Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The course fee for
any course for a student who is not an Australian resident is —
(a) if
there is a relevant determination in force under this regulation, the fee
specified in that determination; or
(b)
otherwise, the fee determined in accordance with regulation 12.
(2) The Minister may
by instrument issued to the relevant college or colleges determine the course
fee for a course for a student who is not an Australian resident.
(3) The Minister may
determine different fees for different courses or different students based on
—
(a) the
categories of the course; or
(b) the
subject matter of the course; or
(c)
which college provides the course; or
(d) the
country of origin of the student; or
(e) the
level and extent of the student’s previous vocational education,
training and experience; or
(f) any
other criteria the Minister considers relevant to the cost of providing the
course,
or any combination of
those criteria.
(4) In this regulation
—
Australian resident means a person who —
(a) is
an Australian citizen within the meaning of the Australian Citizenship
Act 1948 2 of the Commonwealth; or
(b)
holds —
(i)
a permanent visa within the meaning of the Migration
Act 1958 of the Commonwealth; or
(ii)
a visa of subclass 309, 310, 820, 826 or 851 within the
meaning of the Migration Regulations 1994 of the Commonwealth; or
(iii)
a visa of subclass 457 within the meaning of those
regulations, other than a person who satisfied the primary criteria for that
subclass of visa.
[Regulation 15A inserted in Gazette
13 Apr 1999 p. 1547‑8; amended in Gazette
5 Nov 1999 p. 5635; 8 Oct 2002 p. 5097;
23 Dec 2005 p. 6248; 30 May 2008 p. 2068-9; 27
Oct 2011 p. 4558.]