House of Representatives

Explanatory Memorandum

Circulated By Authority of the Minister for Employment Participation, the Senator the Honourable Mark Arbib MP

NOTES ON CLAUSES

Clause 1 - Short title

Provides for the Act to be cited as the Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP and Tertiary Admission Centres) Act 2009 .

Clause 2 - Commencement

Clause 2 provides that the Act commences on the day after it receives Royal Assent.

Clause 3 - Schedule(s )

Provides that each Act that is specified in a Schedule is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule and that any other item in a Schedule has effect according to its terms.

For ease of description, this explanatory memorandum uses the following abbreviation:

'the Act' means the Higher Education Support Act 2003 .