Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT 2003 - SECT 36.5

             (1)   A person is a Commonwealth supported student , in relation to a unit of study, if:

                     (a)  the higher education provider with which he or she is enrolled in that unit has advised the person in writing that he or she is a Commonwealth supported student:

                              (i)  in relation to the unit; or

                             (ii)  if the person is undertaking a * course of study with the provider of which the unit forms a part--in relation to that course of study; and

                     (b)  at the end of the * census date for the unit, the higher education provider would not have been prohibited, under section 36-10 or 36- 15, or both, from so advising the person.

             (3)  However, the person is not a Commonwealth supported student in relation to the unit if he or she notifies an * appropriate officer of the provider that he or she does not wish to be a Commonwealth supported student in relation to the unit.

             (4)  A notice under subsection (3):

                     (a)  must be in writing; and

                     (b)  must be given on or before the * census date for the unit.