Western Australian Current Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT 2004 - SECT 28

28 .         Agreement to pay costs of considering application or request

        (1)         The Minister may enter into a written arrangement with a person who intends to make a request under section 7 or an application under section 9 or 13A for the person to pay —

            (a)         the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Minister in considering the request or application; and

            (b)         the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by, or by the Minister on behalf of, a higher education advisory committee appointed to consider and report to the Minister on the request or application.

        (2)         Regulations may make provision for and in relation to an agreement referred to in subsection (1) including in connection with —

            (a)         the ambit of the agreement;

            (b)         the making of the agreement;

            (c)         the costs and expenses to be paid under the agreement, including as to the method of calculating the costs and expenses;

            (d)         the methods for resolving any dispute about the costs and expenses that are to be paid under the agreement.

        [Section 28 inserted: No. 40 of 2009 s. 42.]