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HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2012

2010-2011-2012
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Higher Education Support Amendment
Bill (No. 1) 2012
No. , 2012
(Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Higher Education
Support Act 2003, and for related purposes
Higher Education Support Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2012 No. , 2012 i
Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Part 1--Amendments relating to indexation
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Part 2--Other amendments
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Higher Education Support Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2012 No. , 2012 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Higher Education
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Support Act 2003, and for 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 Act (No. 1) 2012.
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2 Commencement
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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 this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1,
items 1 to 4
1 January 2012.
1 January 2012
3. Schedule 1,
item 5
1 January 2011.
1 January 2011
4. Schedule 1,
item 6
1 January 2012.
1 January 2012
5. Schedule 1,
items 7 and 8
1 January 2011.
1 January 2011
6. Schedule 1,
items 9 and 10
1 January 2012.
1 January 2012
7. Schedule 1,
item 11
1 January 2013.
1 January 2013
8. Schedule 1,
items 12 to 17
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be 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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Amendments Schedule 1
Amendments relating to indexation Part 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Part 1--Amendments relating to indexation
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Paragraph 19-37(5)(a)
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Omit "1 January 2011", substitute "1 January 2012".
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2 Paragraph 19-37(5)(e)
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Omit "$250", substitute "$263".
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3 Paragraph 19-37(5)(e)
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Omit "1 January 2011", substitute "1 January 2012".
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4 Subsection 19-37(5) (note 2)
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Omit "$250", substitute "$263".
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5 Section 198-5
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Before "This table", insert "(1)".
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6 Section 198-5 (table item 1AA)
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Repeal the item, substitute:
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1A
Amount mentioned in paragraph
19-37(5)(e)
Section 19-37
7 At the end of section 198-5
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Add:
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(2) The amount mentioned in the section referred to in an item of the
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table, for a calendar year with an indexation factor greater than 1,
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is replaced by the amount worked out in accordance with
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section 198-10.
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8 Indexation of amounts in 2011
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Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 1 Amendments relating to indexation
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The amounts set out in the table in section 198-5 of the Higher
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Education Support Act 2003, as in force immediately before the
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commencement of the Higher Education Support Amendment
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(Indexation) Act 2010, are to be indexed on 1 January 2011 in
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accordance with Part 5-6 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, as
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in force immediately before the commencement of the Higher
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Education Support Amendment (Indexation) Act 2010.
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9 Indexation of amount in 2012
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Despite section 198-10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, the
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amount set out in item 1A of the table in section 198-5 of that Act, as
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inserted by item 6 of this Part, is not to be indexed on 1 January 2012 in
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accordance with Part 5-6 of that Act.
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Amendments Schedule 1
Other amendments Part 2
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Part 2--Other amendments
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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10 Subsection 16-20(1) (table)
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Omit "Melbourne College of Divinity", substitute "MCD University of
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Divinity".
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11 Subsection 151-5(4)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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Rounding
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(4) If an amount worked out using the formula in subsection (2) is an
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amount made up of dollars and cents, round the amount down to
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the nearest dollar.
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(5) If an amount worked out using the formula in subsection (3) is an
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amount made up of dollars and cents, round the amount up to the
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nearest dollar.
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12 Subclause 1(1) of Schedule 1 (definition of course of
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study in dentistry)
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Before "academic requirements", insert "minimum".
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13 Subclause 1(1) of Schedule 1 (at the end of the definition
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of course of study in dentistry)
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Add ", regardless of whether further dentistry study is completed before
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registration is sought".
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14 Subclause 1(1) of Schedule 1 (definition of course of
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study in veterinary science)
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Before "academic requirements", insert "minimum".
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15 Subclause 1(1) of Schedule 1 (at the end of the definition
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of course of study in veterinary science)
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Add ", regardless of whether further veterinary science study is
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completed before registration is sought".
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16 Application--item 11
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Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 2 Other amendments
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The amendment made by item 11 applies in relation to payments made
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under section 151-1 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 on or
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after the day that item commences.
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17 Application--items 12 to 15
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The amendments made by items 12 to 15 apply for the purposes of
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working out the FEE-HELP limit in relation to the following persons:
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(a) a person who is enrolled in a course of study in dentistry or a
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course of study in veterinary science on the day this item
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commences;
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(b) a person who enrols in a course of study in dentistry or a
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course of study in veterinary science on or after the day this
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item commences.
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