{"id":"F2021L01039","name":"Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines Amendment (National Priorities and Other Matters) 2021","slug":"commonwealth-grant-scheme-guidelines-amendment-national-priorities-and-other-matters-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440946,"registerId":"F2021L01039-fast-fetch-1775956389829","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines Amendment (National Priorities and Other Matters) 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCommonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines Amendment (National Priorities and Other Matters) 2021\n\nI, Alan Tudge, Minister for Education and Youth, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 28 July 2021   \n\nAlan Tudge\n\nMinister for Education and Youth\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Schedules\n\n5  Application of amendments\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\nCommonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines 2020\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines Amendment (National Priorities and Other Matters) 2021.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under section 238‑10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  The instrument specified in the Schedule to this instrument is amended as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule, and any other item in the Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Application of amendments\n\n  To avoid doubt:\n\n (a) the amendment to the list of providers made by item 1 in the Schedule applies from commencement of this instrument;\n\n (b) the amendment to the national priorities made by item 2 in the Schedule applies in relation to grants made after commencement of this instrument;\n\n (c) the amendment relating to the allocation of medical student places made by item 3 in the Schedule applies in respect of an allocation of medical student places in 2022 and future years;\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\nCommonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines 2020\n\n1  Section 8\n\nRemove “and” from the end of paragraph (za) and, after paragraph (zb), insert:\n\n (zc) Australian College of Theology Limited;\n\n (zd) Colleges of Business and Technology (WA) Pty Ltd;\n\n (ze) Crown Institute of Higher Education Pty Ltd;\n\n (zf) Edith Cowan College Pty Ltd;\n\n (zg) Educational Enterprises Australia Pty Ltd;\n\n (zh) ICHM Pty Ltd;\n\n (zi) INSEARCH Limited;\n\n (zj) International College of Management, Sydney Pty. Limited;\n\n (zk) JMC Pty. Limited;\n\n (zl) Kaplan Higher Education Pty Ltd;\n\n (zm) Kaplan Business School Pty Limited;\n\n (zn) Kent Institute Australia Pty Ltd;\n\n (zo) Le Cordon Bleu Australia Pty Limited;\n\n (zp) Morling College Ltd;\n\n (zq) Navitas Professional Institute Pty Ltd\n\n (zr) Queensland Institute of Business & Technology Pty Ltd;\n\n (zs) South Australian Institute of Business and Technology Pty Ltd;\n\n (zt) Southern Cross Education Institute (Higher Education) Pty Ltd;\n\n (zu) S P Jain School of Global Management Pty Limited;\n\n (zv) Sydney Institute of Business and Technology Pty Ltd;\n\n (zw) Think: Colleges Pty Ltd  \n\n (zx) Top Education Group Limited\n\n (zy) Wentworth Institute of Higher Education Pty Ltd; and\n\n (zz) Whitehouse Institute Pty Ltd.\n\n \n\n2  Section 10\n\nRepeal paragraph 10(d) and, after paragraph (b), insert:\n\n (c) in 2021 only, providing retraining and upskilling opportunities in the following areas of study: Education, Nursing, Visual and Performing Arts, Society and Culture, Professional Pathway Psychology, Professional Pathway Social Work, English, Mathematics, Accounting, Administration, Commerce, Communications, Indigenous and Foreign Languages, Agriculture, Allied Health, Other Health, Computing, Built Environment, Science, Engineering and Environmental Studies.             \n\n \n\n3  Section 12\n\nRepeal subsection (3), insert:\n\n (3) The allocation of medical student places for the purposes of determining medical student loading for a particular year is equal to the most recent full year student load data reported by the provider through the HESDC and cleared as final by the Department, plus any subsequent approved variations for a course of study in medicine not yet reported in the HESDC and specifically allocated to the provider by the Minister.\n\n (4)  The allocation of medical student places for the purposes of determining medical student loading for a particular year must not be more than the number of Commonwealth supported medical places allocated in that provider’s Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding agreement for that particular year.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument changes scope by (1) expanding the defined list of eligible providers (Schedule 1, item 1; Section 8), (2) adding a 2021‑only list of national priorities that broaden which fields are eligible for retraining/upskilling grants made after commencement (Schedule 1, item 2; new Section 10(c); Section 5(b)), and (3) altering the medical student place allocation method to rely on most recent HESDC finalised load data plus Ministerial allocations while capping allocations to the number in a provider’s Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding agreement (Schedule 1, item 3; new Sections 12(3)–(4); Section 5(c)). Practically, the Commonwealth funds are allocated under Departmental data‑clearance and Ministerial decisions, and providers face changed eligibility, reporting and intake constraints as a result."},"complexity_factors":["Addition of a long list of specific providers to the approved-provider list (Schedule 1, item 1; amending Section 8) increases administrative detail and eligibility tracking.","Introduction of a time-limited (2021 only) national priorities list covering many fields for retraining/upskilling (Schedule 1, item 2; new Section 10(c)) creates a temporary, field-specific eligibility criterion.","Allocation of medical student places tied to most recent full‑year HESDC student load data 'cleared as final by the Department' plus Minister‑approved variations (Schedule 1, item 3; new Section 12(3)) creates dependence on external reporting, data‑finalisation timing and Ministerial discretion.","A cap preventing allocation above the number of Commonwealth supported medical places in a provider’s CGS funding agreement (Schedule 1, item 3; new Section 12(4)) links place counts to contractual funding limits.","Staggered commencement and application rules (Section 2; Section 5(a)–(c)) mean different amendments take effect at different times and for different grant years, complicating transitional compliance.","Implied compliance and implementation burdens: providers must ensure HESDC reporting and may need to adjust intake/administration to align with new priorities and capped allocations (see Section 12(3) and Section 5(b),(c)).","Instrument is made under section 238‑10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Section 3), so operational details must align with that statutory authority."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument amends the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines 2020 by adding a list of named higher‑education providers, inserting a 2021‑only list of national priorities for retraining and upskilling across many study areas, and changing how Commonwealth‑funded medical student places are calculated and capped. It affects higher‑education providers, the Department and the Minister by changing which organisations and fields are prioritised for grant funding and how medical-place counts (which determine funding) are derived from HESDC data and funding agreements."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose — amending the administrative guidelines for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme. The three items (expanding provider lists, updating priority areas, and refining medical loading calculations) are all within the expected scope of CGS guideline amendments. There is no scope creep into unrelated policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused amendment instrument with only 3 operative items","Minimal cross-referencing — only refers back to the parent Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines 2020","Simple structural amendments: list insertions, paragraph repeals, and straightforward substitutions","No nested conditional logic or exceptions to exceptions","Only one defined term used contextually (HESDC — Higher Education Student Data Collection)","Clear application provisions in section 5 specifying exactly when each amendment takes effect"],"plain_english_summary":"This amendment changes how Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding is allocated: it expands the list of approved providers (adding 26 mainly private colleges), redirects the 2021 national-priority focus toward broad retraining and upskilling needs, and tightens medical-student loading so extra funding is based on reported numbers and capped to contracted places. \n\nIt affects students at newly listed providers, CGS-funded universities (especially medical schools), and anyone enrolling in the 2021 priority fields."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grant-scheme-guidelines-amendment-national-priorities-and-other-matters-2021","history":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grant-scheme-guidelines-amendment-national-priorities-and-other-matters-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grant-scheme-guidelines-amendment-national-priorities-and-other-matters-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grant-scheme-guidelines-amendment-national-priorities-and-other-matters-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grant-scheme-guidelines-amendment-national-priorities-and-other-matters-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grant-scheme-guidelines-amendment-national-priorities-and-other-matters-2021/documents"}}