Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Act 2020 (93 of 2020)

Schedule 4   Student protection

Part 1   Amendments commencing 1 January 2021

Division 1   Amendments

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

1   At the end of Part 2 of Schedule 3

Add:

45 Further application of amendments - listed providers and Table C providers

(1) In this item:

Act means the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

commencement day means 1 January 2021.

(2) The amendments of sections 19-10 and 19-12 of the Act made by this Schedule apply on and after the commencement day in relation to higher education providers taken to be approved under section 16-5 of the Act, whether taken to be approved before, on or after that day.

(3) Sections 19-36 to 19-36E and 19-42 of the Act, as inserted by this Schedule, apply on and after the commencement day in relation to higher education providers taken to be approved under section 16-5 of the Act, whether taken to be approved before, on or after that day.

(4) The amendments of sections 19-45 and 19-70 of the Act made by this Schedule apply on and after the commencement day in relation to higher education providers taken to be approved under section 16-5 of the Act, whether taken to be approved before, on or after that day.

(5) Sections 19-71 to 19-73 of the Act, as inserted by this Schedule, apply on and after the commencement day in relation to higher education providers taken to be approved under section 16-5 of the Act, whether taken to be approved before, on or after that day.

(6) The amendments of sections 19-75, 19-77, 19-78, 19-80, 19-82 and 19-95 of the Act made by this Schedule apply on and after the commencement day in relation to higher education providers taken to be approved under section 16-5 of the Act, whether taken to be approved before, on or after that day.

(7) The amendments of section 104-1 of the Act made by this Schedule apply in relation to a unit of study if:

(a) the unit of study is undertaken as part of a course of study; and

(b) the student enrolled in the course of study on or after the commencement day; and

(c) the unit of study has a census date that occurs on or after that day; and

(d) the unit is provided by a higher education provider taken to be approved under section 16-5 of the Act, whether taken to be approved before, on or after that day.

(8) Sections 104-43 and 104-44 of the Act, as inserted by this Schedule, apply on and after the commencement day in relation to higher education providers taken to be approved under section 16-5 of the Act, whether taken to be approved before, on or after that day.

(9) Section 169-17 of the Act, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to students enrolled in units of study:

(a) with census dates that occur on or after the commencement day (whether the units of study are part of a course of study commenced before, on or after that day); and

(b) that are provided by higher education providers taken to be approved under section 16-5 of the Act, whether taken to be approved before, on or after that day.

(10) The amendments of sections 169-25 and 174-5 of the Act made by this Schedule apply on and after the commencement day in relation to higher education providers taken to be approved under section 16-5 of the Act, whether taken to be approved before, on or after that day.