Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00985:reg:2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00985
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 1545–4432

2           Schedule B

Repeal the Schedule, insert

Part 1 – Waiver and refund of fees

1 Waiver of fees - general

TEQSA may waive all or part of the fees payable in Schedule A of this instrument in the following circumstances:

        (a)         when an applicant was registered under one or more State or Territory laws relating to higher education immediately prior to 29 January 2012 but did not offer or confer a regulated higher education award immediately prior to that date, all or part of the following fees may be waived:

           (i)    the fees for a preliminary and substantive assessment of an application for registration;

           (ii)  the fees for preliminary and substantive assessments for any applications for course accreditation made with the application for registration;

           (iii)  where the applicant's registration under a state or territory law included the authority to self-accredit one or more courses of study, the fee for an application to self-accredit one of more courses of study.

         (b)       where an application is for renewal of accreditation of a course of study on the basis that:

           (i)    No new enrolments will be permitted in the course from the date on which the provider's current accreditation for the course is to end, and
           (ii)  The provider ceases to provide the course at the conclusion of the first teaching period that commences after the date on which the provider's current accreditation for the course is to end.

                  all or part of the fee for renewal of accreditation of the course may be waived.

          (c)       when the responsibility for offering or conferring one or more higher education awards has been transferred from one person or body, including a body politic or a body corporate (the first provider) to another person or body (the second provider) and the first provider is, or has been within one month prior to the date on which the second provider applies to TEQSA for registration as a higher education provider, a registered higher education provider, then TEQSA may waive all or part of the following fees in relation to the second provider:

            (i)    the fees for a preliminary and substantive assessment of an application for registration;

           (ii)  the fees for preliminary and substantive assessments of any applications for course accreditation provided with the application for registration;

           (iii) the fee for an application for the purposes of registration of an approved provider under section 9AB of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 to provide a course of study to overseas students.
2 Waiver of fees – special or unusual circumstances

TEQSA may waive any of the following fees that would otherwise be payable under this instrument, in whole or in part where, in TEQSA's opinion,