Higher Education Support Act 2003

Chapter 3 - Assistance to students  

PART 3-7 - STARTUP HELP ASSISTANCE  

Division 128B - Who is entitled to STARTUP HELP assistance?  

SECTION 128B-1   Entitlement to STARTUP-HELP assistance  

Entitlement to STARTUP-HELP assistance

128B-1(1)    
A student is entitled to *STARTUP-HELP assistance for an *accelerator program course in which the student is enrolled with a higher education provider if:

(a)    the student meets the citizenship or residency requirements under section 128B-30 ; and

(b)    any of the following apply:

(i) the student is in the final year of an *undergraduate course of study;

(ii) the student is enrolled in a *postgraduate course of study;

(iii) the student was awarded, no more than 36 months before the person commenced the accelerator program course, a qualification at level 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the *Australian Qualifications Framework; and

(c)    the student has not received more than one amount of STARTUP-HELP assistance (for this purpose, disregard any amount of assistance that has been *reversed under Division 128E ); and

(d)    the *census date for the accelerator program course is on or after 1 July 2023; and

(e)    the student:

(i) enrolled in the accelerator program course on or before the census date for the course; and

(ii) at the end of the census date, remained so enrolled; and

(f)    the student *meets the tax file number requirements (see section 187-1 ); and

(g)    the student has, on or before the census date for the accelerator program course, completed, signed and given to an *appropriate officer of the provider a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to the course; and

(h)    the student has been assessed by the provider as academically suited to undertake the accelerator program course; and

(i)    the student has applied to the provider for receipt of STARTUP-HELP assistance in relation to the accelerator program course; and

(j)    the student meets the *student identifier requirements under subsection (4) ; and

(k)    the provider has selected the student for receipt of STARTUP-HELP assistance in relation to the accelerator program course (see section 128B-35 ).

128B-1(2)    
Subsection (1) has effect subject to the following provisions:

(a)    section 128B-5 (multiple courses at same time);

(b)    section 128B-10 (not a genuine student);

(c)    section 128B-15 (unreasonable study load);

(d)    section 128B-20 (overseas campus).

Academically suited

128B-1(3)    
The assessment for the purposes of paragraph (1)(h) must be done in accordance with any requirements specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines made for the purposes of section 19-42 (assessment of students as academically suited).

When a student meets the student identifier requirements

128B-1(4)    
A student meets the *student identifier requirements under this subsection if:

(a)    the student has a student identifier immediately before the *census date; and

(b)    before the census date, the student notifies the student ' s student identifier to:

(i) an *appropriate officer of the higher education provider; and

(ii) the *Secretary.

128B-1(5)    
A notification under paragraph (4)(b) may be included in a *request for Commonwealth assistance that the student has given to the higher education provider in relation to the *accelerator program course.

Definition of request for Commonwealth assistance

128B-1(6)    
A request for Commonwealth assistance , in relation to a person enrolling in an *accelerator program course with a higher education provider, means a document:

(a)    in which the person requests the Commonwealth to provide assistance under this Act in relation to the course; and

(b)    that is in the form approved by the Minister.