Higher Education Funding Act 1988
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34 Interpretation
(1) In this Chapter, unless the contrary intention appears:
annual Band amount has the meaning given by section 40A.
annual course contribution has the meaning given by section 40.
appropriate officer, in relation to an institution, means a person, or a person included in a class of persons, appointed by, or by a delegate of, the chief executive officer of the institution to be an appropriate officer of the institution for the purposes of this Chapter.
Band has the meaning given by section 40A.
census date, in relation to a course of study undertaken by a student at an institution in a semester, means:
(a) in the case of a course undertaken in a period that is taken to be a semester by virtue of subsection 37(2) or (3):
(i) if the course is of not less than 6 weeks duration—the date that is 14 days after the date on which the student starts to undertake the course of study; or
(ii) if the course is of less than 6 weeks duration—the date on which the student starts to undertake the course of study; or
(b) in any other case—such date as is specified for the purposes of this definition by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, in relation to courses of study undertaken in that semester.
Commissioner means the Commissioner of Taxation.
contributing student, in relation to a designated course of study at an institution, means a student, other than an exempt student, in relation to that course of study.
contribution means a contribution payable under this Chapter.
designated course of study, in relation to an institution, means a course of study at that institution other than:
(b) a course of study provided in accordance with guidelines issued by the Minister under:
(i) subsection 13(1); or
(iv) subsection 32(5) of the Maritime College Act 1978;
(c) a course of instruction provided to persons for the purpose of enabling them to undertake a course of study; or
(d) a course provided at Avondale College, being a course that is not funded in whole or in part by the Commonwealth.
exempt student has the meaning given by section 35.
HEC assessment debt means an amount that is required to be paid in respect of an accumulated HEC debt under section 106Q and is included in a notice of an assessment made under section 106T.