HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988

CHAPTER 6 - MISCELLANEOUS  

SECTION 107   BENEFITS OF, AND OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY, GRANTS TO BE EQUALLY AVAILABLE TO FEMALE AND MALE STUDENTS  

107(1)    
A payment under this Act to an institution for the purpose of financial assistance is granted on the condition that the institution will ensure that the benefits of, and the opportunities created by, the payment will, as far as practicable, be equally available to female students and male students.

107(2)    
Where:

(a) the benefits of, or the opportunities created by, a particular project or program or particular expenditure would not, but for this subsection, be equally available to female students and male students; and

(b) an object of the project, program or expenditure is to secure the adequate advancement of persons of one sex who require special assistance in order to ensure that persons of that sex have equal opportunities with persons of the other sex in connection with education or training;

the benefits of, or the opportunities created by, the project, program or expenditure shall be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be equally available to female students and male students.