Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140:clause:1_10:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10 (pt 4/31)
Character Range: 524283–527221

program course fees are set out in Subdivision 19‑F and Part 3‑7.

169‑17  Requirements relating to withdrawal from units of study
 (1) The Higher Education Provider Guidelines may prescribe requirements to be complied with by higher education providers in relation to student withdrawal from units of study.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Higher Education Provider Guidelines may:
 (a) require that fees (however described) must not be charged by higher education providers for withdrawal, either generally or in specified circumstances; or
 (b) specify requirements to be met in relation to re‑enrolment after withdrawal; or
 (c) specify requirements in relation to processes and procedures for dealing with student withdrawal from units of study.
 (3) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) the provider is subject to a requirement under this section; and
 (b) the provider fails to comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.

169‑18  Requirements relating to withdrawal from accelerator program courses
 (1) The Higher Education Provider Guidelines may prescribe requirements to be complied with by higher education providers in relation to student withdrawal from *accelerator program courses.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Higher Education Provider Guidelines may:
 (a) require that fees (however described) must not be charged by higher education providers for withdrawal, either generally or in specified circumstances; or
 (b) specify requirements to be met in relation to re‑enrolment after withdrawal; or
 (c) specify requirements in relation to processes and procedures for dealing with student withdrawal from *accelerator program courses.
 (3) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) the provider is subject to a requirement under this section; and
 (b) the provider fails to comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.

169‑20  Exempt students
 (1) The Minister may determine in writing that all students, or students of a specified kind, are exempt from payment of their *student contribution amounts and *tuition fees for:
 (a) any units of study undertaken as part of a specified *course of study; or
 (b) any units of study undertaken as part of a course of study of a specified kind.
A student, or a student of such a kind, (as the case requires) is an exempt student for those units.
 (2) The Administration Guidelines may provide that:
 (a) in all circumstances; or
 (b) in the circumstances specified in those guidelines;
all students are exempt from payment of their *student contribution amounts and *tuition fees for any units of study that wholly consist of *work experience in industry. A student is, or is in those specified circumstances, (as the case requires) an exempt student for such units.
 (3) A student is an exempt student for a unit of study undertaken with a higher education provider