thinks appropriate.

(6) Financial assistance is granted to a State in accordance with this section
in relation to a student residence or student residences, or to an
affiliated college, of a college of advanced education in respect of a year to
which this Act applies on the conditions that-

   (a)  in the case of financial assistance in relation to a student residence
        or student residences of a college of advanced education-

        (i)    the State will, without undue delay, pay to the
               college of advanced education each amount of that financial
               assistance paid to it in relation to the student residence or
               student residences;

        (ii)   the State will ensure that the amount expended by, or on behalf
               of, the college of advanced education for the purpose of
               meeting the administrative costs of the student residence or
               student residences in respect of that year is not less than the
               sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State
               under this section in relation to the student residence or
               student residences of the college in respect of that year; and

        (iii)  the State will ensure that the college of advanced education
               furnishes to the Commission, not later than 30 September next
               following the expiration of that year, a statement by a
               qualified auditor, in accordance with a form approved by the
               Commission, as to the expenditure by, or on behalf of, the
               college for the purpose of meeting the administrative costs of
               the student residence or student residences in respect of that
               year; and

   (b)  in the case of financial assistance in relation to an
        affiliated college of a college of advanced education-

        (i)    the State will, without undue delay, pay to the
               college of advanced education or other body administering the
               affiliated college an amount equal to each amount paid to the
               State under this section in relation to that
               affiliated college;

        (ii)   that the State will ensure that the amount expended by the
               college of advanced education or other body administering the
               affiliated college for meeting the administrative costs of that
               affiliated college in respect of that year is not less than the
               sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State
               under this section in relation to that affiliated college in
               respect of that year; and

        (iii)  the State will ensure that the college of advanced education or
               other body administering the affiliated college furnishes to
               the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the
               expiration of that year, a statement by a qualified auditor, in
               accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the
               expenditure of the college or other body for meeting the
               administrative costs of the affiliated college in respect of
               that year.

(7) For the purposes of this section, the number of resident full-time
students of a student residence or affiliated college in a year is the number
that is the average of the maximum numbers of such students during the several
terms of that year.

(8) This section does not apply in relation to a student residence or
affiliated college that does not provide collegiate accommodation and, for the
purposes of this section, no account shall be taken of resident full-time
students occupying non-collegiate accommodation.

(9) In this section-

''affiliated college'', in relation to a college of advanced education, means
a residential college (not being a student residence) affiliated with the
college of advanced education and approved by the Commission, for the purpose
of this Act, as an affiliated college;

''collegiate accommodation'' means residential accommodation (including
related facilities) for students of a college of advanced education, being
accommodation that, having regard to the facilities and services provided for
the students, is, in the opinion of the Commission, of a collegiate nature;

''full-time student'' means a student who is pursuing, at a college of
advanced education or at a university, a course of study that the Commission
is satisfied is such as would reasonably require full-time study;

''non-collegiate accommodation'' means residential accommodation (including
related facilities) for students of a college of advanced education, other
than collegiate accommodation;

''resident full-time student'', in relation to a student residence or an
affiliated college, means a full-time student who-

   (a)  is a resident of the student residence or affiliated college; and

   (b)  in the case of a student of a college of advanced education-is
        pursuing a course of study approved by the Commission under paragraph
        13 (a);

''student residence'', in relation to a college of advanced education, means a
hall, college or other establishment at which any students of the college
reside, being an establishment-

   (a)  administered by-

        (i)    the college or the body administering the college; or

        (ii)   a body established by the college or by the body administering
               the college; and

   (b)  approved by the Commission, for the purposes of this Act, as a
        student residence;

''term'' includes a semester and any other period into which an academic year
is divided.