(1) The STARTUP - HELP Guidelines may set out principles and procedures that higher education providers must follow in deciding whether to select persons for receipt of * STARTUP - HELP assistance.
(2) Any decision by a higher education provider whether to select a person for receipt of * STARTUP - HELP assistance must be made in accordance with the STARTUP - HELP Guidelines.
(3) Without limiting the matters that may be included in the STARTUP - HELP Guidelines made for the purposes of subsection (2), those guidelines may deal with:
(a) the number of its students whom higher education providers may select for receipt of * STARTUP - HELP assistance; or
(b) how that number is to be determined.