Higher Education Support Act 2003

Chapter 5 - Administration  

PART 5-2 - ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS ON HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS  

Division 169 - Administrative requirements on higher education providers  

SECTION 169-28   Meaning of EFTSL value  

EFTSL value of a unit of study

169-28(1)    
The EFTSL value of a unit of study is the value that the higher education provider with which the unit may be undertaken determines in writing to be the EFTSL value of the unit, expressed as a fraction of one *EFTSL.

169-28(2)    
If the unit can form part of more than one *course of study, the provider may determine an EFTSL value of the unit for each such course.

169-28(3)    
If a unit of study is subject to separate determinations in relation to different *courses of study, a reference in this Act to the EFTSL value of the unit is, when the unit forms part of such a course, a reference to the EFTSL value of the unit determined under subsection (2) for the course.

EFTSL value of an accelerator program course

169-28(3A)    

The EFTSL value of an *accelerator program course is the value that the higher education provider with which the course may be undertaken determines in writing to be the EFTSL value of the course, expressed as one *EFTSL or a fraction of one EFTSL.

Determinations to be in accordance with Administration Guidelines

169-28(4)    
Determinations under this section must be in accordance with any requirements set out in the Administration Guidelines.