Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT 2003 - SECT 19.95

  (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.