(1) A fee includes any tuition, examination or other fee payable to a higher education provider by a person enrolled with, or applying for enrolment with, the provider.
(2) A fee may also include any fee payable to the provider in respect of the granting of a * higher education award.
(3) A fee does not include a fee that is:
(a) payable in respect of an organisation of students, or of students and other persons; or
(b) payable in respect of the provision to students of amenities or services that are not of an academic nature; or
(c) payable in respect of residential accommodation; or
(d) imposed in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines for the imposition of fees in respect of * overseas students; or
(e) payable in respect of studies (other than an * enabling course) that are not permitted to be undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a * higher education award; or
(f) determined, in accordance with the Higher Education Provider Guidelines, to be a fee of a kind that is incidental to studies that may be undertaken with a higher education provider; or
(g) a * student contribution amount payable in respect of a student.
(4) The definition of fee in this section does not apply for the purposes of section 104 - 50.