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HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (2009 BUDGET MEASURES) BILL 2009

2008-2009
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Higher Education Support Amendment
(2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009
No. , 2009
(Education)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to
higher education and research funding, and for
related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement .................................................................................. 1
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Schedule(s) ......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Grants
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Schedule 2--Funding clusters
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Schedule 3--Adjustment of basic grant amounts
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Schedule 4--Other grants
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Schedule 5--Maximum student contribution amounts
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Schedule 6--OS-HELP debts
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Schedule 7--Indexation
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 No. , 2009 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to
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higher education and research funding, and for
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related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Higher Education Support
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Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Act 2009.
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2 Commence ment
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
3. Schedule 2
1 January 2010.
1 January 2010
4. Schedule 3
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
5. Schedule 4,
item 1
1 January 2010.
1 January 2010
6. Schedule 4,
item 2
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
7. Schedule 5
1 January 2010.
1 January 2010
8. Schedules 6
and 7
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be
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expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
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part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
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edited in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Grants Schedule 1
Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 No. , 2009
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Schedule 1
--
Grants
1
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Paragraphs 30-5(1)(f) to (h)
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Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
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(f) for the year 2010--$4,467,881,000; or
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(g) for the year 2011--$4,695,755,000.
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2 At the end of subsection 33-1(1)
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Add:
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; and (c) if applicable, and if the year is 2011 or a later year--adding
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the performance funding grant amount for the provider for
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that year.
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3 After subsection 33-1(1)
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Insert:
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(1A) In subsection (1):
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performance funding grant amount for a higher education
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provider for a year is the amount (if any) worked out under the
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Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines.
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4 Subsection 41-45(1) (table items 6 to 8)
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Repeal the items, substitute:
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6
2010
$1,887,252,000
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2011
$2,027,324,000
8
2012
$1,996,679,000
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2013
$2,067,383,000
5 Section 46-40 (table items 7 to 9)
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Repeal the items, substitute:
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7
2010
$301,136,000
8
2011
$315,711,000
9
2012
$303,844,000
10
2013
$275,133,000
Schedule 2 Funding clusters
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Schedule 2
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Funding clusters
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2
Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Section 30-15 (table)
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Repeal the table, substitute:
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Funding clusters
Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, Co mmerce
Hu manities
Mathematics, Statistics, Behavioural Science, Social Studies,
Co mputing, Built Environ ment, Other Health
Education
Clin ical Psychology, Allied Health, Foreign Languages, Visual and
Performing Arts
Nursing
Engineering, Science, Su rveying
Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Science, Agricu lture
2 Section 33-10 (table)
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Repeal the table, substitute:
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Commonwealth contribution amount
Item Funding cluster
Commonwealth
contribution amount
1
Law, Accounting, Administration,
Economics, Co mmerce
$1,765
2
Hu manities
$4,901
3
Mathematics, Statistics,
Behavioural Science, Social
Studies, Co mputing, Built
Environment, Other Health
$8,670
4
Education
$9,020
5
Clin ical Psychology, Allied
Health, Foreign Languages,
Visual and Performing Arts
$10,662
Funding clusters Schedule 2
Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 No. , 2009
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Commonwealth contribution amount
Item Funding cluster
Commonwealth
contribution amount
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Nursing
$11,903
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Engineering, Science, Su rveying
$15,156
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Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary
Science, Agriculture
$19,235
3 Transitional provision
--
indexation
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Amounts in the table in section 33-10 of the Higher Education Support
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Act 2003, as amended by this Schedule, are not to be indexed on
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1 January 2010.
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4 Transitional provision
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For the purposes of working out if and how a higher education
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provider's basic grant amount for the year 2010 or an earlier year is to
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be adjusted under Subdivision 33-C of the Higher Education Support
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Act 2003, disregard the amendments made by this Schedule.
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Schedule 3 Adjustment of basic grant amounts
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Schedule 3
--
Adjustment of basic grant
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amounts
2
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Paragraph 33-25(7)(b)
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Omit "5%", substitute "10%".
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2 Application
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The amendment made by this Schedule applies to adjustments of basic
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grant amounts for 2011 and later years.
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Other grants Schedule 4
Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 No. , 2009
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Schedule 4
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Other grants
1
2
Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Subsection 41-10(1) (table items 3 and 8A)
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Repeal the items.
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2 Subsection 41-10(1) (after table item 9A)
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Insert:
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9B
Grants to support structural
adjustment
*
Table A providers and
*
Table B
providers that are universities
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Schedule 5 Maximu m student contribution amounts
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Schedule 5
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Maximum student contribution
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amounts
2
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Subsection 93-10(1) (table)
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Repeal the table, substitute:
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Maximum student contribution amounts for places
Item
Column 1
For a place in a unit in this
funding cluster:
Column 2
The maximum student
contribution is:
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Law, Accounting, Administration,
Economics, Co mmerce
$8,859
2
Hu manities
$5,310
3
Mathematics, Statistics, Behavioural
Science, Social Studies, Co mputing,
Built Environment, Other Health
(a) for a p lace in a unit in
Co mputing, Built Environ ment
or Other Health--$7,567; or
(b) for a place in a un it in
Behavioural Science or Social
Studies--$5,310; or
(c) for a p lace in a unit in
Mathematics or Statistics--
$4,249.
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Education
$5,310
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Clin ical Psychology, Allied Health,
Foreign Languages, Visual and
Performing Arts
(a) for a p lace in a unit in Clinical
Psychology, Foreign Languages
or Visual and Perfo rming Arts--
$5,310; or
(b) for a place in a un it in A llied
Health--$7,567.
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Nursing
$5,310
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Engineering, Science, Su rveying
(a) for a p lace in a unit in
Engineering or Su rveying--
$7,567; or
(b) for a place in a un it in Science--
$4,249.
Maximu m student contribution amounts Schedule 5
Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 No. , 2009
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Maximum student contribution amounts for places
Item
Column 1
For a place in a unit in this
funding cluster:
Column 2
The maximum student
contribution is:
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Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary
Science, Agriculture
(a) for a p lace in a unit in Dentistry,
Medicine or Veterinary
Science--$8,859; or
(b) for a place in a un it in
Agriculture--$7,567.
2 Transitional provision
--
indexation
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Amounts in the table in subsection 93-10(1) of the Higher Education
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Support Act 2003, as amended by this Schedule, are not to be indexed
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on 1 January 2010.
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3 Saving provision
--
maximum student contribution amounts
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for old funding clusters
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(1)
This item applies in relation to a person if:
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(a) the person started a course of study with a higher education
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provider before 1 January 2010; and
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(b) the person was a Commonwealth supported student in
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relation to a unit of study in that course; and
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(c) any of the following apply to the person:
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(i) the person had not completed the course by
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31 December 2009;
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(ii) in 2009, the person was undertaking an enabling course;
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(iii) the person has completed the related course for an
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honours course of study and is undertaking the honours
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course of study; and
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(d) the person is undertaking a unit that would have been
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included in:
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(i) Education in the funding cluster Mathematics, Statistics,
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Behavioural Science, Social Studies, Education,
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Computing, Built Environment, Other Health; or
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(ii) the funding cluster Nursing;
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if the amendments made by Schedule 2 to this Act had not
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been made.
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Schedule 5 Maximu m student contribution amounts
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(2)
Despite subsection 93-10(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003
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as amended by this Schedule, the maximum student contribution
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amount for a place in the unit referred to in paragraph (1)(d) of this
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item for the person is the amount that would have been the maximum
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student contribution amount for a place in that unit if the amendment of
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subsection 93-10(1) made by this Schedule had not been made.
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OS-HELP debts Schedule 6
Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 No. , 2009
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Schedule 6
--
OS-HELP debts
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2
Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Subsection 137-15(2)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(2) The amount of the
*
OS-HELP debt is an amount equal to the
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amount of the loan.
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2 Application
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The amendment made by this Schedule applies in relation to OS-HELP
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debts incurred on or after 1 January 2010.
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Schedule 7 Indexation
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Schedule 7
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Indexation
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Section 198-20
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Omit "The", substitute "(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the".
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2 At the end of section 198-20
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Add:
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(2) For the purpose of applying section 198-10 to the amounts
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specified in item 2 of the table in section 198-5 for 2011, the index
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number is the Higher Education Student Contribution Amounts
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Index number for that year published by the Minister in the
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Gazette. Publication may occur at any time, including any time
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before the start of the year.
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(3) For the purpose of applying section 198-10 to the amounts
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specified in each item of the table in section 198-5 for 2012, the
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index number for 2011 is taken to be 1.
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(4) A notice in the Gazette specifying an index number is not a
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legislative instrument.
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