States Grants (Secondary Schools Libraries) Act 1971 (Cth)

States Grants (Secondary Schools Libraries)

No. 114 of 1971

An Act to grant Financial Assistance to the States for Libraries at Secondary Schools and for the acquisition of Library Material and Equipment for use in such Libraries.

[Assented to 9 December 1971]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Secondary Schools Libraries) Act 1971.

Commencement. 2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Definitions. 3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— "building" includes a part of a building; "library" means a building for the accommodation and use of books and other library material; "library material" includes books, periodicals, newspapers, films, sound recordings, musical scores, maps, plans, pictures, photographs and prints; "secondary school" means a school or similar institution, whether conducted by a State or not, at which some or all of the students who attend the school are taught at a secondary level of education; "the period to which this Act applies" means the period commencing on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, and ending on the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-four.

Grants for libraries and for library material and equipment. 4.—(1.) The Minister may authorize the payment to a State, under this Act, during the period to which this Act applies, by way of financial assistance, of such amounts as, subject to this section, he determines. (2.) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under the last preceding sub-section that— (a) exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in the sixth column of the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the State; (b) in the case of payments authorized on or before the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two—exceed, in the aggregate, one-third of that amount; or (c) in the case of payments authorized on or before the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three—exceed, in the aggregate, two-thirds of that amount. (3.) Payment of an amount to a State under this Act is subject to the condition that the amount will be applied by the State, as approved by the Minister, for purposes in connexion with libraries at secondary schools and for the acquisition of library material and equipment for use in such libraries. (4.) The Minister shall not grant an approval under the last preceding sub-section for the application of an amount by a State in respect of a secondary school where— (a) in the case of a secondary school conducted by the State—if the approval were granted, the total of the amounts approved in respect of secondary schools conducted by the State would exceed the amount specified in the second column of the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the State; (b) in the case of a secondary school not conducted by the State, being a Roman Catholic secondary school—if the approval were granted, the total of the amounts approved in respect of