Higher Education Act 2001 HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - Made under the Higher Education Act 2001 - As at 1 September 2008 - Reg 397 of 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS PART 1 - PRELIMINARY 1. Name of Regulation 2. Commencement 3. Definition PART 2 - FEES 4. Fees generally 5. Annual fees 6. Fees with respect to accreditation of courses 7. Waiver, remittal, reduction and refund of fees PART 3 - SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 8. Sections 14 and 15 of Act not to apply to certain matters following suspension or cancellation of registration or accreditation 9. Sections 14 and 15 of Act not to apply to education institutions providing courses approved under the 1988 Act SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 1 Name of Regulation 1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Higher Education Regulation 2003. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 2 Commencement 2 Commencement This Regulation commences on 1 July 2003. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 3 Definition 3 Definition In this Regulation: "the Act" means the Higher Education Act 2001. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 4 Fees generally 4 Fees generally (1) Subject to this Part, the fees set out in Schedule 1 are payable with respect to the matters referred to in that Schedule. (2) Despite subclause (1), the fee payable with respect to the assessment of two or more courses that are the subject of a single application for accreditation, and that are referred to the same assessment panel, is the sum of the following: (a) for the course for which the greatest assessment fee is set out in Schedule 1, the amount of that fee, and (b) for each other course, one half of the assessment fee set out in Schedule 1 in relation to that course. (3) The fees set out in Schedule 1 apply equally to applications for registration, accreditation or approval and applications for the renewal of registration, accreditation or approval. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 5 Annual fees 5 Annual fees (1) The annual registration fees referred to in Schedule 1 are payable on 31 July in each year in respect of registration that is current as at the first day of that month. (2) The annual approval fees referred to in Schedule 1 are payable on 31 July in each year in respect of courses of study for which approvals are in force as at the first day of that month. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 6 Fees with respect to accreditation of courses 6 Fees with respect to accreditation of courses An application for accreditation of one or more courses of study must be accompanied by the appropriate application fees for each course of study to which the application relates. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 7 Waiver, remittal, reduction and refund of fees 7 Waiver, remittal, reduction and refund of fees The Director-General may waive, remit, reduce or refund any fee that is payable under the Act. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 8 Sections 14 and 15 of Act not to apply to certain matters following suspension or cancellation of registration or accreditation 8 Sections 14 and 15 of Act not to apply to certain matters following suspension or cancellation of registration or accreditation (1) This clause applies in circumstances in which: (a) an education institution’s registration under the Act is suspended or cancelled, or (b) a course of study’s accreditation under the Act is suspended or cancelled in relation to an education institution. (2) Section 14 of the Act does not apply to any representation to the effect that the education institution concerned provides, or is authorised to provide, any degree or post-graduate course to persons who commenced the course before the relevant registration or accreditation was suspended or cancelled, as the case may be. (3) Section 15 of the Act does not apply to any representation to the effect that the education institution concerned is authorised to confer a degree or post-graduate qualification in relation to any degree or post-graduate course on persons who commenced the course before the relevant registration or accreditation was suspended or cancelled, as the case may be. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 9 Sections 14 and 15 of Act not to apply to education institutions providing courses approved under the 1988 Act 9 Sections 14 and 15 of Act not to apply to education institutions providing courses approved under the 1988 Act (1) Sections 14 and 15 of the Act do not apply to an education institution referred to in Column 1 of Schedule 2, during the period from the commencement of those sections until the date specified in relation to that institution in Column 2 of that Schedule, in relation to any course of study approved under section 3 of the Higher Education Act 1988 that, immediately before the commencement of those sections, was being provided by that institution. (2) The Director-General may, by order published in the Gazette, suspend the operation of subclause (1) in relation to any specified education institution and specified course of study. (3) Section 17 of the Act applies to a decision of the Director- General to make an order under subclause (2) in the same way as it applies to a decision of the Director-General referred to in that section. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 1 – Fees (Clause 4) ___________________________________________________________________________ |___________________________________________________________________________| |Application by education institution | | |for Minister’s recommendation under |$10,000 | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Assessment of education institution in| | |connection with application for |$40,000 | |Minister’s recommendation under | | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Application by education institution | | |for registration as an overseas |$10,000 | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Assessment of education institution in| | |connection with application for |$40,000 | |registration as an overseas university| | |___________________________________________________________________________| | |Australian and overseas higher | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Application by education institution | | |for registration as an Australian or |$3,000 | |overseas higher education institution | | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Annual fee for registration of | | |education institution under section 5 |$2,000 | |of Act as an Australian or overseas | | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Assessment of education institution in| | |connection with application for |$3,000 | |termination of suspension of | | |___________________________________________________________________________| | |Accreditation of higher education | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Application for accreditation of | | |course of study under section 7 of Act|$2,000 | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Assessment of course of study in | | |connection with application for | | |accreditation under section 7 of Act | | |___________________________________________________________________________| |___________________________________________________________________________| |___________________________________________________________________________| |___________________________________________________________________________| |(d) Graduate certificate, graduate | | |diploma or other prescribed post- |$3,500 | |___________________________________________________________________________| |___________________________________________________________________________| |___________________________________________________________________________| |Assessment of course of study in | | |connection with application for | | |termination of suspension of |$3,000 | |accreditation under section 8 of Act | | |___________________________________________________________________________| | |Approval to provide courses of study| |___________________________________________________________________________| |Application for approval of education | | |institution in relation to courses of |$5,000 | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Annual fee for approval of education | | |___________________________________________________________________________| |(a) if number of courses covered by |$1,000 | |___________________________________________________________________________| |(b) if number of courses covered by |$2,000 | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Application to amend education | | |institution’s approval to add new |$1,000 | |___________________________________________________________________________| |Assessment of education institution in| | |connection with application for |$3,000 | |termination of suspension of approval | | |___________________________________________________________________________| HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 2 – Education institutions temporarily exempted from sections 14 and 15 (Clause 9) _____________________________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |Australian Institute of Management NSW Training |30 June 2006 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |Blue Mountains International Hotel Management |31 December 2006 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |The Australian College of Theology Council |31 December 2005 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |The Institute of Chartered Accountants in |30 June 2006 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |The Sydney Institute of Business and Technology |30 June 2004 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| |The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust |30 June 2005 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - NOTES Note: The Regulation was repealed by sec 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989 No 146 with effect from 1.9.2008. HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATION 2003 - NOTES Historical notes The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes: ______________________________________________________________________ |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| Table of amending instrumentsHigher Education Regulation 2003 published in Gazette No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 6096 and amended as follows: Higher Education Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2004 (GG No 195 of 3.12.2004, p 8909) Table of amendments ______________________ |______________________|