Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1978 No. 188, 1978 - SECT 5

PART II-UNIVERSITIES
5. (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears-

''capital expenditure'' means expenditure on a building project;

''minor building project'' in relation to a University, means a building
project included in a class of building projects determined by the Minister to
be a class of minor building projects in respect of that University, or of a
class of Universities in which that University is included;

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

   (a)  the general teaching and research purposes of the University in
        connexion with courses of study provided by that University (including
        preparatory work in connection with proposed courses of study); and

   (b)  building projects of the University, not being building projects that
        involve the purchase of land, in relation to each of which the total
        expenditure does not exceed $30,000 or an amount equal to 0.25 per
        centum of the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1 in relation
        to that University, whichever is the lesser amount;

''recurrent expenditure'' means expenditure that is not capital expenditure.

(2) In this Act, a reference to a teaching hospital of a University shall be
read as including 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) 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 for the building, or for the altered
parts or the extensions of the building, as the case may be.