Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2017 (83 of 2017)

Schedule 3   Amendment of the Higher Education Support Act 2003

Part 1   Amendments

Higher Education Support Act 2003

26   After section 104-1

Insert:

104-1A Failure by a student to complete previous units with provider

(1) A student is not entitled to *FEE-HELP assistance for a unit of study provided, or to be provided, by a higher education provider if:

(a) in a case where the unit of study is part of a course leading to the award of a bachelor degree or higher qualification:

(i) the student has already undertaken 8 or more other units of study at that provider as part of that course of study; and

(ii) the student did not successfully complete at least 50% of those other units; or

(b) in any other case:

(i) the student has already undertaken 4 or more other units of study at that provider as part of a course of study; and

(ii) the student did not successfully complete at least 50% of those other units.

(2) This section does not apply if:

(a) the student applies in writing to the provider for an exemption from subsection (1); and

(b) the higher education provider is satisfied that special circumstances apply to the student (see section 104-30).