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 169-15   Charging student contribution amounts and tuition fees  

169-15(1)    
A higher education provider:

(a)    must require any student who:

(i) is a *Commonwealth supported student in relation to a unit of study; and

(ii) is enrolling in the unit with the provider; and

(iii) is not an *exempt student for the unit;

to pay to the provider the student's *student contribution amount for the unit; and

(b)    must not require the student to pay any of his or her *tuition fee or any other *fee for the unit.

169-15(1A)    

Despite subsection (1), a higher education provider must not require a student who is enrolling in a unit that is a *replacement unit to pay to the provider the student's *student contribution amount for the unit.

169-15(2)    
A higher education provider:

(a)    must require any *domestic student who:

(i) is not a *Commonwealth supported student in relation to a unit of study; and

(ii) is enrolling in the unit with the provider; and

(iii) is not an *exempt student for the unit;

to pay to the provider the student's *tuition fee for the unit; and

(b)    must not require any domestic student to pay any other *fee, or any of his or her *student contribution amount, for the unit.

169-15(2A)    

Despite subsection (2), a higher education provider must not require a domestic student who is enrolling in a unit that is a *replacement unit to pay to the provider the student's *tuition fee for the unit.

169-15(3)    

However (unless subsection (4) applies), a higher education provider must repay to a person any payment of his or her *student contribution amount or *tuition fee for a unit of study that the person made on or before the *census date for the unit if the person is no longer enrolled in the unit at the end of the census date.

Note:

Other provisions about student contribution amounts and tuition fees are set out in Subdivision 19-F and Parts 2-2 and 3-2 .

169-15(4)    

Subsection (3) does not apply if:

(a)    the student is no longer enrolled in the unit at the end of the census date because the provider *defaulted in relation to the student; and

(b)    

the student has accepted an offer of a place in a *replacement unit or *replacement course.