Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, Minister for Small Business, The Honourable Chris Bowen, MP)Notes on clauses
Clause 1 - Short title
This clause provides that the Bill, when it is enacted, is to be cited as the Higher Education Support Amendment (Asian Century) Act 2013 .
Clause 2 - Commencement
This clause inserts a three column table setting out commencement information for various provisions of the Bill. Each provision of the Bill specified in column 1 of the table commences (or is taken to have commenced) in accordance with column 2 of the table and any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
The table has the effect of providing for clauses 1 to 3 and any other provisions of the Bill not otherwise covered by the table to commence on Royal Assent.
The table also provides that Schedule 1 of the Bill commences on the day after Royal Assent.
Subclause 2(2) provides that information in column 3 of the table does not form part of the Bill. Information in column 3 may be inserted or varied in any published version of the Bill (once enacted).
Clause 3 - Schedules
This clause provides that each Act that is specified in a Schedule to the Bill is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concern, and that any other item in a Schedule to the Bill has effect according to its terms.
For ease of description, this Explanatory Memorandum uses the following abbreviations:
'HESA' means the Higher Education Support Act 2003 .