Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) ACT 1978 No. 188, 1978 - SECT 8

8. (1) A University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 4 may, from time to
time, submit for the approval of the Commission proposals for expenditure on
equipment for use by the University.

(2) The Commission may approve a proposal submitted to it by a University
under sub-section (1) as an approved proposal of the University in respect of
the year 1979 subject to such conditions as the Commission determines, and may
revoke or vary any such proposal.

(3) In relation to each University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 4, there
is payable to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose
of financial assistance in relation to expenditure incurred or to be incurred
by the University in connection with an approved proposal or approved
proposals of the University in respect of the year 1979, the amount specified
in Column 2 of that Schedule in relation to the University.

(4) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation
to a University on the conditions that-

   (a)  the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received
        by it to the University without undue delay;

   (b)  the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the
        University in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by
        the University in respect of the year 1979, being amounts expended
        before 1 January 1980 or expended on or after that date in respect of
        commitments entered into before that date, is not less than the sum of
        the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this
        section in relation to the University; and

   (c)  the State will ensure that the University furnishes to the Commission,
        not later than 30 September 1980, a statement by a qualified auditor,
        in accordance with a form approved by the Commission, as to the
        expenditure by the University in connection with approved proposals
        for expenditure by the University in respect of the year 1979, being
        expenditure that occurred before 1 January 1980 or that occurred on or
        after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that
        date.

(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in relation
to a University specified in Column 1 of Schedule 5 on the further condition
that the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the
University in connection with approved proposals for expenditure by the
University in respect of the year 1979 on equipment specified in Column 2 of
Schedule 5 in relation to the University, being amounts expended before 1
January 1980 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments
entered into before that date, is not less than the amount specified in Column
3 of Schedule 5 in relation to that equipment.