37Policies and processes for using an ISSP grant

37 Policies and processes for using an ISSP grant

(1) Subject to these Guidelines and the Act, a higher education provider that receives an ISSP grant must: (a) establish and maintain policies and processes for using the grant; and (b) make information about those policies and processes publicly available, including to Indigenous persons in remote areas and regional areas. (2) A higher education provider must maintain full and accurate records of the use of an ISSP grant, including the selection processes followed to provide assistance to an Indigenous student. (3) Where a higher education provider requires a person to apply for assistance or enter into a written agreement with the provider, the provider must not provide the assistance or make a payment using an ISSP grant unless the person has signed a form prepared by the provider in which the person acknowledges the following matters: (a) giving false or misleading information is a serious offence; and (b) the person may incur a debt to the Commonwealth or the provider or both if the person receives assistance or payment that the person should not have received; and (c) the provider may collect personal information of the person and share that information with the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Commonwealth administering these Guidelines.