Overseas Students Charge Regulations (Cth)
made under the
This compilation was prepared on 11 January 2001
taking into account amendments up to SR 1988 No. 390
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
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These Regulations may be cited as the Overseas Students Charge Regulations.
In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
preliminary course means a unit, subject or course of study or course of instruction or training offered by a higher education institution, the completion of which is a prerequisite to enrolment for a course of study offered by that or another such institution.
the Act means theOverseas Students Charge Act 1979 .
A course of study specified in column 2 of an item in the Schedule, being a course offered or to be offered by the institution specified in column 3 of that item opposite to that course in column 2, is declared to be a declared course for the purposes of the Act.
(2) Where a student:
(a) is enrolled in a course the work load of which, as assessed by the institution offering the course, is equal to or less than one-half of the work load of a normal full-time course;
(b) in the case of a student enrolled in a course that is divided into semesters — commences the first semester after 30 June in a year or completes the final semester before 31 July in a year;
(c) in the case of a student enrolled in a course that is not divided into semesters — commences the first year of the course after 30 June in a year or completes the final year of the course before 31 July in a year;
(d) is enrolled in a preliminary course the duration of which is 6 months or less;
(e) is enrolled in a course in a year the duration of which, by reason of the fact that a subject forming part of the course is not available in that year, is 6 months or less; or
(f) is enrolled in a course the duration of which does not exceed 12 months, being a course that commences in a year and finishes in the next succeeding year;
the amount of charge imposed by the Act in respect of that enrolment is reduced by half.
(3) Where a student is enrolled in a course that:
(a) commences on or before 30 June in a year;
(b) is of more than 12 months’ duration; and
(c) ends in the same calendar month as the month in which it commenced;
the amount of charge imposed by the Act in respect of the enrolment of the student in that course for the year in which the student commences that course is reduced by half.
(4) Where a student is enrolled in a course that:
(a) commences after 30 June in a year;
(b) is of more than 12 months’ duration; and
(c) ends after 31 July in a year;
the amount of charge imposed by the Act in respect of the enrolment of the student in that course for the year in which the student completes that course is reduced by half.
(5) In this regulation,
course includes a prescribed course, any other course of study or course of instruction or training or a unit or subject.
For the purposes of subsections 7 (2) and 7A (3) of the Act:
(a) where a student undertakes an undergraduate course in the year immediately succeeding the year in which the student completed successfully a preliminary course for that undergraduate course, the undergraduate course shall be treated as being the same course as the preliminary course;
(b) where a student:
(i) transfers from one course (in this paragraph referred to as ‘the first course’) to another course (in this paragraph referred to as ‘the second course’); and
(ii) the second course is such that the student could complete successfully the second course in the same period as he would have taken to complete the second course had he enrolled in the second course at the time at which he had enrolled in the first course;
the second course shall be treated as being the same course as the first course;
(c) where:
(i) in the year immediately succeeding the year in which a student completed successfully an undergraduate course (in this paragraph referred to as ‘the first course’), the student enrols in a course leading to the award of a diploma (in this paragraph referred to as ‘the second course’); and
(ii) the first and second courses are such that a student who completes successfully the first course followed by the second course is regarded as holding a qualification equivalent to the qualification conferred by a single course that is conducted by a higher education institution or conferred by a declared course;
the second course shall be treated as being the same course as the first course;
(d) where a student:
(i) who is enrolled in a course at pass level becomes enrolled in that course at honours level; or
(ii) enrols in a course at honours level in the year immediately succeeding the year in which the student completed successfully a course at pass level;
the honours level course shall be treated as being the same course as the pass level course;
(e) where a student who is enrolled in a course at honours level becomes enrolled in that course at pass level, the pass level course shall be treated as being the same course as the honours level course;
(f) where a student:
(i) is enrolled in a course conducted by a prescribed educational institution, being a course of research leading to the award of a master’s degree; and
(ii) before completing that course, enrols in a course in the same area of study as the course referred to in subparagraph (i), being a course leading to the award of a doctorate;
the course leading to the award of a doctorate shall be treated as being the same course as the first-mentioned course;
(g) where a student:
(i) is enrolled in a course conducted by a prescribed educational institution, being a course leading to the award of a doctorate; and
(ii) before completing that course, enrols in a course in the same area of study as the course referred to in subparagraph (i), being a course of research leading to the award of a master’s degree;
the course leading to the award of a master’s degree shall be treated as being the same course as the first-mentioned course; and
(h) where a student:
(i) completes successfully a prescribed course (in this paragraph referred to as ‘the first course’);
(ii) is enrolled, in the year immediately succeeding the year in which the student completes the first course, in another prescribed course (in this paragraph referred to as ‘the second course’); and
(iii) the first course followed by the second course together constitute a course that has been approved under section 10 of the
Student Assistance Act 1973 as a combined course;the second course shall be treated as being the same course as the first course.
(regulation 2A)
NEW SOUTH WALES | ||
1 | Bachelor of Arts | Australian Film Television and Radio School |
2 | Graduate Diploma in Media | Australian Film Television and Radio School |
3 | Associate Diploma in Cartography | Bathurst College of Technical and Further Education |
4 | Associate Diploma in Creative Arts | Argyle College of Technical and Further Education (Goulburn) |
5 | Associate Diploma in Visual Arts | Argyle College of Technical and Further Education (Goulburn) |
6 | Diploma of Dramatic Arts | National Institute of Dramatic Art |
7 | Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Arts | National Institute of Dramatic Art |
8 | Associate Diploma in Podiatry | Sydney Technical College |
QUEENSLAND | ||
9 | Diploma of Arts | Queensland College of Art |
10 | Bachelor of Arts | Queensland College of Art |
11 | Graduate Diploma of Arts | Queensland College of Art |
12 | Diploma of Arts | Townsville College of Technical and Further Education |
NEW SOUTH WALES | ||
1 | Associate Diploma in Hospitality Management | Hamilton College of Technical and Further Education |
2 | Associate Diploma in Coal Mining | Kurri Kurri College of Technical and Further Education |
3 | Associate Diploma in Hospitality Management | Ryde College of Technical and Further Education |
4 | Associate Diploma in Horticulture | Ryde College of Technical and Further Education |
5 | Associate Diploma in Health and Building Surveying | Sydney Technical College |
6 | Associate Diploma in Metallurgy | Sydney Technical College |
7 | Associate Diploma in Travel and Tourism | Sydney Technical College |
8 | Associate Diploma in Valuation | Sydney Technical College |
9 | Associate Diploma in Welfare Work | Sydney Technical College |
10 | Associate Diploma in Metallurgy | Wollongong College of Technical and Further Education |
11 | Associate Diploma in Coal Mining | Wollongong College of Technical and Further Education |
QUEENSLAND | ||
12 | Associate Diploma in Real Estate Valuation | Kangaroo Point College of Technical and Further Education |
13 | Associate Diploma in Applied Science (Sugar Technology) | Mackay College of Technical and Further Education |
14 | Associate Diploma in Real Estate Valuation | Queensland Technical Correspondence School |
15 | Associate Diploma in Engineering (Electrical and Electronics) | Townsville College of Technical and Further Education |
The Overseas Students Charge
Regulations
(in force under the
The Overseas Students Charge Regulations were amended by the
1979 No. 289 | 24 Dec 1979 | 24 Dec 1979 | |||
1980 No. 399 | 31 Dec 1980 | 31 Dec 1980 | — | ||
1981 No. 283 | 30 Sept 1981 | 1 Jan 1982 | — | ||
1982 No. 373 | 31 Dec 1982 | 1 Jan 1983 | — | ||
1983 No. 286 | 25 Nov 1983 | 1 Jan 1984 | — | ||
1983 No. 344 | 30 Dec 1983 | 1 Jan 1984 | — | ||
1984 No. 201 | 27 Aug 1984 | 27 Aug 1984 | — | ||
1984 No. 323 | 2 Nov 1984 | 1 Jan 1985 | — | ||
1984 No. 472 | 21 Dec 1984 | 1 Jan 1985 | — | ||
1985 No. 352 | 20 Dec 1985 | 1 Jan 1986 | — | ||
1986 No. 378 | 22 Dec 1986 | 22 Dec 1986 | — | ||
1986 No. 379 | 22 Dec 1986 | 22 Dec 1986 ( | — | ||
1987 No. 311 | 22 Dec 1987 | 1 Jan 1988 | — | ||
1988 No. 390 | 30 Dec 1988 | 1 Jan 1989 | — | ||
am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | |
R. 2.......................................... | am. 1986 No. 379; 1988 No. 390 |
R. 2A....................................... | ad. 1982 No. 373 |
R. 3.......................................... |
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R. 3A....................................... | ad. 1985 No. 352 |
rep. 1986 No. 378 | |
R. 4.......................................... | am. 1982 No. 373; Act No. 80, 1988 |
R. 5.......................................... | ad. 1980 No. 399 |
am. 1986 No. 379; Act No. 80, 1988 | |
rep. 1988 No. 390 | |
Schedule ................................ | ad. 1982 No. 373 |
rs. 1983 No. 344 | |
am. 1984 No. 201 | |
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