States Grants (Universities) Act (No. 2) 1973
No. 60 of 1973
AN ACT
Relating to the Grant of Financial Assistance to the States in Connexion with Universities.
[Assented to 18 June 1973]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Universities) Act (No. 2) 1973.
(2) The States Grants (Universities) Act (No. 2) 1972, as amended by the States Grants (Universities) Act 1973, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3) Section 1 of the States Grants (Universities) Act 1973 is amended by omitting sub-section (3).
(4) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the States Grants (Universities) Act 1972–1973.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3. Before section 12 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—
Grants for assistance to train additional social workers.
“11b. (1) In relation to each University specified in the Ninth Schedule there is payable, in each year specified in that Schedule, to the State in which the University is situated, for the purpose of financial assistance, the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to that University in respect of that year.
“(2) The financial assistance to a State by way of payment of an amount under this section in relation to a University is granted on the conditions that—
(a) the State will, without undue delay, pay that amount to the University; and
(b) the State will ensure that the amount so paid to the University is applied by the University towards increasing the number of students being trained as social workers at the University.”.
Second Schedule.
4. (1) The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words and figures relating to the University of Adelaide and substituting the following words and figures:—
“University of Adelaide.... | Library Complex—completion.............. | 1,700,000 |
| Mawson Laboratories—extension............ | 175,000 |
| Dental School—alterations and extensions....... | 67,500 |
| Waite Agricultural Research Institute—alterations to Main Building and new Small Animals House | 65,000 |
| Medical School alterations and renovations...... | 52,500 |
| R. A. Fisher Laboratory—alterations.......... | 40,000 |
| Napier Building—alterations................ | 35,000 |
| Union Building—extensions................ | 375,000 |
| Sporting facilities....................... | 20,000 |
| Minor works approved by the Commission...... | 115,000 |
| Site works and services approved by the Commission | 35,000 |
| Planning for 1976–78 triennium.............. | 15,000 |
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| 2,695,000”. |
(2) The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting from the portion of the third column relating to Universities in the State of South Australia the figures “6,395,000” and substituting the figures “6,447,500”.
Sixth Schedule.
5. The Sixth Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting from the portion of that Schedule relating to the University of Adelaide the words and figures relating to the Royal Adelaide Hospital and substituting the following words and figures:—
“Royal Adelaide Hospital | Alterations for clinical medical departments, including Psychiatry | 20,000 |
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| 20,000”. |
Ninth Schedule.
6. The Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:—
“NINTH SCHEDULE Section 11b
Grants to Provide for Additional Social Work Training
University | Amount of Grant | ||
1973 | 1974 | 1975 | |
| $ | $ | $ |
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University of Sydney..................... | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
University of Melbourne................... | 40,000 | 100,000 | 100,000”. |