Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140:clause:1_10:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10 (pt 6/31)
Character Range: 529508–532168

in accordance with the Administration Guidelines, determine, for that period:
 (a) a particular date to be the *census date for the course; and
 (b) the *EFTSL value for the course.
 (2) A date determined under paragraph (1)(a) or (1A)(a) must be determined in accordance with the Administration Guidelines.
 (3) The provider must publish:
 (a) the *census date for the unit or course by the date ascertained in accordance with, and in the manner specified in, the Administration Guidelines; and
 (b) the *EFTSL value for the unit or course by the date ascertained in accordance with, and in the manner specified in, the Administration Guidelines.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.

Variations
 (4) The provider must not vary the *census date for the unit or course, or the *EFTSL value for the unit or course, after publication under subsection (3), unless the provider:
 (a) does so:
 (i) before the date ascertained in accordance with the Administration Guidelines; and
 (ii) in circumstances specified in the Administration Guidelines; or
 (b) does so with the written approval of the Minister.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (5) If paragraph (4)(a) applies, the provider must publish the variation by the date ascertained in accordance with, and in the manner specified in, the Administration Guidelines.
 (6) If paragraph (4)(b) applies, the provider must publish the variation by the date, and in the manner, specified by the Minister in the approval.

169‑27  Meaning of EFTSL
 (1) An EFTSL is an equivalent full‑time student load. It is a measure of the study load:
 (a) in respect of a *course of study—for a year, of a student undertaking that course of study on a full‑time basis; or
 (b) in respect of an *accelerator program course—for the period of the accelerator program course, of a student undertaking that course on a full‑time basis.
 (2) For the purposes of a *course of study, a particular amount of EFTSL is an amount of study, undertaken with a higher education provider as part of the course, represented by units of study with *EFTSL values the sum of which equals that amount.

169‑28  Meaning of EFTSL value

EFTSL value of a unit of study
 (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