{"id":"F2018L00623","name":"VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No.2) 2018","slug":"vet-student-loans-courses-and-loan-caps-amendment-determination-no-2-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100043,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00623-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.2) 2018","content":"![](image.001.jpeg)\n\nVET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No.2) 2018\n\nI, Karen Andrews, Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, make the following legislative instrument.\n\nDated 10 May 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.2) 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

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Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1. The whole of this instrument

1 July 2018

\n```\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Caps) Determination 2016 is amended as set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument.\n\n5 Transitional arrangements for superseded courses\n\nFor the avoidance of doubt, if before the commencement of this instrument:\n\n(a) the Secretary approved a VET student loan for a student for a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 or 9 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 loan amounts in respect of 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 for that student.\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| 22 | FNS50215 | Diploma of Accounting |\n| --- | -------- | ------------------------------ |\n| 27 | FNS60215 | Advanced Diploma of Accounting |\n\n2. Schedule 1, Part 1 – Courses in loan cap band 1, table\n\nAdd the following rows to the table in ascending numerical order by course code:\n\n| 22A | FNS50217 | Diploma of Accounting |\n| --- | -------- | ------------------------------ |\n| 27A | FNS60217 | Advanced Diploma of Accounting |\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 rows from the table:\n\n| 13 | 52697WA | Diploma of Marine Studies |\n| --- | -------- | ---------------------------- |\n| 15 | ACM50110 | Diploma of Animal Technology |\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| 5A | 10286NAT | Advanced Diploma of Oral Health (Dental Hygiene) |\n| --- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 9A | 10550NAT | Graduate Diploma of Medical Ultrasonography (General) (Cardiac) (Obstetric) |\n| 10A | 10680NAT | Graduate Diploma of Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound (General Discipline) |\n| 67A | HLT57915 | Diploma of Anaesthetic Technology |\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\nAdd the following rows to the table in ascending numerical order by course code:\n\n| 21A | 22446VIC | Diploma of Product Design |\n| --- | -------- | --------------------------------------- |\n| 21B | 22458VIC | Diploma of Railway Signalling Systems |\n| 21C | 22460VIC | Diploma of Applied Technologies |\n| 37A | ACM50317 | Diploma of Horse Stud Management |\n| 37B | ACM50417 | Diploma of Performance Horse Management |\n\n8. 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\n9. Schedule 3 – Approved courses for specific providers, table\n\nOmit the following rows from the table:\n\n| 3 | Canberra Institute of Technology | 10052NAT | Advanced Diploma of Health Science (Soft Tissue Therapy) | $10,000 |\n| --- | --------------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |\n| 11 | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | 10308NAT | Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting | $10,000 |\n| 21 | TAFE Queensland | HLT57915 | Diploma of Anaesthetic Technology | $10,000 |\n\n10. Schedule 3 – Approved courses for specific providers, table\n\nAdd the following row to the table in alphabetical order by approved course provider:\n\n```html\n

11A

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

10678NAT

Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting

$10,000

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

Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1.

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