Commonwealth of Australia

Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003

TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR STUDENTS GUIDELINES

Making of Guidelines pursuant to items 4 and 8 of Schedule 1 of The Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003

I, BRENDAN NELSON, Minister for Education, Science and Training, pursuant to items 4 and 8 of the Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 (“the Act”), make the attached amendment to the Transitional Arrangements for Students Guidelines for the purposes of Schedule 1 of the Act.

Dated this.........30th.........day of........August......2004.

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BRENDAN NELSON

Minister for Education, Science and Training

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003

TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

FOR STUDENTS GUIDELINES

(i) CITATION

These guidelines may be cited as the Amendment No. 1 to the Transitional Arrangements for Students Guidelines.

(ii) AUTHORITY

These guidelines are made under items 4 and 8 of Schedule 1 of the Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003.

(iii) DATE OF EFFECT

These guidelines shall come into effect on the date of gazettal.

ITEM 1

Delete 2.5.1(b)

Substitute:

2.5.1(b)

(i) the person has enrolled in a course of study after completing the requirements of a ‘qualifying’ or ‘preliminary’ course of study at the same level; and

(ii) the person commenced the ‘qualifying’ or ‘preliminary’ course of study after 1996.

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Brendan John Nelson

Minister for Education, Science and Training

           September 2004