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Higher Education Support Act 2003

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Department of Education
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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C2012C00448

16 April 2012 - 05 September 2012

Table of contents

Chapter 1—Introduction
- Division 1—Preliminary
- Division 2—Objects
  - 2-1 Objects of this Act
- Division 3—Overview of this Act
- Division 5—Application of Act to Table C providers
  - 5-1 Application of Act to Table C providers
- Division 6—Schedule 1A
  - 6-1 Schedule 1A
Chapter 2—Grants for higher education assistance etc.
- Division 8—Introduction
  - 8-1 What this Chapter is about
Part 2-1—Higher education providers
- Division 13—Introduction
  - 13-1 What this Part is about
  - 13-5 The Higher Education Provider Guidelines
- Division 16—What is a higher education provider?
- Division 19—What are the quality and accountability requirements?
- Division 22—When does a body cease to be a higher education provider?
Part 2-2—Commonwealth Grant Scheme
- Division 27—Introduction
  - 27-1 What this Part is about
  - 27-5 Guidelines
- Division 30—Which higher education providers are eligible for a grant?
- Division 33—How are grant amounts worked out?
- Division 36—What are the conditions of receiving a grant?
Part 2-3—Other grants
- Division 41—Other grants
Part 2-4—Commonwealth scholarships
- Division 46—Commonwealth scholarships
Part 2-5—Reduction and repayment of grants
- Division 51—Introduction
  - 51-1 What this Part is about
  - 51-5 The Reduction and Repayment Guidelines
- Division 54—In what circumstances may a grant be reduced or required to be repaid?
  - 54-1 Decision as to reduction or repayment of a grant
  - 54-5 Appropriateness of requiring reduction or repayment of grant
- Division 57—What is the amount of a reduction or repayment?
  - 57-1 Reduction in amount of grants
  - 57-5 Amount of the repayment
- Division 60—How are decisions reducing a grant or requiring repayment of a grant made?
Chapter 3—Assistance to students
- Division 65—Introduction
  - 65-1 What this Chapter is about
Part 3-2—HECS-HELP assistance
- Division 87—Introduction
  - 87-1 What this Part is about
  - 87-5 The HECS-HELP Guidelines
- Division 90—Who is entitled to HECS-HELP assistance?
- Division 93—How are amounts of HECS-HELP assistance worked out?
- Division 96—How are amounts of HECS-HELP assistance paid?
Part 3-3—FEE-HELP assistance
- Division 101—Introduction
  - 101-1 What this Part is about
  - 101-5 The FEE-HELP Guidelines
- Division 104—Who is entitled to FEE-HELP assistance?
- Division 107—How are amounts of FEE-HELP assistance worked out?
- Division 110—How are amounts of FEE-HELP assistance paid?
  - 110-1 Payments
  - 110-5 Effect of FEE-HELP balance being re-credited
Part 3-4—OS-HELP assistance
- Division 115—Introduction
  - 115-1 What this Part is about
  - 115-5 The OS-HELP Guidelines
- Division 118—Who is entitled to OS-HELP assistance?
- Division 121—How are amounts of OS-HELP assistance worked out?
- Division 124—How are amounts of OS-HELP assistance paid?
  - 124-1 Amounts of OS-HELP assistance are lent to students
Part 3-5—SA-HELP assistance
- Division 125—Introduction
  - 125-1 What this Part is about
- Division 126—Who is entitled to SA-HELP assistance?
  - 126-1 Entitlement to SA-HELP assistance
  - 126-5 Citizenship or residency requirements
- Division 127—How are amounts of SA-HELP assistance worked out?
  - 127-1 The amount of SA-HELP assistance for a student services and amenities fee
- Division 128—How are amounts of SA-HELP assistance paid?
  - 128-1 Payments to higher education providers of loans to students
  - 128-5 Repayment by higher education provider if student does not have tax file number
Chapter 4—Repayment of loans
- Division 129—Introduction
  - 129-1 What this Chapter is about
Part 4-1—Indebtedness
- Division 134—Introduction
  - 134-1 What this Part is about
- Division 137—How do HELP debts arise?
- Division 140—How are accumulated HELP debts worked out?
Part 4-2—Discharge of indebtedness
- Division 148—Introduction
  - 148-1 What this Part is about
  - 148-5 The HECS-HELP Benefit Guidelines
- Division 151—How is indebtedness voluntarily discharged?
- Division 154—How is indebtedness compulsorily discharged?
- Division 157—HECS-HELP benefit
Chapter 5—Administration
- Division 159—Introduction
  - 159-1 What this Chapter is about
  - 159-5 The Administration Guidelines
Part 5-1—Payments by the Commonwealth
- Division 164—Payments by the Commonwealth
Part 5-2—Administrative requirements on higher education providers
- Division 169—Administrative requirements on higher education providers
Part 5-3—Electronic communications
- Division 174—Electronic communications
  - 174-1 What this Part is about
  - 174-5 Guidelines may deal with electronic communications
Part 5-4—Management of information
- Division 179—Protection of personal information
- Division 180—Other rules about information
  - 180-1 Authorisation of certain uses and disclosures of information
Part 5-5—Tax file numbers
- Division 184—Introduction
  - 184-1 What this Part is about
- Division 187—What are the tax file number requirements for assistance under Chapter 3?
- Division 190—In what circumstances can higher education providers and Open Universities Australia be notified of tax file number matters?
- Division 193—Other provisions relating to tax file numbers
Part 5-6—Indexation
- Division 198—Indexation
Part 5-7—Review of decisions
- Division 203—Introduction
  - 203-1 What this Part is about
- Division 206—Which decisions are subject to review?
- Division 209—How are decisions reconsidered?
- Division 212—Which decisions are subject to AAT review?
  - 212-1 AAT review of reviewable decisions
Chapter 7—Miscellaneous
- 238-1 Delegations by Secretary
- 238-5 Delegations by Minister
- 238-7 Review of impact of Act
- 238-8 Extent of Commissioner’s general administration of this Act
- 238-10 Guidelines
- 238-12 Appropriation
- 238-15 Regulations
Schedule 1A—VET FEE-HELP Assistance Scheme
- 1 What this Schedule is about
Part 1—VET providers
- Division 1—Introduction
  - 2 What this Part is about
  - 3 The VET Provider Guidelines
- Division 3—What is a VET provider?
  - Subdivision 3-A—General
    - 4 Meaning of VET provider
    - 5 When a body becomes or ceases to be a VET provider
  - Subdivision 3-B—How are bodies approved as VET providers?
- Division 4—What are the VET quality and accountability requirements?
- Division 5—When does a body cease to be a VET provider?
Part 2—VET FEE-HELP assistance
- Division 6—Introduction
- Division 7—Who is entitled to VET FEE-HELP assistance?
  - Subdivision 7-A—Basic rules
  - Subdivision 7-B—FEE-HELP balances
- Division 8—How are amounts of VET FEE-HELP assistance worked out?
- Division 9—How are amounts of VET FEE-HELP assistance paid?
  - 55 Payments
  - 56 Effect of FEE-HELP balance being re-credited
Part 3—Administration
- Division 10—Introduction
  - 57 What this Part is about
  - 58 The VET Administration Guidelines
- Division 11—Payments by the Commonwealth
- Division 12—Administrative requirements on VET providers
- Division 13—Electronic communications
  - 69 What this Division is about
  - 70 Guidelines may deal with electronic communications
- Division 14—Management of information
  - Subdivision 14-A—Protection of VET personal information
  - Subdivision 14-B—Other rules about information
    - 78A Authorisation of certain uses and disclosures of information
- Division 15—Tax file numbers
- Division 16—Review of decisions
Part 4—Miscellaneous
- 98 Delegations by Secretary
- 99 VET Guidelines
Schedule 1—Dictionary
- 1 Definitions
  - Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT Higher Education Support Act 2003