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HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (STUDENT CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012
2010-2011-2012
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Higher Education Support Amendment
(Student Contribution Amounts and
Other Measures) Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Higher Education
Support Act 2003, and for related purposes
i Higher Education Support Amendment (Student Contribution Amounts and Other Measures)
Bill 2012 No. , 2012
Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Student contribution amounts
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Schedule 2--Citizenship or residency requirements
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Higher Education Support Amendment (Student Contribution Amounts and Other Measures) Bill
2012 No. , 2012 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Higher Education
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Support Act 2003, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Higher Education Support
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Amendment (Student Contribution Amounts and Other Measures)
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Act 2012.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Measures) Bill 2012 No. , 2012
Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s) Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Schedule 2
1 January 2013.
1 January 2013
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Student contribution amounts Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Student contribution amounts
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2
Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Subsection 93-10(1) (paragraph (a) of the cell at table
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item 3, column 2)
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Before "Computing", insert "Mathematics, Statistics,".
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2 Subsection 93-10(1) (paragraph (b) of the cell at table
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item 3, column 2)
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Omit "; or", substitute ".".
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3 Subsection 93-10(1) (paragraph (c) of the cell at table
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item 3, column 2)
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Repeal the paragraph.
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4 Subsection 93-10(1) (paragraph (a) of the cell at table
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item 7, column 2)
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Omit "(a)".
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5 Subsection 93-10(1) (paragraph (a) of the cell at table
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item 7, column 2)
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After "Engineering", insert ", Science".
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6 Subsection 93-10(1) (paragraph (a) of the cell at table
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item 7, column 2)
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Omit "; or", substitute ".".
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7 Subsection 93-10(1) (paragraph (b) of the cell at table
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item 7, column 2)
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Repeal the paragraph.
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8 Application
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The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to a unit of
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study with a census date on or after 1 January 2013.
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Schedule 2 Citizenship or residency requirements
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Measures) Bill 2012 No. , 2012
Schedule 2--Citizenship or residency
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requirements
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3
Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Subsection 36-10(2B)
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Omit "paragraph (2)(b) or (c)", substitute "subsection (2)".
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2 Subsection 90-5(3)
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Omit "
*
permanent humanitarian visa holder", substitute "student".
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3 Subsection 90-5(3)
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Omit "the visa holder", substitute "the student".
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4 Subsection 104-5(3)
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Omit "
*
permanent humanitarian visa holder or
*
permanent visa holder",
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substitute "student".
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5 Subsection 104-5(3)
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Omit "the visa holder", substitute "the student".
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6 At the end of section 104-5
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Add:
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(4) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a student does not meet the
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citizenship or residency requirements in relation to a unit of study
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to which access was provided by
*
Open Universities Australia if
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the student was not resident in Australia on the day the student
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gave the
*
request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to the
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unit as referred to in subparagraph 104-1(1)(i)(i).
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7 Subsection 126-5(2)
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Omit "
*
permanent humanitarian visa holder", substitute "student".
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8 Subsection 126-5(2)
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Omit "the visa holder" (wherever occurring), substitute "the student".
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9 Application
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Citizenship or residency requirements Schedule 2
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(1)
The amendments made by items 1 to 3 of this Schedule apply in relation
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to a unit of study that forms part of a course of study commenced by a
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person on or after 1 January 2013.
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(2)
The amendments made by items 4 and 5 of this Schedule apply in
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relation to a unit of study that forms part of a course of study or
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bridging course for overseas-trained professionals commenced by a
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person on or after 1 January 2013.
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(3)
The amendment made by item 6 of this Schedule applies in relation to a
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unit of study with a census date on or after 1 January 2013.
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(4)
The amendments made by items 7 and 8 of this Schedule apply in
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relation to a student services and amenities fee if:
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(a) the fee is payable on or after 1 January 2013 by a person who
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is enrolled in a course of study or bridging course for
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overseas-trained professionals; and
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(b) the person commences the course on or after 1 January 2013.
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