Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00020:reg:31:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00020
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 31 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 61469–64402

31    Providing information to prospective students

        (1)    The purpose of this section is to ensure that persons seeking to enrol in a VET course of study:
(a)    are fully informed of the VET tuition fees that apply to the course; and
(b)    are clear about their responsibilities, obligations and rights if they request VET FEE-HELP assistance.

        (2)    Before enrolling a prospective student in a VET course of study, a VET provider must give the prospective student the following information:
(a)    all information required to be provided under any provision of the Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations that relates to ensuring that each learner is properly informed and protected;

               Note: In 2015, the provision was Standard 5 of the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015.
(b)    the prospective student's options for paying their VET tuition fees, including the following payment options:
              (i)    up-front payment;
              (ii)    government loan through the provision of VET FEE-HELP assistance;
(c)    details of the eligibility criteria for VET FEE-HELP assistance;
(d)    the course's VET tuition fees for which VET FEE-HELP assistance may be available, and any other fees for which VET FEE-HELP is not available;
(e)    whether a VET FEE-HELP loan fee will apply for each VET unit of study forming part of the course, and if so the total of those loan fees, if the prospective student requests VET FEE-HELP assistance;
(f)    how to access (on the VET provider's website):
              (i)    the VET tuition fees for the VET units of study forming part of the course; and
              (ii)    the census dates for those units; and
              (iii)    the VET provider's withdrawal procedure;
(g)    information about VET-FEE HELP assistance, including that:
              (i)    VET FEE-HELP assistance is a loan from the Commonwealth; and
              (ii)    this loan will remain as a personal debt obligation until it is repaid to the Commonwealth; and
              (iii)    this loan may reduce a student's take-home (after-tax) wage or salary until the debt is repaid, and may reduce the student's borrowing capacity until the debt is so repaid; and
              (iv)    giving a request for Commonwealth assistance can trigger this loan for the entire VET course of study, charged on a unit by unit basis, unless the student pays some of the VET tuition fees; and
              (v)    a census date will apply to each of the VET units of study forming part of the course, and in which the student enrols, with this loan covering any VET tuition fees that remain unpaid at the end of each census date; and

              (vi)    a student may cancel the student's enrolment by withdrawing from each VET unit of study forming part of the course on or before the census dates for those units, and in accordance with the