Education Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection and Other Measures) Act 2019 (111 of 2019)

Schedule 2   HELP tuition protection

Part 1   Main amendments

Division 2   Application and transitional provisions

34   Application and transitional provisions

(1) Subsection 5-1(2) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, as amended by this Part, applies in relation to a Table C provider after the commencement of this Part, regardless of when the provider was, or was taken to be, approved.

(2) The amendment of section 16-25 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 made by this Part applies in relation to applications for approval made:

(a) after the commencement of this Part; or

(b) before the commencement of this Part, if the application had not been decided before that commencement.

(3) If, before the commencement of this Part, a higher education provider ceased to provide a unit of study, then the Higher Education Support Act 2003 and any instruments in force under that Act immediately before that commencement continue to apply, after that commencement, in relation to the provider as if the amendments and repeals made by this Part had not happened.

(4) Section 19-66A and Part 5-1A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, as inserted by this Part, apply in relation to a higher education provider after the commencement of this Part, regardless of when the provider was, or was taken to be, approved.

(5) The amendments of section 169-15 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 made by this Part apply in relation to enrolments in a unit of study that occur after the commencement of this Part.