Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Act 2023 (36 of 2023)

Schedule 1   Startup year

Part 1   STARTUP-HELP assistance

Higher Education Support Act 2003

5   At the end of section 19-36A

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(3) A higher education provider must not offer or provide a benefit, or cause a benefit to be offered or provided, if the benefit would be reasonably likely to induce a person to make a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to enrolling in an *accelerator program course with the provider.

Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to a benefit specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.