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20  After section 169‑25
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169‑27  Meaning of EFTSL
 (1) An EFTSL is an equivalent full‑time student load for a year. It is a measure, in respect of a *course of study, of the study load for a year of a student undertaking that course of study on a full‑time basis.
 (2) A particular amount of EFTSL is an amount of study, undertaken with a higher education provider as part of a *course of study, represented by units of study with *EFTSL values the sum of which equals that amount.

169‑28  Meaning of EFTSL value
 (1) The EFTSL value of a unit of study is the value that the higher education provider with which the unit may be undertaken determines in writing to be the EFTSL value of the unit, expressed as a fraction of one *EFTSL.
 (2) If the unit can form part of more than one *course of study, the provider may determine an EFTSL value of the unit for each such course.
 (3) If a unit of study is subject to separate determinations in relation to different *courses of study, a reference in this Act to the EFTSL value of the unit is, when the unit forms part of such a course, a reference to the EFTSL value of the unit determined under subsection (2) for the course.
 (4) Determinations under this section must be in accordance with any requirements set out in the Administration Guidelines.