38Withdrawal from units of study or accelerator program courses

38 Withdrawal from units of study or accelerator program courses

(1) For the purposes of subsections 169‑17(1) and 169-18(1) of the Act, a higher education provider must have processes and procedures that include: (a) procedures for a student to withdraw from a unit of study, course of study or accelerator program course; and (b) a procedure for a student to enrol in a unit of study that was part of a course of study with the provider in circumstances where the student had earlier withdrawn from a unit of study of that course undertaken with the provider. (2) The procedures for a student to withdraw from a unit of study, course of study, or accelerator program course, on or before the relevant census date, must not involve financial, administrative or other barriers to the withdrawal. (3) If a student withdraws from a unit of study, course of study or accelerator program course, the higher education provider must not, after the withdrawal, enrol the student in a unit of study, course of study or accelerator program course without the written permission of the student (which must be given after the withdrawal).