HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988 - SECT 120 Regulations
HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988 - SECT 120
RegulationsThe Governor - General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
• This Chapter sets up a scheme for the Commonwealth to make loans to overseas - trained professional people who do not meet the requirements for entry to their professions in Australia .
• The loans will be applied to pay fees for bridging courses ( BOTP courses ) which will enable those people to meet those entry requirements.
• To be eligible for a loan, an overseas - trained professional person must:
(a) meet certain citizenship/residency requirements; and
(b) obtain an assessment statement from a relevant assessing body; and
(c) enrol in a course that relates to the assessment statement.
• An assessment statement is a statement to the effect that, if
the person were to successfully undertake further studies, be successful in
one or more examinations or successfully undertake a tuition and training
program, the person would meet the requirements for entry to that profession
in Australia .