VET Student Loans (Charges) Regulations 2017 [F2017L00821]-Response required [2017] AUSStaCSDLM 285 (16 August 2017)

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Instrument	VET Student Loans (Charges) Regulations 2017 [F2017L00821]
Purpose	Prescribes the charge payble by an approved course provider for a financial year
Authorising legislation	VET Student Loans (Charges) Act 2016
Department	Education and Training
Disallowance	15 sitting days after tabling (tabled Senate 8 August 2017) Notice of motion to disallow currently must be given by 16 October 2017
Scrutiny principle	Standing Order 23(3)(b)

Unclear basis for determining fees

Section 8 of the regulations prescribes the charge payable by an approved course provider for a financial year. The fees range between $1,280 and $62,870, depending on whether the provider is a small, medium or a large provider for the financial year. However, the ES does not specify the basis on which these fees have been calculated.

The committee’s usual expectation in cases where an instrument of delegated legislation carries financial implications via the imposition of a charge, fee, levy, scale or rate of costs or payment is that the relevant ES makes clear the specific basis on which an individual imposition or change has been calculated.

The committee requests the advice of the minister in relation to the above.