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2  Meanings of CPI index number and WPI index number
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Endnote 5—Editorial changes

An Act relating to the funding of higher education, and for other purposes

Chapter 1—Introduction

Division 1—Preliminary

1‑1  Short title
  This Act may be cited as the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

1‑5  Commencement
 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1                                                                               Column 2                                                                Column 3
Provision(s)                                                                           Commencement                                                            Date/Details
1.  Sections 1‑1 and 1‑5 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table  The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.                    19 December 2003
2.  Sections 1‑10 to 238‑15                                                            The later of:                                                           1 January 2004
                                                                                       (a) 1 January 2004; and                                                 (paragraph (a) applies)
                                                                                       (b) the day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3.  Schedule 1                                                                         The later of:                                                           1 January 2004
                                                                                       (a) 1 January 2004; and                                                 (paragraph (a) applies)
                                                                                       (b) the day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
 (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

1‑10  Identifying defined terms
 (1) Many of the terms in this Act are defined in the Dictionary in Schedule 1.
 (2) Most of the terms that are defined in the Dictionary in Schedule 1 are identified by an asterisk appearing at the start of the term: as in "*accredited course". The footnote with the asterisk contains a signpost to the Dictionary.
 (3) An asterisk usually identifies the first occurrence of a term in a section (if not divided into subsections), subsection or definition. Later occurrences of the term in the same provision are not usually asterisked.
 (4) Terms are not asterisked in headings, notes, examples, explanatory tables, guides, outline provisions or diagrams.
 (5) If a term is not identified by an asterisk, disregard that fact in deciding whether or not to apply to that term a definition or other interpretation provision.
 (6) The following basic terms used throughout the Act are not identified with an asterisk:

Terms that are not identified
Item                           This term:                 is defined in: