Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1979 No. 185, 1979 - SECT 15

15. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(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
the year 1979-

   (a)  an amount equal to the sum of $9,986 and the amount ascertained by
        multiplying $155.78 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 $352.85 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.

''(2A) 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 sub-section applies, that is to say, the year 1980 or the year
1981-

   (a)  an amount equal to the sum of $10,118 and the amount ascertained by
        multiplying $157.83 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 $357.50 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.'';

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(4) For the purposes of sub-section (3), the basic grant in respect of an
affiliated college for the year 1979 is-

   (a)  if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that
        year is less than 50-$352.85;

   (b)  if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that
        year is more than 49 but less than 75-$352.85 reduced by $2.66 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-$286.27 reduced by $1.33 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-$253.00 reduced by $0.21 for each student by
        which that number of students exceeds 100.

''(4A) For the purposes of sub-section (3), the basic grant in respect of an
affiliated college for a year to which this sub-section applies, that is to
say, the year 1980 or the year 1981-

   (a)  if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that
        year is less than 50-$357.50;

   (b)  if the number of resident full-time students at the college in that
        year is more than 49 but less than 75-$357.50 reduced by $2.70 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-$290.04 reduced by $1.35 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-$256.34 reduced by $0.21 for each student by
        which that number of students exceeds 100.''; and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

''(10) For the purpose of the application of this section in respect of the
year 1980 or the year 1981, the reference in the definition of 'resident
full-time student' in sub-section (9) to 'a course of study approved by the
Commission under paragraph 13 (a)' shall be read as a reference to a course of
advanced education within the meaning of section 12.''.