BILL NO. 68
(as introduced)
3rd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
65 Elizabeth II, 2016
Universities Assistance Act
The Honourable David A. Wilson
Sackville–Cobequid
First Reading: November 8, 2016
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act Respecting
Grants to Universities
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Universities Assistance Act.
2 In this Act, "Minister" means the Minister of Labour and Advanced Education.
3 The Minister may, to the extent authorized by the Legislature, make grants to universities to assist the universities in defraying operating expenditures and expenditures for capital purposes.
(a) designate institutions or organizations as universities for some or all of the purposes of this Act;
(b) prescribe the amounts of grants or any grant;
(c) prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a grant may be made;
(d) prescribe forms of applications for grants and the information to be supplied by an applicant for a grant;
(e) require recipients of grants to make reports or returns to the Minister and prescribe the form and content thereof.
5 With the approval of the Governor in Council, the Minister may enter into and execute such agreements and instruments as are necessary to carry out any provision of this Act.
6 Chapter 11 of the Acts of 2015, the Universities Accountability and Sustainability Act, is repealed.
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