Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (UNIVERSITIES) ACT 1976 No. 13, 1976 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''appropriate costs'', in relation to a teaching hospital of a University,
are-

   (a)  the expenditure (other than expenditure on building projects or
        expenditure on the purchase of equipment) incurred by the hospital in
        relation to parts of the hospital used exclusively by students
        enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine of that University and of any
        other University in relation to which that hospital is a teaching
        hospital and by their teachers and to facilities and equipment so used
        in connexion with those parts of the hospital; and

   (b)  the expenditure, up to an amount of $2,500, incurred in the purchase
        of books and periodicals for the medical library of the hospital;

''building project'' means-

   (a)  the purchase of land, with or without buildings;

   (b)  the planning, erection, alteration or extension of a building or other
        facilities;

   (c)  the development or preparation of land for building or other purposes;
        or

   (d)  the installation of water, electricity or other services;

''collegiate accommodation'' means residential accommodation (including
related facilities) for students of a University, being accommodation which,
having regard to the facilities and services provided for the students is, in
the opinion of the Commission, of a collegiate nature;

''fees'' means tuition, examination, matriculation and other fees payable to a
University by a student enrolled at, or applying for enrolment at, the
University in connexion with his course of study or attendance at the
University, and includes fees payable to the University in respect of the
conferring of a degree or diploma, but does not include-

   (a)  fees the payment of which is voluntary;

   (b)  fees payable in respect of an organization of students, or of students
        and other persons, or in respect of the provision to students of
        amenities or services that are not of an academic nature;

   (c)  fees in respect of residential accommodation; or

   (d)  fees payable in connexion with, or in connexion with attendance for
        the purposes of, studies that are not included in the studies that are
        required or permitted to be undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a
        degree or diploma of the University;

''hall of residence'', in relation to a University, means a hall, college or
other establishment at which students of the University reside, being an
establishment-

   (a)  administered by the University, or by a body corporate established by
        the University; and

   (b)  approved by the Minister, for the purposes of this Act, as a hall of
        residence;

''relevant period'' means the period that commenced on 20 November 1975 and
ended on the day immediately preceding the day on which this Act received the
Royal Assent;

''residential college'', in relation to a University, means a residential
college (not being a hall of residence) affiliated with the University and
approved by the Minister, for the purposes of this Act, as a residential
college;

''University'' means a University referred to in Schedule 1;

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

   (a)  the general teaching and research purposes of that University in
        connexion with courses of study at that University (including the
        conduct of external tuition for courses of study at that University
        and preparatory work in connexion with proposed courses of study) but
        not including a building project of that University; and

   (b)  building projects of that University in relation to each of which the
        total expenditure does not exceed $20,000.

(2) In this Act, a reference to the Commission shall be read as a reference to
the Universities Commission referred to in the Universities Commission Act
1959-1974.

(3) In this Act, a reference to a teaching hospital of a University shall be
read as including a reference to any hospital in which students enrolled in
the Faculty of Medicine of that University receive clinical instruction.