Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1983 No. 120, 1983 - SECT 26

26. After section 41 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Benefits of, and opportunities created by, grants to be equally available to
male students and female students

''41A. (1) A payment under this Act to a State for the purposes of financial
assistance is granted on the condition that the State will ensure that the
benefits of, and the opportunities created by, the payment will, as far as
practicable, be equally available to male students and female students.

''(2) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to payments in respect of
student residences or affiliated colleges.

''(3) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to a payment made for the
purpose of providing a course of instruction at a non-government business
college all the students at which are of the same sex.

''(4) Where-

   (a)  the benefits of, or the opportunities created by, a particular project
        or program or particular expenditure would not, but for this
        sub-section, be equally available to male students and female
        students; and

   (b)  an object of the project, program or expenditure is to secure the
        adequate advancement of persons of one sex who require special
        assistance in order to ensure that persons of that sex have equal
        opportunities with persons of the other sex in connection with
        education or training,
the benefits of, or the opportunities created by, the project, program or
expenditure shall not be taken, for the purposes of this Act, not to be
equally available to male students and female students.''.