Higher Education Support Act 2003

Chapter 3 - Assistance to students  

PART 3-7 - STARTUP HELP ASSISTANCE  

Division 128E - Reversal of STARTUP HELP assistance  

Subdivision 128E-B - Reversal in other circumstances  

SECTION 128E-40   Reversal of STARTUP-HELP assistance: material non-compliance  

128E-40(1)    
An amount of *STARTUP-HELP assistance that a person received for an *accelerator program course provided during a period by a higher education provider is reversed if a report of an audit conducted in accordance with subsection (2) finds that there is any material non-compliance with respect to the course provided in the period.

Note:

For the consequences if an amount of assistance is reversed, see sections 128D-5 , 128D-10 and 137-17 . See also paragraph 128B-1(1)(c) .

128E-40(2)    
The STARTUP-HELP Guidelines must require higher education providers that provide *accelerator program courses to conduct internal audits, or to arrange for audits, of compliance with the STARTUP-HELP Guidelines with respect to the courses. The Guidelines must prescribe any or all of the following:

(a)    circumstances in which audits must be conducted or arranged;

(b)    requirements in relation to when and how audits must be conducted or arranged and reported on.