Division 1Tuition fees

Division 1 – Tuition fees

5 Meaning of tuition fees (1) This section prescribes other amounts for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of tuition fees in section 5 of the Act. (2) Any fee payable for the following matters by a domestic student enrolled with, or applying for enrolment with, the registered higher education provider in a unit of study, are prescribed amounts: (a) tuition; (b) examination or other type of mandatory assessment; (c) an enabling course; and (d) granting an Australian higher education award for completion of the course. (3) The amount of tuition fees does not include a fee that is: (a) payable in respect of an organisation of students, or of students and other persons; (b) payable in respect of the provision to students of amenities or services that are not of an academic nature; (c) payable in respect of books or equipment; (d) payable in respect of residential accommodation; (e) payable in respect of studies (other than in respect of an enabling course) that are not required to be undertaken for the purpose of obtaining an Australian higher education award; or (f) of a kind that is incidental to studies that may be undertaken with a registered higher education provider if any of the following apply: (i) it is a charge for a good or service that is not essential to the Australian course of study; (ii) it is a charge for an alternative form, or alternative forms, of access to a good or service that is an essential component of the course but is otherwise made readily available at no additional fee by the provider; (iii) it is a charge for an essential good or service that the student has the choice of acquiring from a supplier other than the provider and is for equipment or items which become the physical property of the student and are not consumed during the course or food, transport and accommodation costs associated with the provision of field trips that form part of the course; or (iv) it is a fine or a penalty, provided it is imposed by the provider principally as a disincentive and not in order to raise revenue or cover administrative costs.