1.1PURPOSE

1.1 PURPOSE

1.1.1 The purpose of these guidelines is to:

1. set out the requirements under paragraph 19-37(5)(b) of the Act for providers to determine a student services and amenities fee;
2. specify the requirements under paragraph 19‑37(5)(d) of the Act for providers to determine the day on which a student services and amenities fees is payable; and
3. specify the requirements under paragraph 19‑37(6)(a) of the Act for providers to publish enough information to enable a person liable to pay a student services and amenities fee to work out the amount of the fee, and notice of the day on which the fee is payable;
4. specify circumstances in which a higher education provider will be satisfied that
   special circumstances apply to the person that:
   1. are beyond the person’s control (paragraph 36-21(1)(a) of the Act);
   2. do not make their full impact on the person until on or after the census date for
      the unit of study in question (paragraph 36-21(1)(b) of the Act); and
   3. make it impracticable for the person to complete the requirements for the unit of
      study during the period which the person undertook, or was to undertake, the
      unit (paragraph 36-21(1)(c) of the Act).
5. specify a notice that a higher education provider must, under subsection 169-5(1) of the Act, give to a person who is enrolled with the provider for a unit of study and who
   1. is seeking Commonwealth assistance for the unit or for a student services and amenities fee imposed on the person by the provider; or
   2. is a Commonwealth supported student for the unit;
6. specify the information that a notice must contain under subsection 169‑5(2) of the Act;
7. specify the period within which a notice must be given under subsection 169-5(3) of the Act;
8. specify the other requirements that must be met for work to be work experience in industry under part (d) of the definition of “work experience in industry” in ‘Schedule 1- Dictionary’ of the Act;
9. specify the circumstances in which students are exempt students for units of study that wholly consist of work experience in industry under subsection 169-20(2) of the Act;
10. specify periods under subsection 169-25(1) of the Act;
11. specify the date by which, and the manner in which, census dates and EFTSL values must be published by a higher education provider under subsection 169-25(3) of the Act;
12. specify the dates before which a variation to a published census date or EFTSL value must be made under subparagraph 169-25(4)(a)(i) of the Act;
13. specify the circumstances in which a published census date or EFTSL value may be varied under subparagraph 169-25(4)(a)(ii) of the Act;