1998

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING AMENDMENT BILL 1998

SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs, the Hon Dr David Kemp MP)

ISBN:  0642 378347

HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING AMENDMENT BILL 1998

OUTLINE

The amendment would allow the Minister to determine amounts of financial assistance for operating purposes to The University of Notre Dame Australia under section 15 of the Higher Education Funding Act 1988 (HEFA), rather than amounts of financial assistance for limited operating purposes under section 16 of HEFA, as provided for in the Bill.  

FINANCIAL IMPACT

Nil.  The total amounts payable under section 15 and 16 in respect of a year are set out in section 17 of HEFA and are unchanged by this amendment.

HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING AMENDMENT BILL 1998

NOTES ON AMENDMENT

Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (line 5) of the Bill is amended by omitting “Table A” and substituting “Table B”.