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HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2004 NO. 45, 2004 - SCHEDULE 5

- Miscellaneous amendments

Higher Education Support Act 2003

1 Subsection 73-10(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1)
An EFTSL is an equivalent full-time * student load for a year. It is a measure, in respect of a * course of study, of the study load for a year of a student undertaking that course of study on a full-time basis.

2 At the end of Division 187

Add:

187-5 Student to notify tax file number when issued

If a student * meets the tax file number requirements for the assistance under paragraph 187-1(1)(b):

(a) the student must notify his or her * tax file number to an * appropriate officer of the higher education provider within 21 days from the day on which the * Commissioner issues the tax file number to the student; and
(b) the provider must be satisfied (in accordance with subsection 187-1(4)) that this number is a valid * tax file number.

Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003

3 Subparagraph 1(1)(f)(ii) of Schedule 1

Omit "paragraph 90-1(1)(a) or (c), or paragraphs 90-1(1)(a) and (c),", substitute "paragraph 90-1(a) or (c), or paragraphs 90-1(a) and (c),".

Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross-reference.

4 Paragraph 6(i) of Schedule 1

Omit "for the unit; and", substitute "for the unit.".

5 Paragraph 6(j) of Schedule 1

Repeal the paragraph.

6 Item 6 of Schedule 1 (note)

Repeal the note.

7 Paragraph 11A(1)(b) of Schedule 1

Omit "HECS-HELP", substitute "HELP".

8 Subitem 11A(1) of Schedule 1

Omit "accumulated HECS-HELP", substitute "accumulated HELP".

9 Subitem 11A(2) of Schedule 1

Repeal the subitem.

10 After item 21 of Schedule 1

Insert:

21A Increases in assistance in 2005 for higher education providers meeting certain requirements

For the purposes of paragraph 33-15(1)(c) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 , the Minister is taken to be satisfied that the provider met the requirements in paragraph 33-15(1)(a) of that Act, as at a date in 2004, specified in the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines, if:

(a) the grant year is the year 2005; and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that the provider met at least some of those requirements by the specified date; and
(c) the Minister is satisfied that the provider has taken all reasonable steps to meet the requirements.


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