{"id":"F2018L00048","name":"VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No.1) 2018","slug":"vet-student-loans-courses-and-loan-caps-amendment-determination-no-1-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":96683,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00048-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No.1) 2018","content":"![](image.001.jpeg)\n\nVET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No.1) 2018\n\nI, Karen Andrews, Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, make the following legislative instrument.\n\nDated 11 January 2018\n\nKaren Andrews\n\nAssistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills\n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No.1) 2018.\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```html\n

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1. The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation

\n```\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nThis instrument is made under the VET Student Loans Act 2016.\n\n4 Schedule\n\nThe VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Determination 2016 is amended as set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument.\n\n5 Transitional arrangements for superseded courses\n\nFor the absence of doubt, if before the commencement of this instrument:\n\n(a) the Secretary approved a VET student loan for a student for a course of study listed in items 1, 4, 7 or 10 of Schedule 1 to this instrument; and\n\n(b) the student had not completed the course of study;\n\nthe Secretary may continue to pay amounts from that loan under section 19 of the VET Student Loans Act 2016 on or after the commencement of this instrument, in relation to that course.\n\nSchedule 1 — Amendments\n\n1. Schedule 1, Part 1 – Courses in loan cap band 1, table\n\nOmit the following rows from the table:\n\n| 31 | LGA50404 | Diploma of Local Government (Operational Works) |\n| --- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------- |\n| 32 | LGA50712 | Diploma of Local Government |\n| | | |\n\n2. Schedule 1, Part 1 – Courses in loan cap band 1, table\n\nAdd the following row to the table in ascending numerical order by course code:\n\n| 34A | SIR50116 | Diploma of Retail Leadership |\n| --- | -------- | ---------------------------- |\n| | | |\n\n3\\. Schedule 1, Part 1 – Courses in loan cap band 1, table\n\n| Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1 |\n| ----------------------------------------------------- |\n\n4. Schedule 1, Part 2 – Courses in loan cap band 2, table\n\nOmit the following row from the table:\n\n| 96 | TAE80113 | Graduate Diploma of Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice |\n| --- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |\n| | | |\n\n5. Schedule 1, Part 2 – Courses in loan cap band 2, table\n\nAdd the following rows to the table in ascending numerical order by course code:\n\n| 9A | 10621NAT | Diploma of Cyber Security |\n| --- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 10A | 22445VIC | Advanced Diploma of Cyber Security |\n| 42A | CUA50113 | Diploma of Dance (Elite Performance) |\n| 43A | CUA50615 | Diploma of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts Industry Work |\n| 48A | CUA60113 | Advanced Diploma of Dance (Elite Performance) |\n| 54A | DEF50217 | Diploma of Enterprise Architecture Practice |\n| 60A | HLT57415 | Diploma of Audiometry |\n| 84A | PSP50416 | Diploma of Government Investigations |\n\n6. Schedule 1, Part 2 – Courses in loan cap band 2, table\n\n| Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1 |\n| ----------------------------------------------------- |\n\n7. Schedule 1, Part 3 – Courses in loan cap band 3, table\n\nOmit the following rows from the table:\n\n| 1 | 10050NAT | Diploma of Health Technology (Prosthetics and Orthotics) (Rehabilitation Engineering) |\n| --- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 20 | 30916QLD | Diploma of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering – Avionics TB2 |\n| 21 | 30919QLD | Diploma of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering – Mechanical TB1 |\n| 24 | 52693WA | Advanced Diploma of Map You |\n| 25 | 52694WA | Diploma of Aviation Management |\n\n8. Schedule 1, Part 3 – Courses in loan cap band 3, table\n\nAdd the following rows to the table in ascending numerical order by course code:\n\n| 10A | 10599NAT | Diploma of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering – Mechanical TB1 |\n| --- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |\n| 10B | 10600NAT | Diploma of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering – Avionics TB2 |\n| 19A | 22332VIC | Graduate Certificate in Tool Design for Plastics |\n\n9. Schedule 1, Part 3 – Courses in loan cap band 3, table\n\n| Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1 |\n| ----------------------------------------------------- |\n\n10. Schedule 3 – Approved courses for specific providers, table\n\nOmit the following rows from the table:\n\n| 1 | Anglican Church Property Trust of Canberra and Goulburn (trading as St Mark’s National Theological Centre) | 10348NAT | Graduate Certificate Professional Supervision (Clinical) (Pastoral) | $10,000 |\n| --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |\n| 4 | Australian National Memorial Theatre Limited | CUA50113 | Diploma of Dance (Elite Performance) | $10,000 |\n| 5 | Australian National Memorial Theatre Limited | CUA60113 | Advanced Diploma of Dance (Elite Performance) | $10,000 |\n| 8 | Marr Mooditj Training Inc | HLT51612 | Diploma of Nursing | $15,000 |\n| 21 | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | CPP60116 | Advanced Diploma of Surveying | $10,000 |\n| 23 | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | SIR50212 | Diploma of Visual Merchandising | $5,000 |\n| 27 | TAFE SA | SIR50212 | Diploma of Visual Merchandising | $5,000 |\n| 28 | Technical and Further Education Commission of NSW (TAFE NSW) | HLT57415 | Diploma of Audiometry | $5,000 |\n| 31 | Technical and Further Education Commission of NSW (TAFE NSW) | SIR50212 | Diploma of Visual Merchandising | $5,000 |\n\n11. Schedule 3 – Approved courses for specific providers, table\n\nAdd the following rows to the table in alphabetical order by approved course provider:\n\n```html\n

23

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

SIR50217

Diploma of Visual Merchandising

$5,000

27

TAFE SA

SIR50217

Diploma of Visual Merchandising

$5,000

31

Technical and Further Education Commission of NSW (TAFE NSW)

SIR50217

Diploma of Visual Merchandising

$5,000

12. Schedule 3 – Approved courses for specific providers, table

Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1

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