Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth)
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Contents
This Act may be cited as the
Higher Education Support Act 2003 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Sections 1‑1 and 1‑5 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 19 December 2003 |
Sections 1‑10 to 238‑15 | The later of:
| 1 January 2004 (paragraph (a) applies) |
Schedule 1 | The later of:
| 1 January 2004 (paragraph (a) applies) |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.
(1) Many of the terms in this Act are defined in the Dictionary in Schedule 1.
(2) Most of the terms that are defined in the Dictionary in Schedule 1 are identified by an asterisk appearing at the start of the term: as in “*accredited course”. The footnote with the asterisk contains a signpost to the Dictionary.
(3) An asterisk usually identifies the first occurrence of a term in a section (if not divided into subsections), subsection or definition. Later occurrences of the term in the same provision are not usually asterisked.
(4) Terms are not asterisked in headings, notes, examples, explanatory tables, guides, outline provisions or diagrams.
(5) If a term is not identified by an asterisk, disregard that fact in deciding whether or not to apply to that term a definition or other interpretation provision.
(6) The following basic terms used throughout the Act are not identified with an asterisk:
1 | enrol | Schedule 1 |
2 | higher education provider | section 16‑1 |
3 | student | Schedule 1 |
4 | unit of study | Schedule 1 |
The objects of this Act are:
(a) to support a higher education system that:
(i) is characterised by quality, diversity and equity of access; and
(ii) contributes to the development of cultural and intellectual life in Australia; and
(iii) is appropriate to meet Australia’s social and economic needs for a highly educated and skilled population; and
(iv) promotes and protects freedom of speech and academic freedom; and
(b) to support the distinctive purposes of universities, which are:
(i) the education of persons, enabling them to take a leadership role in the intellectual, cultural, economic and social development of their communities; and
(ii) the creation and advancement of knowledge; and
(iii) the application of knowledge and discoveries to the betterment of communities in Australia and internationally; and
(iv) the engagement with industry and the local community to enable graduates to thrive in the workforce;
recognising that universities are established under laws of the Commonwealth, the States and the Territories that empower them to achieve their objectives as autonomous institutions through governing bodies that are responsible for both the university’s overall performance and its ongoing independence; and
(c) to strengthen Australia’s knowledge base, and enhance the contribution of Australia’s research capabilities to national economic development, international competitiveness and the attainment of social goals; and
(d) to support students undertaking higher education and certain vocational education and training.
This Act primarily provides for the Commonwealth to give financial support for higher education and certain vocational education and training:
(a) through grants and other payments made largely to higher education providers; and
(b) through financial assistance to students (usually in the form of loans).
(1) Chapter 2 sets out who are higher education providers, and provides for the following grants and payments:
(a) grants under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme;
(aa) grants for assisting Indigenous persons;
(b) other grants for particular purposes;
(c) grants for Commonwealth scholarships.
(2) Higher education providers will be universities, self‑accrediting entities or non self‑accrediting entities.
(3) Chapter 2 also provides for the direct payment to students of certain Commonwealth scholarships.
Chapter 3 provides for the following assistance to students:
(a) HECS‑HELP assistance for student contribution amounts;
(b) FEE‑HELP assistance for tuition fees;
(c) OS‑HELP assistance for overseas study;
(d) SA‑HELP assistance for meeting student services and amenities fees imposed by higher education providers;
(e) STARTUP‑HELP assistance for accelerator program courses.
Chapter 3 also deals with a person’s Student Learning Entitlement.
Chapter 4 sets out how debts are incurred and worked out in relation to loans made under Chapter 3, and provides for their repayment.
Chapter 5 provides for several administrative matters relating to the operation of this Act.
Schedule 1A provides for financial assistance to students undertaking certain accredited vocational education and training (VET) courses.
General application to Table C providers
(1) The provisions of this Act not listed in the table in subsection (2) or in subsection (4) apply to a *Table C provider, the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking or proposing to undertake units of study at that branch.
Modified application to Table C providers
(2) The provisions of this Act listed in the table apply to a *Table C provider in the way set out in the table.
1 | Subdivision 19‑C (quality requirements) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider. However, *TEQSA may need to assess the overall performance of the provider as it relates to that branch. |
2 | Subdivision 19‑D (fairness requirements) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking or proposing to undertake units of study at that branch. |
2A | Section 19‑66A (*tuition protection requirements) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking or proposing to undertake units of study at that branch. |
3 | Subdivision 19‑F (contribution and fee requirements) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking or proposing to undertake units of study at that branch. |
4 | Part 3‑3 (FEE‑HELP assistance) | Applies to eligible students of the *Australian branch of the provider, but only for units of study in which the students are enrolled at the Australian branch. |
5 | Part 3‑4 (OS‑HELP assistance) | Applies to eligible students of the *Australian branch of the provider. |
5A | Part 3‑5 (SA‑HELP assistance) | Applies to eligible students of the *Australian branch of the provider who are enrolled at the Australian branch in a *course of study or *bridging course for overseas‑trained professionals. |
6 | Chapter 4 (Repayment of loans) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking, or students who undertook, units of study at that branch. |
7 | Part 5‑2 (Administrative requirements on higher education providers) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking or proposing to undertake units of study at that branch. |
8 | Part 5‑3 (Electronic communications) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking or proposing to undertake units of study at that branch. |
9 | Part 5‑4 (Management of information) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking or proposing to undertake units of study at that branch. |
10 | Part 5‑5 (Tax file numbers) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking or proposing to undertake units of study at that branch. |
11 | Part 5‑7 (Review of decisions) | Applies to the *Australian branch of the provider and to students undertaking or proposing to undertake units of study at that branch. |
Provisions that do not apply to Table C providers
(3) The provisions of this Act listed in subsection (4) do not apply to:
(a) a *Table C provider; or
(b) the *Australian branch of the provider; or
(c) students in their capacity as students of that provider or of that branch.
(4) The provisions are as follows:
(a) Part 2‑2 (Commonwealth Grant Scheme);
(aa) Part 2‑2A (Indigenous student assistance grants);
(b) Part 2‑3 (Other grants);
(c) Part 2‑4 (Commonwealth scholarships);
(d) Part 2‑5 (Reduction and repayment of grants);
(e) Part 3‑2 (HECS‑HELP assistance);
(ea) Part 3‑7 (STARTUP‑HELP assistance);
(f) Schedule 1A (VET FEE‑HELP Assistance Scheme).
Schedule 1A has effect.
This Chapter provides for who are higher education providers, and for 4 kinds of grants to be made.
Part 2‑1 sets out who are higher education providers (universities, self‑accrediting entities and non self‑accrediting entities), the quality and accountability requirements for higher education providers and how bodies cease to be higher education providers.
Note: Except in very limited cases, only higher education providers can get grants under this Chapter.
The 4 kinds of grants available under this Chapter are:
• grants under Part 2‑2 (Commonwealth Grant Scheme) to certain higher education providers. These grants are paid in relation to Commonwealth supported places. Grants are made subject to conditions; and
• grants under Part 2‑2A to Table A providers and Table B providers to assist Indigenous persons; and
• other grants under Part 2‑3 to higher education providers and other bodies corporate for a variety of purposes; and
• grants for Commonwealth scholarships to certain higher education providers under Part 2‑4.
The amount of a grant may be reduced, or an amount paid may be required to be repaid, if the recipient breaches a quality and accountability requirement or a condition of the grant (see Part 2‑5).
Note: A body’s approval as a higher education provider may be suspended or revoked for such a breach.
This Chapter also provides for the direct payment to students of certain Commonwealth scholarships under Part 2‑4.
A body generally has to be approved as a higher education provider before it can receive grants, or its students can receive assistance, under this Act. Listed providers (universities and certain self‑accrediting entities) have that approval upon commencement of this Act. Table C providers have that approval from the time they are included in Table C. Bodies that do not have that automatic approval, or whose approval has been revoked, have to apply for approval.
Higher education providers are subject to the quality and accountability requirements.
A body’s approval as a higher education provider may be revoked in circumstances such as breach of a quality and accountability requirement.
Higher education providers and the *quality and accountability requirements are also dealt with in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines. The provisions of this Part indicate when a particular matter is or may be dealt with in these Guidelines.
Note: The Higher Education Provider Guidelines are made by the Minister under section 238‑10.
(1) A
higher education provider is a body corporate that is approved under this Division.(2) Despite subsection (1), a body other than a body corporate may be approved under this Division as a
higher education provider if the body is covered by an exemption under subsection (3).(3) The Minister may, in writing, exempt a body for the purposes of this section if the body is established by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
(4) If the Minister exempts a body under subsection (3), references in this Act, other than in this section, to a body corporate are taken to include the body.
(5) An exemption given under this section is not a legislative instrument.
(1) A *listed provider is taken to be approved as a higher education provider from the commencement of this Act.
(1A) A *Table C provider is taken to be approved as a higher education provider from the commencement of the provision that included the provider in Table C in section 16‑22.
(2) A body corporate:
(a) that is not a *listed provider or a *Table C provider; or
(b) that is a listed provider or a Table C provider that has previously ceased to be a higher education provider;
becomes a provider if approved by the Minister under section 16‑25.
(3) A higher education provider ceases to be a provider if the provider’s approval is revoked or suspended under Division 22 or the notice of the provider’s approval ceases to have effect under Part 2 of Chapter 3 (parliamentary scrutiny of legislative instruments) of the
Legislation Act 2003 .
The following are
listed providers :
(a) a *Table A provider;
(b) a *Table B provider.
(1) The following are
Table A providers :
Australian National University |
Central Queensland University |
Charles Darwin University |
Charles Sturt University |
Curtin University |
Deakin University |
Edith Cowan University |
Federation University Australia |
Flinders University |
Griffith University |
James Cook University |
La Trobe University |
Macquarie University |
Monash University |
Murdoch University |
Queensland University of Technology |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
Southern Cross University |
Swinburne University of Technology |
The University of Adelaide |
The University of Melbourne |
The University of Notre Dame Australia |
The University of Queensland |
The University of Sydney |
The University of Western Australia |
University of Canberra |
University of Newcastle |
University of New England |
University of New South Wales |
University of South Australia |
University of Southern Queensland |
University of Tasmania |
University of Technology Sydney |
University of the Sunshine Coast |
University of Wollongong |
Victoria University |
Western Sydney University |
Australian Catholic University Limited |
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education |
(2) However, a body is not a Table A provider if its approval as a higher education provider is revoked or suspended.
(1) The following are
Table B providers :
Avondale University |
Bond University Limited |
University of Divinity |
Torrens University Australia Ltd |
(2) However, a body is not a Table B provider if its approval as a higher education provider is revoked or suspended.
(1) The following are
Table C providers :
Carnegie Mellon University, a non‑profit organisation established under Pennsylvania law |
(2) However, a body is not a
Table C provider if its approval as a higher education provider is revoked or suspended.Note: A Table C provider is not entitled to receive a grant under this Chapter: see section 5‑1.
(1) The Minister, in writing, may approve a body corporate as a higher education provider if:
(a) the body:
(i) is established under the law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and
(ii) carries on business in Australia; and
(iii) has its central management and control in Australia; and
(aa) subject to subsection (2), the body’s principal purpose is, or is taken to be, either or both of the following:
(i) to provide education;
(ii) to conduct research; and
(b) the body is:
(i) an *Australian university; or
(ii) a *self‑accrediting entity; or
(iii) a *non self‑accrediting entity; and
(c) the Minister is satisfied that the body will meet the *tuition protection requirements (if applicable); and
(da) the body offers at least one *course of study that leads to a *higher education award; and
(db) the course of study is an *accredited course in relation to the body; and
(e) the body applies for approval as provided for in section 16‑40; and
(f) the Minister is satisfied that the body is willing and able to meet the *quality and accountability requirements; and
(fa) the body complies with any requirements set out in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; and
(fb) the Minister is satisfied that the body has sufficient experience in the provision of higher education; and
(g) the Minister is satisfied that:
(i) the body; and
(ii) each person who makes, or participates in making, decisions that affect the whole, or a substantial part, of the body’s affairs;
is a fit and proper person.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(aa), the Minister may determine that a body’s principal purpose is taken to be either or both of the following:
(a) to provide education;
(b) to conduct research;
if the Minister is satisfied that any of the body’s purposes do not conflict with the body’s purpose of providing education and/or conducting research.
(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(fb), the Minister may have regard to the following:
(a) whether the body has been a *registered higher education provider for 3 or more years;
(b) the history of the body, and each person who makes or participates in making decisions that affect the whole, or a substantial part, of the body’s affairs, in delivering higher education;
(c) the scope of courses and level of qualifications the body, and each person who makes or participates in making decisions that affect the whole, or a substantial part, of the body’s affairs, has experience in providing.
(3) The Minister must, in deciding whether he or she is satisfied that a person is a fit and proper person, take into account the matters specified in an instrument under subsection (4). The Minister may take into account any other matters he or she considers relevant.
(4) The Minister must, by legislative instrument, specify matters for the purposes of subsection (3).
Despite section 16‑25, the Minister must not approve a body corporate as a higher education provider unless the body is a *registered higher education provider.
The
tuition protection requirements are:
(a) the requirements set out in Part 5‑1A (including in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines made for the purposes of that Part); and
(b) the requirements set out in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph.
(1) A body corporate that is a *registered higher education provider may apply, in writing, to the Minister for approval as a higher education provider under this Act.
(1A) However, if:
(a) the body corporate made an application (the
earlier application ) under subsection (1); and(b) the Minister decided not to approve the earlier application;
the body corporate cannot make another application under that subsection within 6 months after the day on which notice of the decision on the earlier application was given to the body corporate.
(2) The application:
(a) must be in the form approved by the Minister; and
(b) must be accompanied by such information as the Minister requests; and
(c) must be accompanied by the fee (if any) prescribed by, or worked out in accordance with the method prescribed by, the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
Note: The guidelines may prescribe different fees, or methods, for applications made by different kinds of applicant: see subsection 33(3A) of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .(3) A fee prescribed, or worked out in accordance with a method prescribed, for the purposes of subsection (2) must not be such as to amount to taxation.
(1) For the purposes of determining an application, the Minister may, by notice in writing, require an applicant to provide such further information as the Minister directs within the period specified in the notice.
(2) If an applicant does not comply with a requirement under subsection (1), the application is taken to have been withdrawn.
(3) A notice under this section must include a statement about the effect of subsection (2).
(1) The Minister must:
(a) decide an application for approval as a higher education provider; and
(b) cause the applicant to be notified in writing whether or not the applicant is approved as a higher education provider.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 16‑25(1)(f), the Minister may be satisfied that a body corporate is willing and able to meet the *quality and accountability requirements if the body gives the Minister such written undertakings as the Minister requires.
(3) The Minister’s decision must be made:
(a) within 90 days after receiving the application; or
(b) if further information is requested under section 16‑45—within 60 days after the end of the period within which the information was required to be provided under that section;
whichever is the later.
(3A) However, contravention of subsection (3) does not affect the Minister’s power to decide the application or the Minister’s obligation to comply with subsection (1).
(4) If the Minister decides that an applicant is approved as a higher education provider, the notice must also contain such information as is specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines as information that must be provided to an applicant upon approval as a higher education provider.
(1) A notice of approval under paragraph 16‑50(1)(b) is a legislative instrument.
(2) A decision of the Minister to approve a body corporate as a higher education provider takes effect when the notice of approval commences under the
Legislation Act 2003 .Note: Section 12 of the
Legislation Act 2003 provides for when a legislative instrument commences.
(1) The Minister may impose conditions on a body corporate’s approval as a higher education provider. Such conditions need not be imposed at the time notice of approval is given to the provider.
(2) The Minister may vary a condition imposed under subsection (1).
(3) The conditions may include the following:
(a) that a specified limit on the total number of students entitled to *FEE‑HELP assistance applies to the provider for a specified period;
(b) that a specified limit on the total amount of FEE‑HELP assistance payable to the provider applies to the provider for a specified period;
(c) that FEE‑HELP assistance is payable only in relation to specified units of study offered by the higher education provider;
(d) that FEE‑HELP assistance is not payable in relation to specified units of study offered by the higher education provider;
(e) that units of study provided in a specified manner or by a specified mode of delivery by the higher education provider are units in relation to which FEE‑HELP assistance is unavailable.
(4) Subsection (3) does not limit the conditions the Minister may impose on the approval.
The Minister must, within 30 days of his or her decision to impose or vary a condition on a higher education provider, cause the provider to be notified, in writing, of:
(a) the decision; and
(b) the reasons for the decision; and
(c) the period for which the condition is imposed.
(1) If a body corporate is approved as a higher education provider under section 16‑25 and the body’s name changes, the Minister may vary the approval to include the new name.
(2) The Minister must notify the body in writing of the variation.
(3) A notice of variation under subsection (2) is a legislative instrument.
(4) The variation takes effect when the notice of variation commences under the
Legislation Act 2003 .Note: Section 12 of the
Legislation Act 2003 provides for when a legislative instrument commences.
The
quality and accountability requirements are:
(a) the *financial viability requirements (see Subdivision 19‑B); and
(b) the *quality requirements (see Subdivision 19‑C); and
(c) the *fairness requirements (see Subdivision 19‑D); and
(d) the *compliance requirements (see Subdivision 19‑E); and
(e) the *contribution and fee requirements (see Subdivision 19‑F); and
(f) the *compact and academic freedom requirements (see Subdivision 19‑G).
A higher education provider:
(a) must be financially viable; and
(b) must be likely to remain financially viable.
(1) A higher education provider must give to the Minister a financial statement for each *annual financial reporting period for the provider in which:
(a) the provider receives assistance under this Chapter; or
(b) a student of the provider receives assistance under Chapter 3.
(2) The statement:
(a) must be in the form approved by the Minister; and
(ab) must comply with any requirements prescribed by the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; and
(b) must be provided together with a report on the statement by an independent *qualified auditor; and
(c) must be provided within 6 months after the end of the *annual financial reporting period for which the statement was given.
(2A) Without limiting subsection 33(3A) of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , requirements made for the purposes of paragraph (2)(ab) of this section may make different provision in relation to different kinds of providers, circumstances or any other matter.(3) An
annual financial reporting period , for a higher education provider, is the period of 12 months:
(a) to which the provider’s accounts relate; and
(b) that is notified in writing to the Minister as the provider’s annual financial reporting period.
In determining whether a higher education provider is financially viable, and likely to remain so, the Minister must have regard to:
(a) any financial statement provided by the provider under section 19‑10; and
(b) the matters (if any) prescribed by the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
A higher education provider must operate, and continue to operate, at a level of quality:
(a) that meets the Threshold Standards (within the meaning of the *TEQSA Act); and
(b) that meets the requirements imposed by or under the TEQSA Act on, or in relation to, the provider.
(1) A higher education provider that is a higher education provider within the meaning of the
Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender‑based Violence) Act 2025 must comply with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender‑based Violence made under that Act.(2) This section begins to apply to a higher education provider:
(a) if the provider is a Table A provider or a Table B provider—on 1 January 2026; or
(b) otherwise—on 1 January 2027.
A higher education provider must treat fairly:
(a) all of its students; and
(b) all of the persons seeking to enrol with the provider.
(1) A higher education provider that receives assistance under this Chapter in respect of a student, or a class of students, must ensure that the benefits of, and the opportunities created by, the assistance are made equally available to all such students, or students in such class, in respect of whom that assistance is payable.
(2) A higher education provider that receives:
(a) any grant or allocation under this Chapter; or
(b) any payment under section 124‑1 on account of amounts of *OS‑HELP assistance;
must have open, fair and transparent procedures that, in the provider’s reasonable view, are based on merit for making decisions about the selection of students who are to benefit from the grant, allocation or payment.
(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent a higher education provider taking into account, in making such decisions about the selection of students, educational disadvantages that a particular student has experienced.
(4) A higher education provider that receives any payment under section 110‑1 on account of amounts of *FEE‑HELP assistance for a unit of study must have open, fair and transparent procedures that, in the provider’s reasonable view, are based on merit for making decisions about:
(a) the selection, from among the persons who seek to enrol with the provider in that unit of study, of persons to enrol; and
(b) the treatment of students undertaking that unit of study.
(5) A higher education provider that receives any payment under section 128D‑1 on account of amounts of *STARTUP‑HELP assistance for an *accelerator program course must have open, fair and transparent procedures that, in the provider’s reasonable view, are based on merit for making decisions about:
(a) the selection, from among the persons who seek to enrol with the provider in that accelerator program course, of persons to enrol; and
(b) the selection of students for receipt of STARTUP‑HELP assistance in relation to that accelerator program course; and
(c) the treatment of students undertaking that accelerator program course.
(6) Subsections (4) and (5) do not prevent a higher education provider taking into account, in making decisions mentioned in those subsections, educational disadvantages that a particular student has experienced.
A higher education provider must not represent, whether by publishing or otherwise, that assistance payable under Chapter 3:
(a) is not a loan; or
(b) does not have to be repaid.
Civil penalty: 240 penalty units.
(1) A higher education provider must not offer or provide a benefit, or cause a benefit to be offered or provided, if the benefit would be reasonably likely to induce a person to make a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to enrolling in a unit of study with the provider.
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a benefit specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(3) A higher education provider must not offer or provide a benefit, or cause a benefit to be offered or provided, if the benefit would be reasonably likely to induce a person to make a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to enrolling in an *accelerator program course with the provider.
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to a benefit specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(1) This section applies if a higher education provider cold‑calls another person to market, advertise or promote a unit of study or a *course of study, or an *accelerator program course.
(2) The higher education provider must not mention the possible availability of assistance payable under Chapter 3 for students undertaking the unit of study or *course of study, or *accelerator program course.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(3) For the purposes of this section,
cold‑calling includes making unsolicited contact with a person:
(a) in person; or
(b) by telephone, email or other form of electronic communication.
(4) The Higher Education Provider Guidelines may set out conduct that is taken to be
cold‑calling for the purposes of this section.
(1) This section applies if a higher education provider:
(a) receives a person’s contact details from another person; and
(b) contacts the student:
(i) to market, advertise or promote a unit of study or a *course of study, or enrol the student in a unit of study or course of study; or
(ii) to market, advertise or promote an *accelerator program course, or enrol the student in an accelerator program course.
(2) The higher education provider must not mention the possible availability of assistance payable under Chapter 3 for students undertaking the unit of study or *course of study, or *accelerator program course.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in circumstances specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(1) The Higher Education Provider Guidelines may set out requirements in relation to the marketing of courses in circumstances where assistance may be payable by the Commonwealth under Chapter 3.
(2) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if the provider:
(a) is subject to a requirement under subsection (1); and
(b) fails to comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
A higher education provider must not complete any part of a *request for Commonwealth assistance that a student is required to complete.
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.
(1) A higher education provider must not:
(a) require a person to be or to become a member of an organisation of students, or of students and other persons; or
(b) require a person enrolled with, or seeking to enrol with, the provider to pay to the provider or any other entity an amount in respect of an organisation of students, or of students and other persons;
unless the person has chosen to be or to become a member of the organisation.
(2) A higher education provider must not require a person enrolled with, or seeking to enrol with, the provider to pay to the provider or any other entity an amount for the provision to students of an amenity, facility or service that is not of an academic nature, unless the person has chosen to use the amenity, facility or service.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to an amount that the higher education provider requires the person to pay if the amount is for goods or services that:
(a) are essential for the course of study, or *accelerator program course, in which the person is enrolled or seeking to enrol; and
(b) the person has the choice of acquiring from, but does not acquire from, a supplier other than the higher education provider; and
(c) either:
(i) are goods that become the property of the person that are not intended to be consumed during the course of study or accelerator program course; or
(ii) consist of food, transport or accommodation associated with provision of field trips in connection with the course of study or accelerator program course.
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a *student services and amenities fee that the higher education provider requires the person to pay.
(5) A
student services and amenities fee is an amount:
(a) that a higher education provider requires a person enrolled, or seeking to enrol, with the provider to pay for a period starting on or after 1 January 2012 to support the provision to students of amenities and services not of an academic nature, regardless of whether the person chooses to use any of those amenities and services; and
(b) that is determined by the provider in accordance with the Administration Guidelines; and
(c) that is not more than the amount worked out for that period for the person in accordance with those guidelines; and
(d) that is payable on a day determined in accordance with those guidelines; and
(e) that is such that the total of all amounts that are covered by paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) for the same provider and person is not more than $263, for amounts for periods falling wholly or partly within a calendar year starting on or after 1 January 2012.
Note 1: The Administration Guidelines are made by the Minister under section 238‑10.
Note 2: The amount of $263 mentioned in paragraph (5)(e) is indexed under Part 5‑6.
Note 3: Paragraph 19‑102(3)(b) prevents a student services and amenities fee from being a fee as defined in section 19‑102.
(6) If a higher education provider determines a *student services and amenities fee, the provider:
(a) must publish, in accordance with the Administration Guidelines:
(i) enough information to enable a person liable to pay the fee to work out the amount of the fee; and
(ii) notice of the day on which the fee is payable; and
(b) must, on request by a person who is or may become liable to pay the fee, inform the person of the amount of the fee and the day on which it is or would be payable.
(1) A higher education provider must not spend an amount paid to the provider as a *student services and amenities fee to support:
(a) a political party; or
(b) the election of a person as a member of:
(i) the legislature of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(ii) a local government body.
(2) If a higher education provider pays a person or organisation an amount paid to the provider as a *student services and amenities fee, the provider must make the payment on the condition that none of the payment is to be spent by the person or organisation to support:
(a) a political party; or
(b) the election of a person as a member of:
(i) the legislature of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(ii) a local government body.
(3) A higher education provider must not spend, for a purpose other than that specified in subsection (4), an amount paid to the provider as a *student services and amenities fee.
(4) Subsection (3) does not prohibit expenditure for a purpose that relates to the provision of any of the following services:
(a) providing food or drink to students on a campus of the higher education provider;
(b) supporting a sporting or other recreational activity by students;
(c) supporting the administration of a club most of whose members are students;
(d) caring for children of students;
(e) providing legal services to students;
(f) promoting the health or welfare of students;
(g) helping students secure accommodation;
(h) helping students obtain employment or advice on careers;
(i) helping students with their financial affairs;
(j) helping students obtain insurance against personal accidents;
(k) supporting debating by students;
(l) providing libraries and reading rooms (other than those provided for academic purposes) for students;
(m) supporting an artistic activity by students;
(n) supporting the production and dissemination to students of media whose content is provided by students;
(o) helping students develop skills for study, by means other than undertaking *courses of study or *accelerator program courses in which they are enrolled;
(p) advising on matters arising under the higher education provider’s rules (however described);
(q) advocating students’ interests in matters arising under the higher education provider’s rules (however described);
(r) giving students information to help them in their orientation;
(s) helping meet the specific needs of *overseas students relating to their welfare, accommodation and employment.
Note: Examples of expenditure for a purpose that relates to the provision of a service specified in subsection (4) include:
(a) expenditure by the higher education provider in directly providing the service; and
(b) expenditure by the higher education provider in getting someone else to provide the service or subsidising the provision of the service by someone else; and
(c) expenditure by the higher education provider on infrastructure for the provision of the service.
(5) Without limiting who is a child of a person for the purposes of paragraph (4)(d), someone is the
child of a person if he or she is a child of the person within the meaning of theFamily Law Act 1975 .(6) To avoid doubt, subsections (1), (2) and (3) apply to an advance made to a higher education provider on account of *SA‑HELP assistance in the same way as they apply to an amount paid to the provider as a *student services and amenities fee.
Note: An amount of SA‑HELP assistance paid to a provider is an amount paid to the provider as a student services and amenities fee because, under section 128‑1, the SA‑HELP assistance is paid to discharge the student’s liability to pay the fee.
(7) Subsection (6) does not limit subsection 164‑10(2).
Note: Subsection 164‑10(2) applies to an advance on account of an amount the conditions that would apply to payment of the amount.
(1) A higher education provider must allocate an amount that is equal to, or greater than, 40% of the total amount paid to the provider as *student services and amenities fees in respect of each calendar year, to one or more *student led organisations that relate to the higher education provider for the calendar year, for the purposes of providing student services and amenities.
(2) Amounts must be allocated under subsection (1) before the end of the calendar year in respect of which the *student services and amenities fees were paid to the higher education provider.
(3) An organisation is a
student led organisation that relates to a higher education provider for a particular calendar year if:(a) the majority of the persons constituting the governing body (however described) of the organisation are either or both of the following:
(i) students enrolled in a *course of study with the higher education provider during the calendar year;
(ii) students who have been enrolled in a *course of study with the higher education provider during any of the 3 immediately preceding calendar years; and
(b) the majority of the persons constituting the governing body (however described) of the organisation have been democratically elected by students enrolled in a *course of study with the higher education provider when the student votes in the election; and
(c) the organisation satisfies the requirements (if any) specified in the Student Services, Amenities, Representation and Advocacy Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph.
Note: The Student Services, Amenities, Representation and Advocacy Guidelines are made by the Minister under section 238‑10.
(1) The Secretary may, on application under subsection (4), determine that a *Table A provider:
(a) is not required to allocate an amount to one or more student led organisations, in respect of up to 3 calendar years, that would otherwise be required by section 19‑39 to be allocated; or
(b) may allocate an amount specified in the determination to one or more student led organisations, in respect of up to 3 calendar years, being an amount lower than would otherwise be required by section 19‑39 to be allocated.
(2) The Secretary may, on application under subsection (4), determine that a higher education provider that is not a *Table A provider:
(a) is not required to allocate an amount to one or more student led organisations, in respect of up to 5 calendar years, that would otherwise be required by section 19‑39 to be allocated; or
(b) may allocate an amount specified in the determination to one or more student led organisations, in respect of up to 5 calendar years, being an amount lower than would otherwise be required by section 19‑39 to be allocated.
(3) The Secretary must not make a determination under subsection (1) or (2) unless the Secretary is satisfied:
(a) that unless the Secretary makes the determination, the higher education provider concerned would not be able to maintain key services at an appropriate level for the calendar year or years to which the determination relates; and
(b) that the higher education provider has in place a transition plan that will enable it to comply with section 19‑39 after the end of the calendar year or years specified in the determination.
(4) A higher education provider may make an application under this subsection:
(a) in a form approved by the Secretary; and
(b) in accordance with the requirements that the Secretary determines in writing; and
(c) within the period (if any) specified in the Student Services, Amenities, Representation and Advocacy Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph.
Note: The Student Services, Amenities, Representation and Advocacy Guidelines are made by the Minister under section 238‑10.
(5) A determination made under this section is not a legislative instrument.
(1) Before enrolling a student in a unit of study, a higher education provider must assess the student as academically suited to undertake the unit concerned.
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.
(1A) Before enrolling a person in an *accelerator program course, a higher education provider must assess the person as academically suited to undertake that accelerator program course.
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.
(2) The assessment for the purposes of subsection (1) or (1A) must be done in accordance with any requirements specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
Providers must have a support for students policy (1) A higher education provider must have a policy (a
support for students policy ) that deals with the support provided to the provider’s students to assist them to successfully complete the units of study in which they are enrolled.
(2) A higher education provider’s support for students policy must:
(a) include information on:
(i) the provider’s processes for identifying students that are at risk of not successfully completing their units of study; and
(ii) the supports available from or on behalf of the provider to assist students to successfully complete the units of study in which they are enrolled; and
(b) comply with any requirements specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(3) Without limiting paragraph (2)(b), the requirements may relate to the following:
(a) requirements for the higher education provider’s support for students policy to include specified information;
(b) requirements about the presentation, format and availability of the policy.
Provider to comply with support for students policy
(4) A higher education provider must comply with its support for students policy.
Provider must report on compliance with support for students policy
(5) A higher education provider must give a report to the Minister about the provider’s compliance with its support for students policy.
(6) The report must:
(a) include the information required by the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; and
(b) be given within the period, or at the intervals, specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
Civil penalty for non‑compliance
(7) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if the provider:
(a) is subject to a requirement under this section; and
(b) does not comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
Must have grievance and review procedures
(1) A higher education provider must have:
(a) a grievance procedure for dealing with complaints by the provider’s students, and persons who seek to enrol in *courses of study or *accelerator program courses with the provider, relating to non‑academic matters; and
(b) a grievance procedure for dealing with complaints by the provider’s students relating to academic matters; and
(c) a review procedure for dealing with review of decisions made by the provider:
(i) under subsection 36‑12(2) or 36‑20(1); or
(ii) relating to assistance under Chapter 3.
Note: Part 5‑7 also deals with reconsideration and review of decisions.
(2) Except where the provider is a *Table A provider, the grievance procedures referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) must comply with the requirements of the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(3) The review procedure referred to in paragraph (1)(c) must comply with the requirements of the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
Guidelines may provide for matters relating to reviews
(4) The Higher Education Provider Guidelines may provide for matters relating to reviews of decisions made by higher education providers:
(a) under subsection 36‑12(2) or 36‑20(1); or
(b) relating to assistance under Chapter 3;
including procedures that are to be followed by *review officers when reviewing those decisions.
Provider to comply with procedures
(5) The provider must comply with its grievance and review procedures.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
Provider to provide information about procedures
(6) The provider must publish, and make publicly available, up to date information setting out the procedures.
Provider to provide information about other complaint mechanisms
(7) The provider must publish information about any other complaint mechanisms available to complain about the provider’s decisions.
(1) A higher education provider must appoint a *review officer to undertake reviews of decisions made by the provider:
(a) under subsection 36‑12(2) or 36‑20(1); or
(b) relating to assistance under Chapter 3.
Note: The Secretary may delegate to a review officer of a higher education provider the power to reconsider decisions of the provider under Division 209: see subsection 238‑1(2).
(2) A
review officer of a higher education provider is a person, or a person included in a class of persons, whom:
(a) the chief executive officer of the provider; or
(b) a delegate of the chief executive officer of the provider;
has appointed to be a review officer of the provider for the purposes of reviewing decisions made by the provider:
(c) under subsection 36‑12(2) or 36‑20(1); or
(d) relating to assistance under Chapter 3.
A higher education provider must ensure that a *review officer of the provider:
(a) does not review a decision that the review officer was involved in making; and
(b) in reviewing a decision of the provider, occupies a position that is senior to that occupied by any person involved in making the original decision.
(1) A higher education provider must comply with the Australian Privacy Principles in respect of *personal information obtained for the purposes of subsection 36‑12(2) or 36‑20(1) or Chapter 3 or 4.
(2) A higher education provider must have a procedure under which a student enrolled with the provider may apply to the provider for, and receive, a copy of *personal information that the provider holds in relation to that student.
(3) The provider must comply with:
(a) the requirements of the Higher Education Provider Guidelines relating to *personal information in relation to students; and
(b) the procedure referred to in subsection (2).
(1) A higher education provider must comply with:
(a) this Act and the regulations; and
(b) the Guidelines made under section 238‑10 that apply to the provider; and
(c) a condition imposed on the provider’s approval as a higher education provider.
(2) A higher education provider must provide information to the Minister in relation to the affairs of the provider in accordance with the requirements of this Act.
(3) A higher education provider’s administrative arrangements must support the provision of assistance under this Act.
(1) A higher education provider must pay the following when it is due and payable by the provider:
(a) *higher education provider charge;
(b) any penalty for late payment of higher education provider charge.
Note: Higher education provider charge is imposed by the
Higher Education Support (Charges) Act 2019 .(2) The Higher Education Provider Guidelines may make provision for, or in relation to, all or any of the following matters:
(a) the issue of notices setting out the amount of *higher education provider charge payable by a provider;
(b) when higher education provider charge is due and payable;
(c) the issue of notices extending the time for payment of higher education provider charge;
(d) penalties for late payment of higher education provider charge;
(e) to whom higher education provider charge and any penalties for late payment are payable;
(f) the refund, remission or waiver of higher education provider charge or penalties for late payment;
(g) the review of decisions made under the Higher Education Provider Guidelines in relation to the collection or recovery of higher education provider charge;
(h) any other matters relating to the collection or recovery of higher education provider charge.
(1) A higher education provider to whom Part 5‑1A applies must comply with the *tuition protection requirements.
Note: See section 166‑5 for the providers to whom Part 5‑1A applies.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) A higher education provider to whom Part 5‑1A applies must pay the following when it is due and payable by the provider:
(a) *HELP tuition protection levy;
(b) any penalty for late payment of HELP tuition protection levy.
Note: HELP tuition protection levy is imposed by the
Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020 .(3) The Higher Education Provider Guidelines may make provision for, or in relation to, all or any of the following matters:
(a) the issue of notices setting out the amount of *HELP tuition protection levy payable by a provider;
(b) when HELP tuition protection levy is due and payable;
(c) the issue of notices extending the time for payment of HELP tuition protection levy;
(d) penalties for late payment of HELP tuition protection levy;
(e) to whom HELP tuition protection levy and any penalties for late payment are payable;
(f) the refund, remission or waiver of HELP tuition protection levy or penalties for late payment;
(g) the review of decisions made under the Higher Education Provider Guidelines in relation to the collection or recovery of HELP tuition protection levy;
(h) any other matters relating to the collection or recovery of HELP tuition protection levy.
(1) A higher education provider that receives a grant under Part 2‑2 in respect of the year 2012 or a later year must comply in respect of the year with the requirements of the Student Services, Amenities, Representation and Advocacy Guidelines as those guidelines were in force on the 30 June just before the year.
Note: The Student Services, Amenities, Representation and Advocacy Guidelines are made by the Minister under section 238‑10.
(2) The Student Services, Amenities, Representation and Advocacy Guidelines may provide for:
(a) requirements for providing students with information about services that are not of an academic nature and that support students; and
(b) requirements for providing students with access to such services; and
(c) requirements relating to the representation and advocacy of the interests of students.
(3) However, the Student Services, Amenities, Representation and Advocacy Guidelines cannot require a provider to fund an organisation of students, or of students and other persons.
(4) Subsection 19‑65(1) does not apply in relation to the Student Services, Amenities, Representation and Advocacy Guidelines.
(1) A higher education provider must give to the Minister such statistical and other information that the Minister by notice in writing requires from the provider in respect of:
(a) the provision of higher education by the provider; and
(b) compliance by the provider with the requirements of this Act.
(2) The information must be provided:
(a) in a form (if any) approved by the Minister for the information; and
(b) in accordance with such other requirements as the Minister makes.
(3) A notice under this section must not require the giving of information that a higher education provider is required to give to the Minister under section 19‑95.
(4) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if the provider:
(a) is subject to a requirement under this section; and
(b) does not comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(1) A higher education provider must co‑operate with *HESA investigators and *TEQSA investigators who are performing functions or exercising powers under this Act.
(2) A higher education provider must not obstruct or hinder a *HESA investigator or a *TEQSA investigator who is performing functions or exercising powers under this Act.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(1) A higher education provider must keep records of a kind, in the manner and for the period specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(2) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if the provider:
(a) is subject to a requirement under this section; and
(b) does not comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(1) A higher education provider must publish information of the kind, in the manner and within the period specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(2) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if the provider:
(a) is subject to a requirement under this section; and
(b) does not comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
A higher education provider must by writing inform the Minister of any event affecting:
(a) the provider; or
(b) a *related body corporate of the provider;
that may significantly affect the provider’s capacity to meet the conditions of grants under this Chapter or the *quality and accountability requirements.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
A higher education provider must by writing inform the Minister of any event affecting:
(a) the provider; or
(b) a *related body corporate of the provider;
that relates to:
(c) the provider’s authority conferred by or under the *TEQSA Act to self‑accredit one or more *courses of study; or
(d) TEQSA’s accreditation of a course of study that is an *accredited course in relation to the provider.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(1) A higher education provider must by writing inform the Minister of any event significantly affecting:
(a) the provider; or
(b) a *related body corporate of the provider;
that relates to the provider’s registration as a *registered higher education provider.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) If a higher education provider informs the Minister of an event under section 19‑77, the provider need not inform the Minister of the event under this section.
(1) The Minister may require a higher education provider to be audited as to compliance with any one or more of the following requirements:
(a) the *financial viability requirements;
(b) the *fairness requirements;
(c) the *compliance requirements;
(d) the *contribution and fee requirements.
(2) The audit must be conducted:
(a) by a body determined in writing by the Minister; and
(b) at such time or times, and in such manner, as the Minister requires.
(2A) To avoid doubt, if the Minister makes a determination under subsection (2) in relation to *TEQSA, the determination is not a direction for the purposes of subsection 136(2) of the *TEQSA Act.
(3) The provider must:
(a) fully co‑operate with the auditing body in the course of its audit; and
(b) pay to the auditing body any charges payable for such an audit.
(3A) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if the provider:
(a) is being audited under this section; and
(b) does not co‑operate with the auditing body in the course of its audit.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) A determination made under paragraph (2)(a) is not a legislative instrument.
Grounds for giving a compliance notice
(1) The Minister may give a higher education provider a written notice (a
compliance notice ) in accordance with this section if the Minister is satisfied that the provider has not complied with, or is aware of information that suggests that the provider may not comply with, one or more of the following:
(a) this Act or the regulations;
(b) the Guidelines made under section 238‑10 that apply to the provider;
(c) a condition imposed on the provider’s approval as a higher education provider.
Content of compliance notice
(2) The compliance notice must:
(a) set out the name of the provider to which the notice is given; and
(b) set out brief details of the non‑compliance or possible non‑compliance; and
(c) specify action that the provider must take, or refrain from taking, in order to address the non‑compliance or possible non‑compliance; and
(d) specify a reasonable period within which the provider must take, or refrain from taking, the specified action; and
(e) if the Minister considers it appropriate—specify a reasonable period within which the provider must provide the Minister with evidence that the provider has taken, or refrained from taking, the specified action; and
(f) in any case—state that a failure to comply with the notice is a breach of a *quality and accountability requirement which may lead to the provider’s approval as a higher education provider being suspended or revoked; and
(g) in any case—set out any other matters specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph.
Matters that Minister must consider in giving compliance notice
(3) In deciding whether to give the compliance notice, the Minister must consider all of the following matters:
(a) whether the non‑compliance or possible non‑compliance is of a minor or major nature;
(b) the period for which the provider has been approved as a higher education provider;
(c) the provider’s history of compliance with:
(i) this Act and the regulations; and
(ii) the Guidelines made under section 238‑10 that apply to the provider; and
(iii) any conditions imposed on the provider’s approval as a higher education provider;
(d) the impact of the higher education provider’s non‑compliance or possible non‑compliance, and of the proposed compliance notice, on:
(i) the provider’s students; and
(ii) the provision of higher education generally;
(e) the public interest;
(f) any other matter specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph.
Higher Education provider to comply with compliance notice
(4) A higher education provider must comply with a compliance notice given to the provider under this section.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
Variation and revocation of compliance notice
(5) The Minister may, by written notice given to the higher education provider, vary or revoke a compliance notice if, at the time of the variation or revocation, the Minister considers that taking such action is in the public interest.
Note: A variation could, for example, specify different action to be taken by the provider or a different period for complying with the notice.
(6) In deciding whether to vary or revoke the compliance notice, the Minister must consider any submissions that are received from the higher education provider before the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (2)(d).
Compliance notice not required before suspending or revoking approval
(7) To avoid doubt, the Minister need not give a compliance notice under this section before suspending or revoking the provider’s approval as a higher education provider in accordance with Division 22.
A higher education provider must charge, in accordance with the requirements of this Act:
(a) *student contribution amounts and *tuition fees for each unit of study in which it enrols students; and
(b) an *accelerator program course fee for each *accelerator program course in which it enrols students.
(1) This section applies to a unit of study:
(a) that a higher education provider provides or proposes to provide during a period ascertained in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; and
(b) in relation to which the provider may advise a person that he or she is a *Commonwealth supported student.
(2) The provider must determine, for places in the unit, one or more *student contribution amounts that are to apply to students who may enrol in the unit during the period.
(2A) In determining more than one *student contribution amount under subsection (2), the provider may have regard to any matters the provider considers appropriate, other than matters specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines as matters to which a provider must not have regard.
(3) The provider must not vary a *student contribution amount unless the provider:
(a) does so:
(i) before the date ascertained in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; and
(ii) in circumstances specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; or
(b) does so with the written approval of the Minister.
(1) This section applies to a unit of study that a higher education provider provides or proposes to provide during a period ascertained in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(2) The provider must determine, for the unit, one or more *fees that are to apply to students who may enrol in the unit during the period.
(3) In determining more than one *fee under subsection (2), the provider may have regard to any matters the provider considers appropriate, other than matters specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines as matters to which a provider must not have regard.
(4) The provider must not vary a *fee unless the provider:
(a) does so:
(i) before the date ascertained in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; and
(ii) in circumstances specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; or
(b) does so with the written approval of the Minister.
(1) This section applies to an *accelerator program course that a higher education provider provides or proposes to provide during a period ascertained in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(2) The provider must determine one *accelerator program course fee that is to apply to students who may enrol in the course during the period.
(3) A person’s
accelerator program course fee for an *accelerator program course is the fee determined for the course under subsection (2).
(1) A higher education provider must give the Minister a schedule of the *student contribution amounts for places, and *tuition fees, determined under sections 19‑87 and 19‑90 for all the units of study it provides or proposes to provide during a period ascertained in accordance with the Higher Education 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.
(2) The provider must:
(a) ensure that the schedule provides sufficient information to enable a person to work out, for each unit of study the provider provides or is to provide:
(i) the person’s *student contribution amount; and
(ii) if the provider determined more than one student contribution amount for places in a unit under section 19‑87—which of those student contribution amounts applies to the person; and
(aa) ensure that the schedule provides sufficient information to enable a person to work out, for each unit of study the provider provides or is to provide:
(i) the person’s *tuition fee; and
(ii) if the provider determined more than one tuition fee for a unit under section 19‑90—which of those tuition fees applies to the person; and
(b) publish the schedule for a particular period by the date ascertained in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; and
(c) ensure that the schedule is available to all students enrolled, and persons seeking to enrol, with the provider on request and without charge.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
Replacement schedules
(3) If:
(a) the provider has given the Minister a schedule (the
previous schedule ) under:
(i) subsection (1); or
(ii) this subsection; and
(b) the provider:
(i) varies a *student contribution amount in the previous schedule; or
(ii) varies a *tuition fee in the previous schedule;
the provider must:
(c) by written notice given to the Minister:
(i) withdraw the previous schedule; and
(ii) inform the Minister of the variation; and
(d) give the Minister a replacement schedule incorporating the variation.
Note 1: The provider must comply with subsection 19‑87(3) when varying a student contribution amount.
Note 2: The provider must comply with subsection 19‑90(4) when varying a tuition fee.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) apply to the replacement schedule in a corresponding way to the way in which they apply to the previous schedule.
(1) This section applies if a higher education provider is required by section 19‑92 to determine an *accelerator program course fee for an *accelerator program course the provider provides or proposes to provide during a period ascertained in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
(2) The provider must give the Minister a schedule of the *accelerator program course fees determined under section 19‑92 for all the *accelerator program courses it provides or proposes to provide during the period. It must give the schedule:
(a) in a form approved in writing by the Minister (if any); and
(b) in accordance with the requirements that the Minister determines in writing (if any).
(3) The provider must:
(a) ensure that the schedule provides sufficient information to enable a person to work out, for each *accelerator program course the provider provides or is to provide during the period, the person’s *accelerator program course fee; and
(b) publish the schedule for a particular period by the date ascertained in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; and
(c) ensure that the schedule is available to all students enrolled, and persons seeking to enrol, with the provider on request and without charge.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
A higher education provider must not charge a person a *fee for a *course of study that exceeds the sum of the person’s *tuition fees for all of the units of study undertaken with the provider by the person as part of the course.
(1) A
fee includes any tuition, examination or other fee payable to a higher education provider by a person enrolled with, or applying for enrolment with, the provider.(2) A
fee may also include any fee payable to the provider in respect of the granting of a *higher education award.(3) A
fee does not include a fee that is:
(a) payable in respect of an organisation of students, or of students and other persons; or
(b) payable in respect of the provision to students of amenities or services that are not of an academic nature; or
(c) payable in respect of residential accommodation; or
(d) imposed in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines for the imposition of fees in respect of *overseas students; or
(e) payable in respect of studies (other than an *enabling course) that are not permitted to be undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a *higher education award; or
(f) determined, in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines, to be a fee of a kind that is incidental to studies that may be undertaken with a higher education provider; or
(g) a *student contribution amount payable in respect of a student.
(4) The definition of
fee in this section does not apply for the purposes of section 104‑50.
A person’s
tuition fee for a unit of study is:
(a) if only one fee has been determined for the unit under subsection 19‑90(2)—that fee; or
(b) if more than one fee has been determined for the unit under that subsection—the fee determined under that subsection that applies to the person.
(1) A higher education provider that is a *Table A provider or a *Table B provider must, in respect of each year for which a grant is paid to the provider under this Act, enter into a mission based compact with the Commonwealth for a period that includes that year.
(2) The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into a mission based compact with a *Table A provider or a *Table B provider.
(3) The mission based compact must include:
(a) a statement of the provider’s mission; and
(b) a statement of the provider’s strategies for teaching and learning; and
(c) a statement of the provider’s strategies for:
(i) undertaking research; and
(ii) research training; and
(iii) innovation; and
(d) a statement of the provider’s strategies for engaging with industry; and
(e) a statement of the provider’s strategies for improving equality of opportunity in higher education.
Note: A mission based compact may include other matters.
(4) The *Secretary must cause a copy of each mission based compact to be published on the Department’s website within 28 days after the making of the compact.
A higher education provider that is a *Table A provider or a *Table B provider must have a policy that upholds freedom of speech and academic freedom.
(1) A body ceases to be approved as a higher education provider:
(a) if a decision to revoke the approval is in effect under Subdivision 22‑AA, 22‑B or 22‑D; or
(b) while the approval is suspended under section 22‑30; or
(c) if the notice of the provider’s approval ceases to have effect under Part 2 of Chapter 3 (parliamentary scrutiny of legislative instruments) of the
Legislation Act 2003 .(2) If a body ceases to be approved as a higher education provider, the Minister must ensure that *TEQSA is notified, in writing, of the cessation.
(1) The Minister must revoke a body’s approval as a higher education provider if:
(a) the body is no longer a *registered higher education provider; and
(b) in a case where *TEQSA has made either of the following decisions under the *TEQSA Act, the decision has not been set aside or quashed, and is no longer *subject to review:
(i) a decision under section 36 of that Act to refuse an application to renew the body’s registration under Part 3 of that Act;
(ii) a decision under section 101 of that Act to cancel the body’s registration under Part 3 of that Act.
(2) The Minister must notify the body in writing of the revocation. The notice must specify that the revocation takes effect on the day that the notice is registered in the *Federal Register of Legislation.
(3) A notice of revocation under subsection (2) is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the
Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the notice.(4) A decision of the Minister to revoke a body’s approval as a higher education provider takes effect on the day that the notice of revocation under subsection (2) is registered in the *Federal Register of Legislation.
(1) The Minister must revoke a body’s approval as a higher education provider if:
(a) an order is made by a court, or by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission under Part 5.4C of the
Corporations Act 2001 , for the winding up of the body; and(b) the order has not been set aside or quashed, and is no longer *subject to review.
(2) The Minister must notify the body in writing of the revocation. The notice must specify that the revocation takes effect on the day that the notice is registered in the *Federal Register of Legislation.
(3) A notice of revocation under subsection (2) is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the
Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the notice.(4) A decision of the Minister to revoke a body’s approval as a higher education provider takes effect on the day that the notice of revocation under subsection (2) is registered in the *Federal Register of Legislation.
The Minister may revoke a body’s approval as a higher education provider if the Minister:
(a) is satisfied that the body’s application under section 16‑40 for approval as a higher education provider contained material that was false or misleading; and
(b) complies with the requirements of section 22‑20.
(1) The Minister may revoke a body’s approval as a higher education provider if:
(a) the body’s principal purpose is no longer, or is no longer taken to be, either or both of the following:
(i) to provide education;
(ii) to conduct research; and
(c) the Minister complies with the requirements of section 22‑20.
(2) The Minister may also revoke a body’s approval as a higher education provider if:
(a) the Minister is satisfied that any of the body’s purposes conflict with the body’s principal purpose of providing education and/or conducting research; and
(b) the Minister complies with the requirements of section 22‑20.
s 104‑75..................................... | rep No 143, 2005 |
s 107‑1....................................... | am No 45, 2004 |
s 107‑5....................................... | am No 45, 2004 |
s 107‑10..................................... | am No 45, 2004; No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005 |
rs No 170, 2007 | |
am No 76, 2018 | |
s 110‑1....................................... | am No 45, 2004; No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005 |
s 110‑5....................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 56, 2005; No 83, 2005; No 143, 2005; No 158, 2005; No 121, 2006; No 83, 2017; No 76, 2018; No 111, 2019; No 64, 2022 |
s 110‑10..................................... | ad No 93, 2020 |
s 115‑1....................................... | am No 157, 2004; No 112, 2013 |
s 118‑1....................................... | am No 157, 2004; No 83, 2005; No 72, 2007; No 74, 2011; No 112, 2013; No 62, 2020; No 64, 2022 |
s 118‑2....................................... | ad No 112, 2013 |
s 118‑5....................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 160, 2015; No 55, 2021; No 36, 2023; No 100, 2023 |
s 118‑7....................................... | ad No 157, 2004 |
s 118‑10..................................... | am No 157, 2004; No 72, 2007; No 112, 2013 |
s 118‑12..................................... | ad No 64, 2022 |
s 118‑15..................................... | am No 157, 2004; No 112, 2013 |
s 121‑1....................................... | rs No 112, 2013 |
s 121‑5....................................... | rs No 112, 2013 |
s 121‑10..................................... | am No 112, 2013 |
s 121‑15..................................... | ad No 112, 2013 |
s 121‑20..................................... | ad No 112, 2013 |
s 124‑1....................................... | am No 112, 2013 |
Part 3‑5...................................... | ad No 130, 2011 |
s 125‑1....................................... | ad No 130, 2011 |
s 126‑1....................................... | ad No 130, 2011 |
am No 62, 2020; No 64, 2022; No 36, 2023 | |
s 126‑5....................................... | ad No 130, 2011 |
am No 127, 2012; No 160, 2015; No 55, 2021; No 36, 2023; No 100, 2023 | |
s 126‑10..................................... | ad No 64, 2022 |
s 127‑1....................................... | ad No 130, 2011 |
s 128‑1....................................... | ad No 130, 2011 |
s 128‑5....................................... | ad No 130, 2011 |
Part 3‑6...................................... | ad No 76, 2018 |
s 128‑7....................................... | ad No 76, 2018 |
s 128‑15..................................... | ad No 76, 2018 |
am No 62, 2020 | |
s 128‑20..................................... | ad No 76, 2018 |
rs No 103, 2019 | |
am No 62, 2020 | |
s 128‑25..................................... | ad No 76, 2018 |
am No 103, 2019; No 3, 2023; No 30, 2025 | |
Part 3‑7 | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128A‑1.................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128A‑5.................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128B‑1.................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128B‑5.................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128B‑10................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128B‑15................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128B‑20................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128B‑25................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128B‑30................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
am No 36, 2023; No 100, 2023 | |
s 128B‑35................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128B‑40................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
ed C88 | |
s 128C‑1.................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128C‑5.................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128C‑10................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128D‑1.................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128D‑5.................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128D‑10.................................. | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128E‑1..................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128E‑5..................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128E‑10................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128E‑15................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128E‑20................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128E‑25................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128E‑30................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128E‑35................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 128E‑40................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 129‑1....................................... | rs No 170, 2007 |
am No 100, 2016; No 116, 2018; No 103, 2019; No 3, 2023 | |
s 134‑1....................................... | rs No 170, 2007 |
am No 130, 2011; No 100, 2016; No 116, 2018; No 36, 2023 | |
s 134‑5....................................... | ad No 103, 2019 |
rs No 3, 2023 | |
s 137‑1....................................... | am No 170, 2007; No 130, 2011; No 100, 2016; No 116, 2018; No 36, 2023 |
s 137‑5....................................... | am No 45, 2004; No 83, 2005; No 158, 2005; No 104, 2011; No 169, 2015; No 76, 2018; No 93, 2020; No 55, 2021; No 64, 2022 |
s 137‑10..................................... | am No 45, 2004; No 157, 2004; No 56, 2005; No 83, 2005; No 121, 2006; No 132, 2010; No 83, 2017; No 76, 2018; No 62, 2020; No 93, 2020; No 51, 2021; No 64, 2022 |
s 137‑15..................................... | am No 86, 2009; No 112, 2013 |
s 137‑16..................................... | ad No 130, 2011 |
s 137‑17..................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 137‑18..................................... | ad No 170, 2007 |
am No 121, 2009; No 160, 2012; No 126, 2015; No 168, 2015; No 76, 2018; No 160, 2018 | |
s 137‑19..................................... | ad No 100, 2016 |
am No 76, 2018; No 116, 2018 | |
s 137‑19A.................................. | ad No 30, 2025 |
s 140‑1....................................... | am No 43, 2008; No 55, 2016; No 103, 2019; No 3, 2023; No 108, 2024 |
s 140‑5....................................... | am No 121, 2006; No 170, 2007; No 43, 2008; No 130, 2011; No 178, 2011; No 112, 2013; No 55, 2016; No 100, 2016; No 103, 2019; No 36, 2023; No 30, 2025 |
s 140‑10..................................... | am No 103, 2019; No 3, 2023; No 108, 2024 |
s 140‑15..................................... | rep No 76, 2018 |
s 140‑20..................................... | am No 103, 2019; No 108, 2024 |
s 140‑25..................................... | am No 83, 2005; No 121, 2006; No 170, 2007; No 130, 2011; No 112, 2013; No 100, 2016; No 103, 2019; No 3, 2023; No 36, 2023; No 30, 2025 |
s 140‑26..................................... | ad No 30, 2025 |
s 140‑35..................................... | am No 30, 2025 |
Division 142 heading................... | am No 3, 2023 |
Division 142............................... | ad No 103, 2019 |
s 142‑1....................................... | ad No 103, 2019 |
am No 93, 2020; No 3, 2023 | |
s 142‑5....................................... | ad No 103, 2019 |
am No 3, 2023 | |
s 142‑10..................................... | ad No 103, 2019 |
am No 3, 2023 | |
s 142‑15..................................... | ad No 103, 2019 |
am No 3, 2023 | |
s 142‑20..................................... | ad No 103, 2019 |
Division 144............................... | ad No 3, 2023 |
s 144‑1....................................... | ad No 3, 2023 |
s 144‑5....................................... | ad No 3, 2023 |
s 144‑10..................................... | ad No 3, 2023 |
s 144‑15..................................... | ad No 3, 2023 |
s 144‑20..................................... | ad No 3, 2023 |
s 148‑1....................................... | am No 43, 2008; No 178, 2011; No 55, 2016 |
s 148‑3....................................... | ad No 154, 2015 |
s 148‑5....................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 151‑5....................................... | am No 178, 2011; No 38, 2012 |
s 154‑1....................................... | am No 43, 2008; No 55, 2016 |
s 154‑3....................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 154‑5....................................... | am No 27, 2009; No 132, 2017 |
s 154‑10..................................... | am No 55, 2016; No 76, 2018 |
rs No 30, 2025 | |
Subdivision 154‑AA.................... | ad No 154, 2015 |
s 154‑16..................................... | ad No 154, 2015 |
s 154‑17..................................... | ad No 154, 2015 |
s 154‑18..................................... | ad No 154, 2015 |
s 154‑20..................................... | am No 55, 2016; No 76, 2018 |
rs No 30, 2025 | |
s 154‑25..................................... | am No 23, 2013; No 55, 2016; No 76, 2018; No 108, 2024 |
rs No 30, 2025 | |
s 154‑30..................................... | am No 55, 2016; No 76, 2018 |
rep No 30, 2025 | |
s 154‑32..................................... | ad No 154, 2015 |
s 154‑35..................................... | am No 43, 2008; No 154, 2015; No 55, 2016 |
s 154‑40..................................... | am No 43, 2008 |
rs No 55, 2016 | |
s 154‑45..................................... | am No 6, 2012 |
s 154‑50..................................... | am No 6, 2012 |
s 154‑55..................................... | am No 143, 2005; No 130, 2011; No 36, 2023 |
s 154‑60..................................... | am No 79, 2010 |
s 154‑75..................................... | rep No 101, 2006 |
s 154‑85..................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 154‑90..................................... | ad No 154, 2015 |
Division 157............................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 157‑1....................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
am No 6, 2012 | |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 157‑5....................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
rep No 6, 2012 | |
s 157‑10..................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
am No 6, 2012 | |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 157‑15..................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 157‑20..................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 157‑25..................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 157‑30..................................... | ad No 43, 2008 |
rep No 55, 2016 | |
s 159‑1....................................... | am No 6, 2012; No 83, 2017; No 111, 2019; No 101, 2020 |
s 164‑1....................................... | am No 119, 2007 |
s 164‑10..................................... | am No 157, 2004; No 83, 2017 |
s 164‑15..................................... | am No 119, 2007; No 74, 2016 |
s 164‑17..................................... | ad No 119, 2007 |
s 164‑18..................................... | ad No 119, 2007 |
s 164‑25..................................... | rep No 170, 2007 |
Part 5‑1A................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
s 166‑1....................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
rs No 101, 2020 | |
s 166‑5....................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 166‑10..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 166‑15..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 166‑20..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 62, 2020 | |
s 166‑25..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
rs No 101, 2020 | |
s 166‑26..................................... | ad No 101, 2020 |
s 166‑26A.................................. | ad No 101, 2020 |
s 166‑26B................................... | ad No 101, 2020 |
s 166‑27..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 166‑30..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 166‑32..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 166‑35..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 166‑40..................................... | ad No 101, 2020 |
s 166‑45..................................... | ad No 101, 2020 |
Part 5‑1B heading....................... | rs No 101, 2020 |
Part 5‑1B.................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
Division 1 heading...................... | rs No 101, 2020 |
s 167‑1....................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 167‑5....................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
ed C72 | |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 167‑10..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
Division 2 heading...................... | rs No 101, 2020 |
s 167‑15..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
rs No 101, 2020 | |
s 167‑20..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
ed C72 | |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 167‑25..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
Division 3 heading...................... | rs No 101, 2020 |
s 167‑30..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 167‑35..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
ed C72 | |
rs No 101, 2020 | |
s 167‑40..................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
ed C72 | |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 169‑5....................................... | am No 104, 2011; No 130, 2011; No 93, 2020; No 36, 2023 |
s 169‑10..................................... | am No 104, 2011; No 93, 2020 |
s 169‑15..................................... | am No 45, 2004; No 158, 2005; No 111, 2019; No 101, 2020 |
s 169‑16..................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 169‑17..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 169‑18..................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 169‑20..................................... | am No 45, 2004; No 157, 2004 |
s 169‑25..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 83, 2005; No 160, 2012; No 83, 2017; No 36, 2023 |
s 169‑27..................................... | ad No 104, 2011 |
am No 36, 2023 | |
s 169‑28..................................... | ad No 104, 2011 |
am No 36, 2023 | |
s 169‑30..................................... | am No 130, 2011; No 36, 2023 |
s 169‑35..................................... | ad No 72, 2007 |
am No 130, 2011; No 36, 2023 | |
s 174‑5....................................... | rs No 121, 2006 |
am No 83, 2017 | |
s 174‑10..................................... | rep No 121, 2006 |
s 174‑15..................................... | rep No 121, 2006 |
s 174‑20..................................... | rep No 121, 2006 |
s 174‑25..................................... | rep No 121, 2006 |
Part 5‑4 heading.......................... | rs No 6, 2012 |
s 179‑1....................................... | am No 6, 2012; No 103, 2019 |
s 179‑5....................................... | am No 121, 2009; No 197, 2012; No 101, 2020; No 5, 2023 |
s 179‑10..................................... | am No 73, 2008; No 103, 2019 |
s 179‑15..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 121, 2009; No 103, 2019; No 101, 2020 |
s 179‑20..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 121, 2009; No 101, 2020; No 39, 2024 |
s 179‑25..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 121, 2009 |
s 179‑30..................................... | am No 6, 2012 |
s 179‑35..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 121, 2009 |
s 179‑40..................................... | ad No 156, 2012 |
s 179‑45..................................... | ad No 156, 2012 |
Division 180 heading................... | rs No 23, 2013 |
Division 180............................... | ad No 6, 2012 |
rs No 156, 2012 | |
s 180‑1....................................... | ad No 6, 2012 |
rs No 156, 2012 | |
s 180‑5....................................... | ad No 156, 2012 |
am No 74, 2016; No 5, 2023 | |
s 180‑10..................................... | ad No 156, 2012 |
s 180‑15..................................... | ad No 156, 2012 |
s 180‑20..................................... | ad No 156, 2012 |
am No 168, 2015 | |
s 180‑23..................................... | ad No 103, 2019 |
s 180‑25..................................... | ad No 156, 2012 |
am No 74, 2016 | |
s 180‑28..................................... | ad No 74, 2016 |
am No 100, 2016; No 116, 2018 | |
s 180‑30..................................... | ad No 156, 2012 |
s 180‑35..................................... | ad No 156, 2012 |
Division 181............................... | ad No 5, 2023 |
s 181‑1....................................... | ad No 5, 2023 |
s 181‑5....................................... | ad No 5, 2023 |
s 181‑10..................................... | ad No 5, 2023 |
s 181‑15..................................... | ad No 5, 2023 |
s 181‑20..................................... | ad No 5, 2023 |
am No 71, 2023 | |
s 181‑25..................................... | ad No 5, 2023 |
Division 182............................... | ad No 23, 2013 |
s 182‑1....................................... | ad No 23, 2013 |
s 184‑1....................................... | rs No 114, 2004 |
am No 143, 2005; No 74, 2016 | |
s 187‑1....................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 83, 2005; No 143, 2005; No 130, 2011; No 6, 2012; No 126, 2015; No 154, 2015; No 36, 2023 |
s 187‑2....................................... | ad No 114, 2004 |
am No 143, 2005 | |
s 187‑5....................................... | ad No 45, 2004 |
am No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 154, 2015; No 74, 2016 | |
Division 190 heading................... | rs No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 154, 2015 |
s 190‑1....................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 154, 2015; No 36, 2023 |
s 190‑5....................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 154, 2015; No 36, 2023 |
s 190‑10..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 154, 2015 |
s 190‑15..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 157, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 154, 2015 |
s 190‑20..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 157, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 154, 2015; No 36, 2023 |
Division 193 heading................... | rs No 114, 2004; No 83, 2005; No 143, 2005 |
s 193‑1....................................... | am No 45, 2004; No 114, 2004; No 157, 2004; No 143, 2005; No 130, 2011; No 178, 2011; No 169, 2015; No 93, 2020; No 64, 2022; No 36, 2023 |
s 193‑5....................................... | am No 83, 2005; No 104, 2011; No 178, 2011; No 126, 2015; No 169, 2015; No 76, 2018; No 93, 2020; No 64, 2022 |
s 193‑10..................................... | ad No 83, 2005 |
am No 143, 2005; No 126, 2015; No 76, 2018 | |
s 193‑15..................................... | ad No 130, 2011 |
s 193‑20..................................... | ad No 36, 2023 |
s 198‑1....................................... | am No 83, 2005; No 76, 2018 |
s 198‑5....................................... | am No 45, 2004; No 159, 2005 |
rs No 111, 2010 | |
am No 130, 2011; No 38, 2012; No 112, 2013; No 76, 2018; No 93, 2020 | |
s 198‑10..................................... | am No 83, 2005; No 111, 2010; No 55, 2016 |
s 198‑15..................................... | am No 55, 2016 |
s 198‑20..................................... | am No 86, 2009 |
rs No 111, 2010; No 55, 2016 | |
s 198‑25..................................... | rep No 111, 2010 |
s 203‑1....................................... | am No 39, 2024 |
s 206‑1....................................... | am No 45, 2004; No 114, 2004; No 83, 2005; No 143, 2005; No 158, 2005; No 72, 2007; No 43, 2008; No 72, 2011; No 74, 2011; No 104, 2011; No 55, 2016; No 76, 2018; No 103, 2019; No 111, 2019; No 93, 2020; No 101, 2020; No 3, 2023; No 5, 2023; No 36, 2023; No 89, 2023; No 108, 2024 |
s 209‑1....................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 83, 2005; No 143, 2005; No 104, 2011; No 93, 2020; No 89, 2023 |
s 209‑5....................................... | am No 39, 2024; No 14, 2025 |
s 209‑10..................................... | am No 83, 2005; No 111, 2019; No 101, 2020; No 39, 2024 |
Division 212 heading................... | am No 39, 2024 |
s 212‑1....................................... | am No 111, 2019; No 101, 2020; No 39, 2024 |
Part 5‑8...................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 215‑1....................................... |
ad No 83, 2017 | |
s 215‑5....................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 215‑10..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 215‑15..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
am No 111, 2019; No 101, 2020 | |
s 215‑20..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
am No 111, 2019; No 101, 2020 | |
s 215‑25..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 215‑30..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 215‑35..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 215‑40..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
am No 111, 2019; No 101, 2020 | |
s 215‑45..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 215‑50..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 215‑55..................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
Chapter 6................................... | rep No 74, 2011 |
s 217‑1....................................... | rs No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 217‑5....................................... | ad No 121, 2006 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 222‑1....................................... | rs No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 225‑1....................................... | am No 121, 2006; No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 225‑3....................................... | ad No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 225‑5....................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 121, 2006 |
rs No 72, 2007 | |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 225‑7....................................... | ad No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 225‑10..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 121, 2006; No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 225‑15..................................... | rs No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 225‑20..................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 121, 2006 |
rs No 72, 2007 | |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 225‑25..................................... | am No 121, 2006 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 228‑1....................................... | am No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 228‑5....................................... | am No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 228‑10..................................... | am No 72, 2007 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 228‑15..................................... | am No 72, 2007; No 8, 2010 |
rep No 74, 2011 | |
s 233‑1....................................... | rep No 74, 2011 |
s 238‑1A.................................... | ad No 83, 2017 |
s 238‑1....................................... | am No 114, 2004; No 83, 2005; No 143, 2005; No 104, 2011; No 160, 2012; No 93, 2020; No 89, 2023 |
s 238‑5....................................... | am No 156, 2012; No 160, 2012; No 74, 2016; No 111, 2019; No 101, 2020 |
s 238‑6....................................... | ad No 111, 2019 |
ed C72 | |
rs No 101, 2020 | |
ed C75 | |
s 238‑7....................................... | rs No 111, 2019 |
am No 101, 2020 | |
s 238‑8....................................... | ad No 6, 2012 |
am No 30, 2025 | |
s 238‑10..................................... | am No 83, 2005; No 158, 2005; No 121, 2006; No 43, 2008; No 74, 2011; No 104, 2011; No 130, 2011; No 136, 2012; No 154, 2015; No 55, 2016; No 74, 2016; No 83, 2017; No 103, 2019; No 111, 2019 |
ed C72 | |
am No 93, 2020; No 55, 2021; No 3, 2023; No 36, 2023; No 89, 2023; No 108, 2024 | |
s 238‑12..................................... | ad No 170, 2007 |
am No 5, 2023 | |
Schedule 1A............................... | ad No 170, 2007 |
cl 1............................................ | am No 14, 2011; No 100, 2016; No 93, 2017 |
cl 2............................................ | am No 100, 2016; No 17, 2021 |
cl 3............................................ | am No 160, 2012 |
cl 4............................................ | am No 160, 2012 |
cl 5............................................ | am No 39, 2009; No 160, 2012; No 126, 2015; No 17, 2021 |
cl 6............................................ | am No 11, 2008; Nos. 39 and 121, 2009; No 6, 2010; Nos. 14 and 72, 2011; Nos. 136 and 160, 2012; No 168, 2015; No 100, 2016 |
cl 7............................................ | am No 160, 2012 |
cl 8............................................ | am No 160, 2012 |
cl 9............................................ | am No 14, 2011; No 160, 2012; No 168, 2015 |
cl 9A.......................................... | ad No 14, 2011 |
am No 160, 2012 | |
rep No 23, 2013 | |
cl 9B.......................................... | ad No 160, 2012 |
rep No 23, 2013 | |
cl 11.......................................... | am No 6, 2010; No 72, 2011; Nos. 6 and 160, 2012; No 23, 2013; No 100, 2016 |
cl 12.......................................... | am No 39, 2009; No 160, 2012; No 126, 2015 |
cl 12A........................................ | ad No 72, 2011 |
am Nos. 136 and 160, 2012 | |
cl 12B........................................ | ad No 72, 2011 |
cl 12C........................................ | ad No 23, 2013 |
am No 126, 2015 | |
ed C60 | |
cl 13.......................................... | am No 160, 2012; No 23, 2013 |
cl 15.......................................... | am No 168, 2015 |
cl 16.......................................... | am No 160, 2012 |
cl 17.......................................... | am No 14, 2011; No 160, 2012; No 23, 2013; No 126, 2015 |
cl 18.......................................... | am No 160, 2012 |
cl 19.......................................... | am No 160, 2012 |
cl 23.......................................... | am No 160 and 197, 2012 |
cl 23A........................................ | ad No 23, 2013 |
cl 23B........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 23C........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 24.......................................... | am No 6, 2012 |
cl 25.......................................... | am No 14, 2011; No 6, 2012; No 160, 2012; No 17, 2021 |
ed C81 | |
cl 25A........................................ | ad No 14, 2011 |
cl 26.......................................... | am No 14, 2011; No 160, 2012; No 168, 2015 |
cl 26A........................................ | ad No 23, 2013 |
am No 17, 2021 | |
cl 27.......................................... | am No 160, 2012; No 168, 2015 |
cl 27A........................................ | ad No 11, 2008 |
am No 160, 2012 | |
cl 28.......................................... | am No 11, 2008; No 160, 2012 |
Division 5.................................. | rs No 17, 2021 |
cl 29.......................................... | am No 39, 2009; No 160, 2012; No 23, 2013; No 126, 2015 |
rs No 17, 2021 | |
cl 29A........................................ | ad No 14, 2011 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
Subdivision 5‑AA....................... | ad No 23, 2013 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 29B........................................ | ad No 23, 2013 |
am No 126, 2015 | |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 29C........................................ | ad No 23, 2013 |
am No 126, 2015 | |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 30A........................................ | ad No 39, 2009 |
am No 72, 2011; No 160, 2012 | |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 31.......................................... | am No 72, 2011 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 32.......................................... | rs No 14, 2011 |
rep No 23, 2013 | |
cl 32A........................................ | ad No 39, 2009 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 33.......................................... | am No 14, 2011; No 72, 2011; No 160, 2012 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 33A........................................ | ad No 72, 2011 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 34A........................................ | ad No 14, 2011 |
rs No 160, 2012 | |
rep No 23, 2013 | |
cl 34B........................................ | ad No 160, 2012 |
rep No 23, 2013 | |
cl 34.......................................... | am No 72, 2011; No 160, 2012; No 126, 2015 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 35.......................................... | am No 160, 2012 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 36.......................................... | am No 72, 2011; No 168, 2015 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 37.......................................... | am No 168, 2015 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 38.......................................... | rep No 160, 2012 |
cl 39.......................................... | am No 168, 2015 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
Subdivision 5‑E heading.............. | rs No 160, 2012; No 126, 2015 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
Subdivision 5‑E.......................... | ad No 39, 2009 |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 39A........................................ | ad No 39, 2009 |
am No 160, 2012; No 126, 2015 | |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
cl 39B........................................ | ad No 160, 2012 |
am No 126, 2015 | |
rep No 17, 2021 | |
Division 5A................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DA..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DB..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DC..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DD..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DE...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DF...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DG..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DH..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DI....................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DJ...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DK..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39DL...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39EA...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39EB...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39EC...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
am No 77, 2020 | |
cl 39FA...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39FB...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
am No 77, 2020 | |
cl 39FC...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39FD...................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
am No 77, 2020 | |
cl 39GA..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
am No 77, 2020 | |
cl 39GB..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 39GC..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
am No 77, 2020 | |
cl 39GD..................................... | ad No 168, 2015 |
am No 76, 2018; No 17, 2021 | |
cl 40.......................................... | am No 100, 2016; No 93, 2017 |
cl 41.......................................... | rs. No 160, 2012 |
cl 42.......................................... | rep No 160, 2012 |
cl 43.......................................... | am No 11, 2008; No 39, 2009; No 178, 2011; No 160, 2012; No 168, 2015; No 100, 2016; No 76, 2018 |
cl 44.......................................... | am No 160, 2015 |
cl 45.......................................... | am No 11, 2008; No 39, 2009; No 121, 2009; No 160, 2012 |
cl 45A........................................ | ad No 39, 2009 |
am No 160, 2012 | |
cl 45B........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 45C........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 45D........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 45E........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
Subdivision 7‑B heading.............. | rs No 76, 2018 |
cl 46.......................................... | am No 168, 2015; No 76, 2018; No 160, 2018; No 30, 2025 |
cl 46A........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
am No 76, 2018; No 30, 2025 | |
cl 46AA..................................... | ad No 160, 2018 |
am No 160, 2018; No 30, 2025 | |
cl 46B........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
am No 76, 2018 | |
cl 47.......................................... | am No 76, 2018; No 30, 2025 |
cl 49.......................................... | am No 76, 2018 |
cl 51.......................................... | am No 76, 2018; No 30, 2025 |
cl 51AA..................................... | ad No 30, 2025 |
cl 51A........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
am No 76, 2018 | |
cl 54.......................................... | am No 76, 2018 |
cl 55.......................................... | am No 17, 2021 |
cl 56.......................................... | am No 160, 2012; No 168, 2015; No 76, 2018; No 160, 2018 |
cl 57.......................................... | am No 6, 2012 |
cl 58.......................................... | am No 160, 2012 |
cl 60.......................................... | rs No 168, 2015 |
cl 61.......................................... | am No 6, 2012; No 160, 2012; No 17, 2021 |
cl 61A........................................ | ad No 17, 2021 |
cl 64.......................................... | am No 160, 2012; No 168, 2015 |
cl 67.......................................... | am No 160, 2012 |
cl 70.......................................... | am No 160, 2012 |
Division 14 heading..................... | rs. No 6, 2012 |
Subdivision 14‑A heading............ | ad No 6, 2012 |
rep No 156, 2012 | |
cl 71.......................................... | am No 6, 2012; No 156, 2012; No 103, 2019 |
cl 72.......................................... | am No 197, 2012; No 168, 2015 |
cl 73.......................................... | am No 103, 2019 |
cl 74.......................................... | am No 121, 2009; No 168, 2015 |
cl 75.......................................... | am No 121, 2009; No 156, 2012; No 168, 2015; No 39, 2024 |
cl 76.......................................... | am No 121, 2009 |
cl 77.......................................... | am Nos. 6 and 156, 2012 |
cl 78.......................................... | am No 121, 2009 |
Subdivision 14‑B........................ | ad No 6, 2012 |
rep No 156, 2012 | |
cl 78A........................................ | ad No 6, 2012 |
rs. No 156, 2012 | |
cl 78B........................................ | ad No 156, 2012 |
cl 79.......................................... | am No 74, 2016 |
cl 80.......................................... | am No 6, 2012; No 74, 2016 |
cl 82.......................................... | am No 74, 2016 |
Subdivision 15‑C heading............ | rs No 74, 2016 |
cl 83.......................................... | am No 74, 2016 |
cl 84.......................................... | am No 74, 2016 |
cl 85.......................................... | am No 74, 2016 |
cl 86.......................................... | am No 74, 2016 |
cl 87.......................................... | am No 74, 2016 |
cl 88.......................................... | am No 168, 2015 |
cl 89.......................................... | am No 76, 2018 |
cl 90.......................................... | am No 39, 2024 |
cl 91.......................................... | am No 72, 2011; No 168, 2015; No 76, 2018; No 160, 2018; No 17, 2021 |
cl 95.......................................... | am No 39, 2024; No 14, 2025 |
cl 96.......................................... | am No 39, 2024 |
Subdivision 16‑D heading............ | am No 39, 2024 |
cl 97.......................................... | am No 39, 2024 |
cl 97A........................................ | ad No 168, 2015 |
cl 98.......................................... | am No 5, 2011; No 160, 2012 |
cl 99.......................................... | am No 121, 2009; No 160, 2012 |
Schedule 1.................................. | am No 45, 2004; No 114, 2004; No 157, 2004; No 56, 2005; No 83, 2005; No 143, 2005; No 158, 2005; No 161, 2005; No 121, 2006; No 72, 2007; No 119, 2007; No 170, 2007; No 11, 2008; No 43, 2008; No 89, 2008; No 144, 2008; No 27, 2009; No 121, 2009; No 17, 2010; No 111, 2010; No 14, 2011; No 32, 2011; No 74, 2011; No 104, 2011; No 130, 2011; No 6, 2012; No 38, 2012; No 156, 2012; No 160, 2012; No 23, 2013; No 112, 2013; No 126, 2015; No 154, 2015; No 160, 2015; No 168, 2015; No 169, 2015; No 55, 2016; No 74, 2016; No 100, 2016; No 83, 2017; No 76, 2018; No 116, 2018; No 86, 2019; No 103, 2019; No 111, 2019; No 62, 2020 |
ed C72 | |
am No 62, 2020; No 77, 2020; No 93, 2020; No 101, 2020; No 13, 2021; No 22, 2021; No 55, 2021; No 64, 2022; No 3, 2023; No 5, 2023; No 36, 2023; No 89, 2023; No 100, 2023; No 108, 2024 | |
ed C96 | |
am No 14, 2025 | |
ed C97 | |
am |
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