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VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No. 2) 2017

I, Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education and Training, make the following legislative instrument.

Dated 21 May 2017

Simon Birmingham

Minister for Education and Training

1 Name

This instrument is the VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No. 2) 2017.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:407.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Commencement information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Provisions</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Commencement</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Date/Details</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">1.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">The whole of this instrument</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">1 July 2017</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the VET Student Loans Act 2016.

4 Schedule

The VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Determination 2016 is amended as set out in the Schedule to this instrument.

5 Transitional arrangements for superseded courses

For the absence of doubt, if before 1 July 2017:

(a) the Secretary approved a VET student loan for a student for a course of study listed in item 1 or item 2 of the Schedule to this instrument; and

(b) the student had not completed the course of study;

the Secretary may continue to pay amounts from that loan under section 19 of the VET Student Loans Act 2016 on or after 1 July 2017, in relation to that course.

Schedule 1—Amendments

1 Schedule 1, Part 2 – Courses in loan cap band 2, table

Omit the following rows from the table, and renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1:

2 Schedule 1, Part 3 – Courses in loan cap band 3, table

Omit the following rows from the table:

3 Schedule 1, Part 3 – Courses in loan cap band 3, table

Add the following rows to the table in ascending numerical order by course code:

4 Schedule 1, Part 3 – Courses in loan cap band 3, table

Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1.