118Matters an approved course provider must not have regard to in determining tuition fees

118 Matters an approved course provider must not have regard to in determining tuition fees

(1) In determining tuition fees for an approved course, an approved course provider must not have regard to any of the following: (a) a matter related to the manner or timing of: (i) payment of tuition fees by students; or (ii) payment of loan amounts by the Secretary to the provider; (b) fees payable for anything other than: (i) assessing whether a student is academically suited to undertake the course; and (ii) enrolment in the course; and (iii) tuition for the course; and (iv) examination for the course; and (v) award of a qualification for completion of the course; (c) fees payable for a particular form of access to a good or service that is essential for all or part of the course and access to which in an another form is provided by the approved course provider without additional charge; (d) fees paid by a student enrolled in the course directly to the approved course provider for the supply of a good or service that is either: (i) equipment or physical items that become the student’s property and are not consumed during the course; or (ii) food, transport or accommodation associated with the provision of field trips that form part of the course; and that the student could have acquired, but chose not to acquire, from another supplier; (e) a fine or penalty imposed by the provider as a disincentive for something other than withdrawing from all or part of the course, and not to raise revenue or cover administrative costs; (f) the provision to a student enrolled in the course of a good or service that is not essential for all or part of the course; (g) fees payable for a Special admissions test. (2) The paragraphs of subsection (1) do not limit one another.