19Use of compulsory student services and amenities fees

19 Use of compulsory student services and amenities fees

(1) In relation to decisions regarding the specific uses of the proceeds from any compulsory student services and amenities fee, HEPs must establish and maintain a clearly defined and effective process by which students enrolled at the HEP are consulted that is reviewed and approved annually by the governing body of the HEP. (2) Consultation with students must be undertaken through a formal process of engagement with the democratically elected student representatives identified in sections 16, 17 or 18. (3) Consultation with students must be timely, form part of the HEP’s annual financial planning, and must include notifying students enrolled at the HEP and democratically elected student representatives referred to above of: (a) the purpose of the student services and amenities fee; (b) the amount of revenue anticipated; (c) the mechanisms to establish priorities for expenditure; and (d) the timing and mechanism available to comment on the proposed priorities. (4) Once consultation has been undertaken, and the HEP has determined through consultation how the revenue will be spent, information on the established priorities, proposed heads of expenditure and projects to be funded must be made publicly available to students enrolled at the HEP. (5) HEPs must provide to the Department a report, in the form approved by the Minister, on student services and amenities fee allocations and actual expenditure for the year as part of their annual reporting and make that report publicly available.

Part 4 – Requirements relating to student led organisations