Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (2008 BUDGET MEASURES) ACT 2008 (NO. 43, 2008) - SCHEDULE 2

Higher Education Support Act 2003

1  Paragraphs 30‑5(1)(d) to (g)

Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:

                     (d)  for the year 2008--$3,793,766,000; or

                     (e)  for the year 2009--$4,138,233,000; or

                      (f)  for the year 2010--$4,307,474,000; or

                     (g)  for the year 2011--$4,439,813,000; or

                     (h)  for the year 2012--$4,547,229,000.

2  At the end of subsection 30‑10(3)

Add:

             ; and (d)  the number of those places that have a transitional loading.

3  After paragraph 30‑25(3)(ca)

Insert:

                    (cb)  the maximum number of Commonwealth supported places provided by the provider which can have a transitional loading in the grant years; and

4  After paragraph 30‑25(3)(da)

Insert:

                     (e)  the maximum amount of transitional loading that will be payable to the provider, under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines, in the grant years; and

5  At the end of section 33‑5

Add:

             ; and (e)  if the allocation has specified under paragraph 30‑10(3)(d) a number of Commonwealth supported places that have a transitional loading--the amount of transitional loading worked out under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines for those places.

6  After paragraph 36‑30(1)(a)

Insert:

                    (aa)  the unit to be undertaken with the provider forms part of an * undergraduate course of study; and

Note:       The heading to section 36‑30 is replaced by the heading " Providers to enrol persons as Commonwealth supported students ".

7  Subsection 36‑30(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a person's enrolment with a * Table A provider in a unit of study that forms part of an * undergraduate course of study if:

                     (a)  the person commences the undergraduate course of study with the provider before 1 January 2009; or

                     (b)  both:

                              (i)  the person transfers to the undergraduate course of study with the provider on or after 1 January 2009 from another undergraduate course of study in which the person was enrolled with the provider before 1 January 2009; and

                             (ii)  the person had not completed that other undergraduate course of study; or

                     (c)  all of the following apply:

                              (i)  the person was offered, and accepted, a place (other than a Commonwealth supported place) in the undergraduate course of study with the provider before 1 January 2009;

                             (ii)  the undergraduate course of study was to commence before 1 January 2009;

                            (iii)  with the provider's approval, the person commences the course of study after that time; or

                     (d)  at the time the person commences the undergraduate course of study with the provider, the person is an * overseas student.

8  Subsection 36‑30(5)

Omit "(2)(b) or".

Note:       The heading to subsection 36‑30(5) is altered by omitting " (2)(b) or ".

9  Subsection 41‑45(1) (table items 4 to 7)

Repeal the items, substitute:

10  Section 46‑40 (table items 6 to 8)

Repeal the items, substitute:

11  Subsection 93‑10(1) (table item 3)

Repeal the item, substitute:

12  Subsection 93‑10(1) (table item 6)

Repeal the item, substitute:

13  Application

(1)        The amendments made by items 2 to 5 of this Schedule apply in respect of the year 2009 or a later year.

(2)        The amendments made by items 6 and 7 of this Schedule apply in relation to an enrolment of a person in a unit of study on or after 1 January 2009.

(3)        The amendments made by items 11 and 12 of this Schedule apply in relation to a person's enrolment in a unit of study that forms part of a course of study if:

                     (a)  the person commences that course of study on or after 1 January 2009; or

                     (b)  that course of study is in natural and physical sciences and the person transfers to that course of study on or after 1 January 2009 from a course of study (other than in natural and physical sciences) that the person did not complete.

(4)        In subitem (3):

course of study , in relation to natural and physical sciences, means a course of study in the field of natural and physical sciences, classified as Broad Field 01 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the publication known as the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) 2001 (catalogue number 1272.0), as updated from time to time. This updating takes 2 forms:

                     (a)  from time to time, a new version of the publication is produced;

                     (b)  from time to time, material in the current version of the publication is updated by other publications of the Australian Bureau of Statistics.