ATTACHMENT A
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
Higher Education Support Act 2003
 
Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines
 
 
I, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Education, Science and Training, make these Guidelines under section 238‑10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
 
 
 
 
Dated                            20th December 2006.
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                       
JULIE BISHOP
Minister for Education, Science and Training
 
(i)      CITATION
 
These Guidelines may be cited as Amendment No. 2 to the Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines.
 
(ii)     AUTHORITY
 
These Guidelines are made under subsection 238-10(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (the Act).
 
(iii)    DATE OF EFFECT
 
These Guidelines commence on 1 January 2006.
 
(iv)     AMENDMENT
 
These Guidelines amend the Commonwealth Scholarship Guidelines which were registered on 20 September 2005 and which commenced on 1 January 2006 (see F2005L02715).
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1
 
Insert new paragraph 4.2
 
4.2   PARTICULAR PROVISIONS RELATING TO 2006 ENDEAVOUR IPRS
 
4.2.1 Adjustments relating to 2004 IPRS[1] Overspends
 
(1)      In 2004, some providers (the “2004 Overspenders”) awarded IPRS scholarships having a total value that was greater than the amount of their respective IPRS grant allocations from the Commonwealth.  The amount by which the total value of those scholarships exceeded the total amount of the 2004 Overspenders’ allocations is referred to in this paragraph 4.2.1 as the “2004 Total Overspend”.
 
(2)      In 2004, some providers (the “2004 Underspenders”) awarded IPRS scholarships having a total value that was less than the amount of their respective IPRS grant allocations from the Commonwealth.  The amount by which the total value of those scholarships was less than the total amount of the 2004 Overspenders’ allocations is referred to in this paragraph 4.2.1 as the “2004 Total Underspend”.
 
(3)      The 2004 Total Underspend amount was less than the 2004 Total Overspend amount by an amount referred to in this paragraph 4.2.1 as the “Shortfall”.
 
(4)      During 2005, each 2004 Underspender agreed to, and did, pay back to the Department the amount that it did not spend from its 2004 IPRS grant allocation.  (In total, these repayments totalled the 2004 Total Underspend.)
 
(5)      During 2005, the higher education sector agreed with the Department that each 2004 Overspender would receive two payments for expenditure on 2004 IPRS scholarships in accordance with the 2004 Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines.For any particular 2004 Overspender, the payments shall be a share (proportionate to the 2004 Overspender’s proportion of the 2004 Total Overspend) of each of the two following amounts:
 
(a)      the 2004 Total Underspend (repaid to the Commonwealth under subparagraph 4.2.1(4), above); and

(b)      an amount equal to the Shortfall as described in subparagraph 4.2.1(3), above, (which, by agreement with the higher education sector, shall be met by a reduction in each 2004 Underspender’s 2006 Endeavour IPRS grant amount.  For any particular 2004 Underspender, the reduction shall be proportionate to the Underspender’s proportion of the 2004 Total Underspend).
 
4.2.2 Application of Unspent 2006 Endeavour IPRS Grants
 
(1)      For the purposes of this paragraph 4.2.2:
 
Any provider who, in 2006, awards Endeavour IPRS scholarships having a total value that is greater than the amount of its Endeavour IPRS grant for 2006 is referred to as a “2006 Overspender”.  The amount by which the total value of the 2006 Overspenders' scholarships awarded in 2006 exceeds the total amount of Endeavour IPRS grants for 2006 is referred to as the “2006 Total Overspend”.
 
Any provider who, in 2006, awards Endeavour IPRS scholarships having a total value that is less than the amount of its Endeavour IPRS grant for 2006 is referred to as a “2006 Underspender”.  The amount by which the total value of the 2006 Underspenders' scholarships awarded in 2006 is less than the total amount of Endeavour IPRS grants for 2006 is referred to as the “2006 Total Underspend”.
 
(2)      Each 2006 Underspender must pay back to the Department the amount that it does not spend from its 2006 Endeavour IPRS grant.  (In total, these repayments are the 2006 Total Underspend.)
 
(3)      Each 2006 Overspender will receive (for expenditure on 2006 Endeavour IPRS scholarships in accordance with these Guidelines) an amount from the 2006 Total Underspend that is proportionate to  the 2006 Overspender’s proportion of the 2006 Total Overspend.
 
 
(4)      If the 2006 Total Underspend is greater than the 2006 Total Overspend, then paragraph 4.2.2(3) shall be replaced with the following paragraph:
 
 
Each 2006 Overspender will receive (for expenditure on 2006 Endeavour IPRS scholarships in accordance with these Guidelines) a share of an amount equal to the 2006 Total Overspend.  For any particular Overspender, the share shall be proportionate to the 2006 Overspender’s proportion of the 2006 Total Overspend. 
 
(5)      Each provider must supply DEST with its 2006 Endeavour IPRS grant expenditure by 1 March 2007.
 
 
 
 
Item 2
 
Delete paragraph 4.5.10.
 
 
 

[1] In 2004, these scholarships were referred to as ”IPRS”, rather than “Endeavour IPRS”.