Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 158 of 1992 - SECT 39

39. Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended by adding after subsection (4)
the following subsections:

"(5) A student is an exempt student in relation to a course of study in
respect of a semester if:

   (a)  all of the places in that course of study in respect of that semester
        are fully funded by an employer within the meaning of subsection (6);
        and

   (b)  at least some of the places so funded are funded to assist the
        institution providing the course to meet the needs of the employer;
        and

   (c)  the student will occupy one of those fully funded places whether or
        not the student is an employee of the employer.

"(6) In subsection (5), 'employer' means a person who pays, or is liable to
pay, salary or wages and includes:

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

   (b)  any instrumentality of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.".