A leviable provider's special tuition protection component for a year is:
(a) if the leviable provider is a new provider for the year--zero; or
(b) otherwise--an amount equal to the sum of each up-front payment received, directly or indirectly, by the provider for a domestic student for a unit of study during the previous year multiplied by the percentage determined in an instrument under section 13 for the purposes of this paragraph for the year.