Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140:clause:1a_39dg
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1A cl 39DG
Character Range: 675477–676366

39DG  Civil penalty—charging a fee etc. for a student to cancel an enrolment or request for assistance
 (1) A person contravenes this subclause if:
 (a) the person is a *VET provider; and
 (b) the VET provider enrols another person (the student) in a *VET unit of study; and
 (c) the student is entitled to *VET FEE‑HELP assistance for the unit; and
 (d) before the end of the *census date for the unit, the student requests, in writing, the VET provider to:
 (i) cancel that enrolment; or
 (ii) withdraw the student's *request for Commonwealth assistance relating to the unit or the *VET course of study of which the unit forms a part; and
 (e) the VET provider charges the student a fee, or imposes a penalty, (however described) in order to do so.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), disregard subparagraph 43(1)(f)(ii) and paragraph 45C(1)(c).