Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00006:reg:20:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00006
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 20 (pt 2/7)
Character Range: 20424–23036

study load, for a student undertaking a course of study with a registered higher education provider for a year, means:

            (i)      if section 169‑28 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 applies to the provider in respect of the course—an amount of study, undertaken as part of that course in that year, that is represented by units of study that have a total EFTSL value (within the meaning of that Act) of 1; or

            (ii)      if paragraph (a) does not apply—an amount of study, undertaken as part of that course in that year, that is the equivalent of the minimum amount of study that a student undertaking that course on a full‑time basis would be expected to undertake in that year.

       (b)   Provider's equivalent full‑time student load means the total number of students enrolled, on an equivalent full‑time basis, in each accredited course provided by the provider in the year that is 2 years before the year in which the application for accreditation or the renewal of accreditation is made.

    (3)           In working out, for the purposes of the above table, the number of students enrolled on an equivalent full‑time basis in an accredited course in a year:

       (a)    count a student that has a full‑time study load for the course and the year as 1 student; and

       (b)   count any other student as a fraction that represents the student's amount of study undertaken as part of the course and the year relative to a student that does have a full‑time study load for the course and the year.

           Example: A full‑time student is enrolled in 8 units of study as part of a course for a year and is counted as 1 student. A part-time student is enrolled in 4 units of study as part of that course and is counted as half of 1 student. Another student is enrolled in 10 units of study as part of that course and is counted as 1 and a quarter of 1 student.

    Part 3 – Waiver and refund of fees

    3 Waiver of fees – undergraduate certificate decision not made prior to withdrawal

    (1)           TEQSA may waive part of the fee set out in items 15 and 18 of the table in Schedule A, where the application for accreditation or the renewal of accreditation is withdrawn before a decision regarding the application is made.

    (2)           If TEQSA determines to waive part of a fee under subsection (1), TEQSA must waive $300 from the fee that is otherwise payable.

    4 Waiver of fees - general

TEQSA may waive all or part of the fees payable in Schedule A of this instrument in the following circumstances:

       (a)  where an application is for