Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT 2003 - SECT 93.15

             (1)  An up-front payment , in relation to a unit of study for which a person is liable to pay his or her * student contribution amount, is a payment of part of the student's student contribution amount for the unit, other than a payment of * HECS-HELP assistance under this Part.

             (2)  The payment must be made on or before the * census date for the unit.

             (3)  A payment made in respect of a person is not an up-front payment to the extent that:

                     (a)  the payment; or

                     (b)  if other up-front payments have already been made in respect of the person in relation to the unit--the sum of the payment and all of those other up-front payments;

exceeds 90% of the person's * student contribution amount for the unit.

Note 1:       The Commonwealth pays one-ninth of any up-front payments in respect of a student if the total amount of the up-front payments, for the unit and the student's other units with the same census date, is 90% of the sum of his or her student contribution amounts for all of his or her units or is $500 or more: see sections 96-5 and 96-10.

Note 2:       It is a condition of grants under Part 2-2 that a higher education provider not accept an up-front payment of more than 90% of a student's student contribution amount from a student who is entitled to HECS-HELP assistance: see section 36-50.

Note:       Part 5-1 deals generally with payments by the Commonwealth under this Act.