Education Amendment Regulations 1994 (WA)

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ED301 EDUCATION ACT 1928

3. Regulation 1 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting "Act".

EDUCATION AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1994

Made by the Minister for Education.

Citation

1.    These regulations may be cited as the Education Amendment

Regulations 1994.

Principal regulations

2.     In these regulations the Education Act Regulations 1960* are referred to

as the principal regulations.

[* Reprinted as at 28 September 1989.

For amendments to 12 January 1994 see 1992 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 61-2, and Gazettes of 29 January, 19 November and 7 December 1993.]

Regulation 1 amended

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Regulation 222 repealed and a regulation substituted

4.      Regulation. 222 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

regulation is substituted -

Fees

222.     (1) Subject to subregulation (2), a student shall pay each

fee applicable to the student as is set out in Schedule 2

(a) in the case of-

(i)       a tuition fee; or

(ii) a fee under item 8, 9 or 14 of the Table to

at the time of making the application for admission to
the course; and

clause 9 of that Schedule,

(b) in the case of a fee under item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 7 10,	11, 12, or 13 of the Table to clause 9 of that Sclieule,
in advance,

and the fee shall be paid in full in one payment, except where the Minister, on an application by the student, determines otherwise.

satisfied that a student is under severe financial hardship, the (2) Where the Director, Technical and Further Education is

Director may direct that a fee that the student would otherwise have had to pay under subregulation (1) is not to be charged to the student.

Schedule 2 amended

5.      Schedule 2 to the principal regulations is amended -

(a) by repealing clause 2 and substituting the following clause -

Concession fees for tuition in community adult education courses

2. (1) Subject to clause 3, where a person who belongs to a class of persons set out in subclause (2) is admitted to a course classified as a community adult education course, the tuition fee for class	instruction in the course is the amount calculated on	the basis of $1.55 for each hour, or part of each hour,
of instruction in the course but the fee payable by the person is not to exceed $24.40 for each community adult education course to which the person is admitted.
subclause (1) are as follows - (2) The classes of persons for the purposes of

(a) persons holding -

(i)      a Health Benefit Card issued by the Commonwealth Department of Social Security;

(ii)     a Health Care Card issued by the Commonwealth Department of Social Security;

a Pensioner Concession Card issued

(iii)    by the Commonwealth Department

of Social Security;

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(iv)    a Veteran's Health Benefits Card issued by the Commonwealth Department of Social Security or the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs; or

(v)     a State Concession Card issued by the Director of the Department for Community Development in this State,

and dependants of such persons; and

(b) persons holding a Senior's Card issued by	the Office of Seniors' Interests in this
State.

(b) by repealing clause 5 and substituting the following clause -

Vocational courses - tuition fees

5. (1) Subject to clause 6, the tuition fee for class instruction in a vocational course is the amount

calculated on the basis of 80 cents for each hour, or part of each hour, of instruction in the course but the fee payable by a person is not to exceed $272 for each semester in which the person is admitted to a vocational course or courses.

The tuition fee for a vocational course in which instruction is given by a method other than traditional class instruction (namely, the open learning program or correspondence instruction) is class instruction in the course. the same as the fee calculated under subclause (1) for

(2)

In this relation and in regulation 6 classified as a course for community adult education, small business management, equity and access, customised training, contracted higher education, a labour market program, traineeship or tertiary entrance examinations.

"vocational course means a course that is not (3)

(c) by repealing clause 6 and substituting the following clause -

Concession fees for tuition in vocational courses	6. (1) Where a person who belongs to a class of	vocational course, the tuition fee is the amount persons set out in subclause (2) is admitted to a
calculated on the basis of 50 cents for each hour, or part of each hour, of instruction in the course but the fee payable by the person is not to exceed $170 for each semester in which the person is admitted to a vocational Course or courses.
(2) The classes of persons for the purposes of subclause (1) are as follows - (a) persons holding -

(i)       a Health Benefit Card issued by the

Commonwealth Department of

Social Security;

a Pensioner Concession Card issued

(ii)     by the Commonwealth Department

of Social Security;

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(iii)    a Veteran's Health Benefits Card issued by the Commonwealth Department of Social Security or the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs; or

(iv)    a State Concession Card issued by the Director of the Department for Community Development in this State,

and dependants of such persons; -

(b) persons in receipt of-

(i)     a benefit under the AUSTUDY scheme or ABSTUDY scheme described in the Students Assistance Act 1973 of the Commonwealth; or

(ii)     a jobsearch or newstart allowance, an additional family payment or special benefit under the Social

Commonwealth, Security Act 1991 of the

and dependants of such persons;

(c) persons who were enrolled in a secondary

college, senior campus or secondary	education institution (whether a senior
school) on a full-time basis at any time during 1993 or 1994; and

(d) persons who are inmates of a custodial institution for adults or juveniles.

(d) by repealing clause 8; and

(e) in clause 9, by deleting the Table and substituting the following	Table -
"

Table

$

1.	Late entry to examinations	25.00
2.	Replacement diploma or
certificate	50.00
3.	Special deferred

examination - each subject 25.00

4.       Examination only (no tuition,

examination in normal

examination period) - each
subject 10.00
5.	Examination only (no tuition, examination not in normal examination period) -
(a) setting of paper by

equally between	examiner (shared
candidates) 148.40

(b)

setting of paper by

co-examiner (shared	equally between
candidates)	49.40

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(c) marking of paper by

examiner (each

candidate). 4.65
(d)	marking of paper by

co-examiner (each

candidate) 1.55
(e)	supervision of
examination (shared equally between 9.31
candidates) per hour
(f)	college administration
costs (each candidate) 50.00
(g)	examination administration costs
(each candidate) 50.00

6.	Re-marking of examination — each subject	25.00
7.	Report on examination or on re-marking of examination — each subject	50.00
8.	Correspondence course administration —

(a) where lessons are to be

sent to a place in

Australia but outside
Western Australia 20.00

(b)

where lessons are to be Australia 50.00

9.        Late enrolment for full-time

study in vocational courses 45.00

10.      Change of enrolment

preference for full-time study

in vocational courses 20.00

11.

Re-issue of academic

statement —

(a)	results on computer	15.00
(b)	results on microfiche	25.00

12.

Assessment of overseas

qualifications 100.00

13.

Late notification of change of examination venue 10.00

14.

Application for full-time study in vocational courses (persons mentioned in clause 6 (2) (c) are exempt) 20.00

GEORGE CASH, Acting Minister for Education.

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