Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, the Hon Luke Hartsuyker MP)Notes on clauses
Abbreviations
| the Act | Higher Education Support Act 2003 |
| NVETR | National Vocational Education and Training Regulator |
| Regulatory Powers Act | Standard Provisions (Regulatory Powers) Act 2014 |
| VET Guidelines | VET Guidelines 2015 |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
Clause 1 - Short title
Clause 1 provides that the Act be cited as the Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP Reform) Act 2015 .
Clause 2 - Commencement
Subclause 2(1) contains a table of commencement information and provides that each provision of the Act specified in column 1 of the table commences or is taken to have commenced according to the date specified in column 2 of the table.
The table provides that items 1 to 3 of the Act will commence the day the Act receives Royal Assent. Schedule 1 to the Act will commence immediately before 1 January 2016. Schedule 2 will commence immediately after the start of a single day to be fixed by Proclamation.
The note to subclause 2(1) provides that the table relates only to those provisions of the Act as originally enacted, and that the table will not be amended in the event of any later amendments to the Act.
Subclause 2(2) provides that any information in column 3 of the table is not part of the Act.
Clause 3 - Schedules
Clause 3 provides that legislation that is specified in the Schedules to the Act are amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the relevant Schedule and that any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.