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HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT (HELP TUITION PROTECTION LEVY) ACT 2020 - SECT 5

Definitions

  (1)   In this Act:

"administrative fee component" , for a leviable provider for a year, has the meaning given by section   8 .

"HELP tuition protection levy" means levy imposed by section   6 .

"leviable provider" means a higher education provider to whom Part   5 - 1A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 applies but does not include a provider covered by subsection   (1A) .

"new provider" , for a year, means a leviable provider that was not a higher education provider at any time during the previous year.

"property of any kind belonging to a State" : see subsection   4 (2).

"risk rated premium component" , for a leviable provider for a year, has the meaning given by section   11 .

"special tuition protection component" , for a leviable provider for a year, has the meaning given by section   12 .

"total HELP students" , for a leviable provider for a year, means the total number of students who:

  ( a )   were enrolled during the previous year in at least one unit of study that forms part of a course of study and that has its census date in the previous year; and

  ( b )   were entitled to HECS - HELP assistance or FEE - HELP assistance for that unit.

"year" means calendar year.

  (1A)   A higher education provider is covered by this subsection if the provider is:

  (a)   owned by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or

  (b)   established under one of the following:

  (i)   the Technical and Further Education Commission Act 1990 (NSW);

  (ii)   the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic.);

  (iii)   the TAFE Queensland Act 2013 (Qld);

  (iv)   the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA);

  (v)   the TAFE SA Act 2012 (SA);

  (vi)   the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 (Tas.);

  (vii)   the Canberra Institute of Technology Act 1987 (ACT).

  ( 2 )   An expression used in this Act that is also used in the Higher Education Support Act 20 03 has the same meaning as in that Act.

 



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