Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE‑HELP Assistance) Act 2008
 
No. 11, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
An Act to amend the Higher Education Support Act 2003, and for related purposes
  
  
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 2
3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                 3
Higher Education Support Act 2003                                                                       3
 

 
 
Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP Assistance) Act 2008
No. 11, 2008
 
 
 
An Act to amend the Higher Education Support Act 2003, and for related purposes
[Assented to 20 March 2008]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1  Short title
                   This Act may be cited as the Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE‑HELP Assistance) Act 2008.
2  Commencement
                   This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3  Schedule(s)
                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
 
Schedule 1—Amendments
  
Higher Education Support Act 2003
1  At the end of clause 6 of Schedule 1A
Add:
             ; and (g)  the body complies with any requirements set out in the *VET Provider Guidelines relating to *VET credit transfer arrangements.
2  After clause 27 of Schedule 1A
Insert:
27A  Requirements in the VET Provider Guidelines
                   A *VET provider must comply with any requirements set out in the *VET Provider Guidelines relating to:
                     (a)  fees for *VET units of study; or
                     (b)  fees for *VET courses of study; or
                     (c)  matters or things for which fees may be charged.
3  Subclause 28(1) of Schedule 1A
After “provide”, insert “, other than under *VET restricted access arrangements,”.
Note:       The following heading to subclause 28(1) is inserted “General rule”.
4  After subclause 28(2) of Schedule 1A
Insert:
Restricted access arrangements
          (2A)  A *VET provider must give the Minister a schedule of the *VET tuition fees determined under clause 27 for each *VET unit of study it provides or proposes to provide under a *VET restricted access arrangement during a period ascertained in accordance with the *VET Provider Guidelines. It must give the schedule:
                     (a)  in a form approved by the Minister; and
                     (b)  in accordance with the requirements that the Minister determines in writing.
          (2B)  The provider must:
                     (a)  ensure that the schedule provides sufficient information to enable a person to work out the person’s *VET tuition fee for the *VET unit of study the provider provides or is to provide under the *VET restricted access arrangement; and
                     (b)  ensure that the schedule is available, on request and without charge, to all students enrolled, or eligible to be enrolled, under the VET restricted access arrangement.
5  Subparagraph 28(3)(a)(i) of Schedule 1A
After “(1)”, insert “or (2A)”.
6  Subclause 28(4) of Schedule 1A
Omit “and (2)”, substitute “to (2B)”.
7  At the end of clause 43 of Schedule 1A
Add:
              ; and (i)  the student meets any other requirements set out in the *VET FEE‑HELP Guidelines.
8  Subclause 45(1) of Schedule 1A
Repeal the subclause, substitute:
             (1)  The course requirements for *VET FEE‑HELP assistance for a *VET unit of study are that the unit:
                     (a)  is being undertaken as part of a *VET course of study that meets any requirements set out in the *VET FEE‑HELP Guidelines relating to *VET credit transfer arrangements; and
                     (b)  is not being undertaken as part of a VET course of study that:
                              (i)  is subject to a determination under subclause (2); or
                             (ii)  is with a *VET provider that is subject to a determination under subclause (2).
9  Clause 1 of Schedule 1
Insert:
VET credit transfer arrangement means an arrangement for crediting a *VET unit of study or *VET course of study toward a *higher education award.
10  Clause 1 of Schedule 1
Insert:
VET restricted access arrangement, for a *VET course of study, means an arrangement:
                     (a)  that was entered into between the *VET provider providing the course and an employer or industry body; and
                     (b)  that limits or restricts enrolments in some or all of the places in the course.
 
 
 
 
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 14 February 2008
Senate on 11 March 2008]
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