Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 147 of 1994 - SECT 9

9.(1) Section 104 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
is substituted: Basic charge

"104.(1) In this section:
'Agreement' means:

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), the Agreement between the Commonwealth and
        the Agency referred to in section 100; or

   (b)  if that Agreement has been or is amended-the Agreement as amended and
        in force from time to time.



"(2) A reference in this Part to the basic charge in respect of a unit of
study for which an eligible client of the Agency is enrolled in a study period
is a reference to the amount that, under the Agreement, the Agency may charge,
in respect of the unit of study, for the materials, services and experiences
that the Agency must provide to enable the client to enrol for, and complete,
the unit of study.



"(3) The Minister must cause to be published in the Gazette, before the
beginning of December in each year, the amounts that respectively constitute:

   (a)  the basic charge in respect of a unit of study undertaken in a study
        period beginning in that month by an eligible client of the Agency:

        (i)    who is participating in the deferred payment scheme; and

        (ii)   for whom the study period is the second study period of a
               semester; and

   (b)  the basic charge in respect of a unit of study undertaken in a study
        period beginning in that month by an eligible client of the Agency:

        (i)    who is participating in the deferred payment scheme; and

        (ii)   for whom the study period is the first study period of a
               semester; and

   (c)  the basic charge in respect of a unit of study undertaken in a study
        period beginning in March, June or September in the following year by
        an eligible client of the Agency.".

(2) If the Minister had not, before the commencement of this section, caused
to be published in the Gazette under subsection 104(3) of the Principal Act
the basic charge (within the meaning of that Act) in respect of the semesters
in the year 1994, the Minister must cause that charge to be so published as
soon as practicable after that commencement.