Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00036:clause:1_25:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00036
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 25 (pt 6/11)
Character Range: 23422–26445

of subsection (3), the day is the earlier of:
 (a) if the student has previously made a successful *request for Commonwealth assistance under this Chapter for a unit that forms part of a *course of study, or for another *accelerator program course—the day the student first made such a request; or
 (b) otherwise—the day the student made the request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to the accelerator program course.
 (6) Despite subsections (1), (2) and (3), a student does not meet the citizenship or residency requirements in relation to an *accelerator program course if the higher education provider reasonably expects that the student will not undertake in Australia any of the accelerator program course.

128B‑35  Selection of students for receipt of STARTUP‑HELP assistance
 (1) The STARTUP‑HELP Guidelines may set out principles and procedures that higher education providers must follow in deciding whether to select persons for receipt of *STARTUP‑HELP assistance.
 (2) Any decision by a higher education provider whether to select a person for receipt of *STARTUP‑HELP assistance must be made in accordance with the STARTUP‑HELP Guidelines.
 (3) Without limiting the matters that may be included in the STARTUP‑HELP Guidelines made for the purposes of subsection (2), those guidelines may deal with:
 (a) the number of its students whom higher education providers may select for receipt of *STARTUP‑HELP assistance; or
 (b) how that number is to be determined.

128B‑40  Allocation of STARTUP‑HELP assistance
 (1) The STARTUP‑HELP Guidelines must include principles and procedures for ensuring, so far as reasonably practicable, that at least 25% of the persons selected for receipt of *STARTUP‑HELP assistance are students enrolled in an *accelerator program course at a regional university.
 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a regional university is one of the following:
 (a) Charles Sturt University;
 (b) Central Queensland University;
 (c) Federation University Australia;
 (d) Southern Cross University;
 (e) University of New England;
 (f) University of Southern Queensland;
 (g) University of the Sunshine Coast;
 (h) any other university, or particular campus of a university, specified in the STARTUP‑HELP Guidelines.
 (3) The Minister must not specify a university, or particular campus of a university, in the START‑UP HELP Guidelines made for the purposes of paragraph (2)(h), unless the university or campus is located in a Remoteness Area categorised under the *ABS Remoteness Structure as Inner Regional Australia, Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia or Very Remote Australia.

Division 128C—How are amounts of STARTUP‑HELP assistance worked out?

128C‑1  The amount of STARTUP‑HELP assistance for an accelerator program course
  The amount of *STARTUP‑HELP assistance to which a student is entitled for an *accelerator program course is the difference between:
 (a) the student's *accelerator program course fee for the course; and
 (b) the sum of any *up‑front payments