HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988
CHAPTER 2
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GRANTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE
PART 2.1
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PRELIMINARY
SECTION 13
UNDERGRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE FEES
13(1)
The Minister may issue guidelines in relation to the provision by institutions of undergraduate or post-graduate courses for which fees may be charged.
13(2)
A person undertaking a course provided in accordance with guidelines issued under subsection (1) may be charged fees in respect of the undertaking of that course.
13(3)
Guidelines issued under subsection (1) must ensure that, on an equivalent full-time student unit basis, the number of domestic students who may be charged fees for a particular undergraduate course does not exceed 25% of the total number of places available for domestic students in that course.
13(4)
Guidelines issued under subsection (1) must:
(a) require an institution not to charge a domestic student any fees for any undergraduate course in a year unless the institution meets the undergraduate target that applies for the purpose of calculating grants to the institution under section 15 or 16 for that year; and
(b) specify the amount that is applicable for the purposes of section 108 in respect of a breach of the requirement referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
13(5)
In this section, domestic student means a student who is not an overseas student.
[ CCH Note: Act No 150 of 2003, s 3 and Sch 1 items 19 and 24, contain the following transitional provisions:
``Rollover of 2004 grants made under the Higher Education Funding Act 1988
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If:
(a) a body receives a grant of financial assistance under Chapter 2 of the old Act during the year 2004; and
(b) the body fails to spend all of that grant in accordance with the old Act in respect of the year 2004; and
(c) the Secretary determines in writing that this paragraph applies to the body;then so much of the unspent grant amount as the Secretary specifies in relation to the grant will be taken to have been granted to the body under the new Act in respect of the year 2005:
(d) under the section of the new Act that the Secretary specifies in the determination; and
(e) on such conditions as the Secretary specifies in the determination. Definitions
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In this Schedule:new Act
means the Higher Education Support Bill 2003 .old Act
means the Higher Education Funding Act 1988 .'']
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13(2)
A person undertaking a course provided in accordance with guidelines issued under subsection (1) may be charged fees in respect of the undertaking of that course.
13(3)
Guidelines issued under subsection (1) must ensure that, on an equivalent full-time student unit basis, the number of domestic students who may be charged fees for a particular undergraduate course does not exceed 25% of the total number of places available for domestic students in that course.
13(4)
Guidelines issued under subsection (1) must:
(a) require an institution not to charge a domestic student any fees for any undergraduate course in a year unless the institution meets the undergraduate target that applies for the purpose of calculating grants to the institution under section 15 or 16 for that year; and
(b) specify the amount that is applicable for the purposes of section 108 in respect of a breach of the requirement referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
13(5)
In this section, domestic student means a student who is not an overseas student.
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