House of Representatives

Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, Minister for Small Business, The Honourable Chris Bowen, MP)

Notes on clauses

Clause 1 - Short title

This clause provides that the Bill, when it is enacted, is to be cited as the Higher Education Support Amendment (Asian Century) Act 2013 .

Clause 2 - Commencement

This clause inserts a three column table setting out commencement information for various provisions of the Bill. Each provision of the Bill specified in column 1 of the table commences (or is taken to have commenced) in accordance with column 2 of the table and any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

The table has the effect of providing for clauses 1 to 3 and any other provisions of the Bill not otherwise covered by the table to commence on Royal Assent.

The table also provides that Schedule 1 of the Bill commences on the day after Royal Assent.

Subclause 2(2) provides that information in column 3 of the table does not form part of the Bill. Information in column 3 may be inserted or varied in any published version of the Bill (once enacted).

Clause 3 - Schedules

This clause provides that each Act that is specified in a Schedule to the Bill is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concern, and that any other item in a Schedule to the Bill has effect according to its terms.

For ease of description, this Explanatory Memorandum uses the following abbreviations:

'HESA' means the Higher Education Support Act 2003 .