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regional area or a remote area, and people from a low SES background.

1.41 Program objectives

1.41.1   For the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, the IRLSAF consists of five components:
         (a)    the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP);
         (b)    the National Priorities Pool Program;
         (c)    the Regional Partnerships Project Pool Program;
         (d)    the Regional Loading Program (RLP); and
         (e)    the Enabling Loading Program (ELP).
The specific objectives of each component are set out in Divisions 1 to 5 of this Part.

    1.41.5 Each component listed at section 1.41.1 above is specified as a separate program for the purposes of subsection 41-15(1) of the Act.

1.42 Extra conditions of eligibility

1.42.1  Table A providers are eligible to receive grants under the HEPPP, the National Priorities Pool Program, and the Regional Partnerships Project Pool Program.

1.42.5 The following bodies corporate are also eligible to receive grants under the Regional Partnerships Project Pool Program:

       (a)    a body corporate that is in receipt of a grant under the Regional University Centres Program.

1.42.10 The following higher education providers are eligible to receive grants under the Regional Loading Program, if they meet the extra conditions of eligibility specified in section 1.57:

       (a)    Table A providers; and
       (b)    The University of Notre Dame Australia.

1.42.15 The following higher education providers are eligible to receive grants under the Enabling Loading Program:

       (a)    Table A providers; and
       (b)    The University of Notre Dame Australia.

1.43 Conditions of grant

    1.43.1 In addition to any conditions imposed by these Guidelines, the recipient of a grant under the IRLSAF must also comply with any terms of the grant approval imposed by the Minister.

Division 1 – Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP)

1.44 Program objectives

    1.44.1  The key objective of the HEPPP is to promote equality of opportunity in higher education by improving:
       (a)    outreach to widen aspiration and promote higher education to persons from a low SES background, persons from regional areas and remote areas, and Indigenous persons; and
       (b)    the extent to which persons from a low SES background, persons from regional areas and remote areas, and Indigenous persons access, participate, remain and succeed in higher education, and obtain higher education awards.

1.45 Total HEPPP (formula-based funding) funding

1.45.1  For the years specified below, the total amount of HEPPP funding available will be as follows:

    2021:    $138,009,092

    2022:    $138,277,399

    2023:    $139,274,443

    Note: these amounts will be adjusted using the method of indexation set out in Part 5-6, Division 198 of the Act, and to take into account the rollover of any grant amounts from previous years under section 41-40 of the Act.

    1.45.5  The total amount of HEPPP funds available in 2024 and later years will be