Transitional Arrangements for Students Guidelines (13/07/2004) (Cth)
Transitional Arrangements for Students Guidelines
as amended
made under items 4 and 8 of Schedule 1
Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003
This compilation was prepared on 5 September 2013 taking into account amendments up to Transitional Arrangements for Students Guidelines Amendment No. 1 made on 30 August 2004 (F2009B00242)
Prepared by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003
TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR STUDENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS page
CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION 3
CHAPTER 2 TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
STUDENTS 4
2.1PURPOSE 4
2.5 CIRCUMSTANCES NOT AMOUNTING TO A
DISCONTINUANCE OF ENROLMENT 4
2.10 WHEN A PERSON IS TAKEN TO HAVE COMMENCED
A COURSE OF STUDY 4
CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION
In these guidelines, unless the contrary intention appears:
the Act means the Higher Education Support (Transitional Arrangements and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003;
HESA means the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
In these Guidelines, unless the contrary intention appears terms have the same meaning as in the HESA.
CHAPTER 2 TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR STUDENTS
2.1 PURPOSE
2.1.1The purpose of these guidelines is to:
(a) specify circumstances not amounting to a discontinuance of enrolment (item 2(c) and item 7(c) of Schedule 1 of the Act);
(b) provide for when a person is taken to have commenced a course of study (item 4(2)(a) and item 8(2)(a) of Schedule 1 of the Act).
2.5 CIRCUMSTANCES NOT AMOUNTING TO A DISCONTINUANCE OF ENROLMENT
2.5.1 A person is not taken to have discontinued their enrolment if:
(a)the person has enrolled in a cross institutional programme at a host higher education provider.
(b)
(i) the person has enrolled in a course of study after completing the requirements of a ‘qualifying’ or ‘preliminary’ course of study at the same level; and
(ii) the person commenced the ‘qualifying’ or ‘preliminary’ course of study after 1996.
(c) the person has enrolled in an honours course of study after having completed the related course of study.
(d) the person has in 2004 undertaken as an exempt student an enabling course and enrols in the course of study to which the enabling course relates the following year as a Commonwealth supported student.
2.10 WHEN A PERSON IS TAKEN TO HAVE COMMENCED A COURSE OF STUDY
2.10.1 A person is taken to have commenced a course of study if the person enrolled in a unit of study as part of that course of study before 1 January 2005 and the person was a contributing student in relation to that course of study or has incurred a debt under the Higher Education Funding Act 1998 for that course of study.
Note to the Transitional Arrangements for Students Guidelines
Note 1
The Transitional Arrangements for Students Guidelines in force under items 4 and 8 of Schedule 1 to the Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Instruments
| Title | FRLI registration number | Date of FRLI registration | Date of | Application, saving or |
| Transitional Arrangements for Students Guidelines | F2009B00241 | 4 March 2009 | 27 July 2004 | |
| Transitional Arrangements for Students Guidelines Amendment No. 1 | F2009B00242 | 4 March 2009 | 15 October 2004 |
Table of Amendments
| ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | ||
| Provision affected | How affected | |
| Subsection 2.5.1(b) | rs. 2009 F2009B00242 | |
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