Australian National University Amendment Act 1986

No. 135 of 1986

An Act to amend the Australian National University Act 1946

[Assented to 9 December 1986]

[Date of commencement 6 January 1987]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Australian National University Amendment Act 1986.

(2) The Australian National University Act 19461 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

2. After section 29 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Higher education administration charge

“29a. (1) In this section—

‘enrolment’, includes re-enrolment;

‘relevant enrolment’ means the enrolment of a person to undertake a course of study or part of a course of study at the University, being a course the completion of which leads to the granting of a degree, diploma or other award of the University (whether or not that course or that part of that course is undertaken for the purpose of obtaining such an award) but does not include—

(a) the enrolment of a person in a course of technical and further education within the meaning of the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1984;

(b) the enrolment of a person who is an overseas student within the meaning of the Overseas Students Charge Act 1979 to undertake such a course or part of such a course where the University imposes a fee of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph 27 (1) (o) (vi) in relation to that course or part of that course;

(c) the enrolment of a person to undertake such a course or part of such a course during a year where the person has already enrolled in such a course or part of such a course in respect of that year at the University, being another course in respect of which higher education administration charge was imposed in respect of that year;

(d) the enrolment of a person who is included in a class of persons specified by the Minister for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of ‘relevant enrolment’ in sub-section 3 (1) of the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1984;

(e) the enrolment of a person to undertake part of such a course during a year where that enrolment is required for the purposes of another course being undertaken by that person at another tertiary education institution, being another course in respect of which an amount of higher education administration charge was imposed in respect of that year; or

(f) the enrolment of a person to undertake such a course where the University provides a scholarship for the person to undertake that course, being a scholarship that entitles the person to an amount by way of living allowance of at least $1,000 per annum, not including any amount payable in respect of the person’s dependants.

“(2) The University shall, in relation to the year commencing on 1 January 1987 and each subsequent year, impose an amount of higher education administration charge in respect of each relevant enrolment at the University in respect of that year, being the amount applicable under section 4d of the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1984 in respect of that year.

“(3) Where a person who is required to pay an amount of higher education administration charge in respect of the enrolment of the person to undertake a course of study or part of a course of study at the University in respect of a year fails to pay that amount to the University before the final payment day for that course or that part of that course in that year, the person shall, unless the Vice-Chancellor otherwise determines, cease to be enrolled to undertake that course or that part of that course during that year.

“(4) For the purposes of this section, where the enrolment of a person to undertake a course of study at the University entitles the person to

undertake a part of that course in more than one year, the person shall be deemed to become enrolled to undertake that course in respect of each year in which the person undertakes a part of that course.

“(5) The reference in sub-section (3) to the final payment day for a course or a part of a course in a year is a reference to such day during that year as is determined by the Vice-Chancellor in relation to that course or that part of that course.”.

NOTE

1. No. 22, 1946, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 21 and 56, 1947; No. 3, 1960; No. 9, 1963; No. 108, 1965; No. 93, 1966; No. 65, 1967; No. 1. 1971; Nos. 96 and 216, 1973; No. 94, 1975; No. 37, 1976; No. 36, 1978; No. 190, 1979; Nos. 61, 106 and 166, 1981; Nos. 76 and 95, 1984; and Nos. 65 and 161, 1985.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 19 August 1986

Senate on 11 November 1986]