(1) If a leviable provider is a new provider for a year, the amount of the provider's administrative fee component for the year is the amount determined for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) for the year.
(2) Otherwise, a leviable provider's administrative fee component for a year is the sum of:
(a) the amount determined in an instrument under section 9 for the purposes of this paragraph for the year; and
(b) the amount determined in an instrument under section 9 for the purposes of this paragraph for the year, multiplied by the total up-front fee paying students for the provider for the previous year.
(3) For the purposes of working out the total up-front fee paying students for a provider for the previous year in paragraph (2)(b), disregard a student if that student would also fall within the definition of total HELP students (within the meaning of the Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020 ) for that previous year.