33Paying a person to provide support

33 Paying a person to provide support

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a higher education provider may use an ISSP grant to pay a person or organisation to deliver activities under this Part. (2) A higher education provider must not use an ISSP grant to pay a person or organisation unless the provider is satisfied that the person, or the person employed by the organisation to deliver the activities: (a) has skills and knowledge in relation to matters of relevance to Indigenous persons; and (b) has skills necessary to work with Indigenous persons to deliver quality higher education to Indigenous students; and (c) is an appropriate person to provide the activities; and (d) in relation to providing support to Indigenous students under section 29 of these Guidelines, is not undertaking a unit of study that the student is also undertaking. (3) In recruiting a person to deliver activities under this Part, a higher education provider must give priority to Indigenous persons. (4) In procuring an organisation to deliver activities under this Part, a higher education provider must give priority to organisations that employ, or provide training opportunities for, Indigenous persons.