5Definitions

5 Definitions

(1) In this Act:

administrative fee component, for a leviable provider for a year, has the meaning given by section 8.

HELP tuition protection levy means levy imposed by section 6.

leviable provider means a higher education provider to whom Part 5‑1A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 applies but does not include a provider covered by subsection (1A).

new provider, for a year, means a leviable provider that was not a higher education provider at any time during the previous year.

property of any kind belonging to a State: see subsection 4(2).

risk rated premium component, for a leviable provider for a year, has the meaning given by section 11.

special tuition protection component, for a leviable provider for a year, has the meaning given by section 12.

total HELP students, for a leviable provider for a year, means the total number of students who:

(a) were enrolled during the previous year in at least one unit of study that forms part of a course of study and that has its census date in the previous year; and
(b) were entitled to HECS‑HELP assistance or FEE‑HELP assistance for that unit.

year means calendar year.

(1A) A higher education provider is covered by this subsection if the provider is: (a) owned by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or (b) established under one of the following: (i) the Technical and Further Education Commission Act 1990 (NSW); (ii) the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic.); (iii) the TAFE Queensland Act 2013 (Qld); (iv) the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA); (v) the TAFE SA Act 2012 (SA); (vi) the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 (Tas.); (vii) the Canberra Institute of Technology Act 1987 (ACT). (2) An expression used in this Act that is also used in the Higher Education Support Act 2003 has the same meaning as in that Act.