Higher Education Support Act 2003
The Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines may provide for *Commonwealth scholarships.
46-20(1A)
Without limiting subsection (1) , the Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines may provide for the following matters in relation to directly-paid standard *Commonwealth scholarships: (a) the kinds of scholarships that are to be directly-paid standard Commonwealth scholarships; (b) the eligibility requirements for each kind of scholarship; (c) how the amounts of scholarships are to be determined; (d) the indexation of amounts of scholarships, using the method of indexation set out in Part 5-6 ; (e) how scholarships are to be paid; (f) the conditions that apply to a particular kind of scholarship; (g) the amount, being part of the amount referred to in section 46-40 for a year, that will be spent on each kind of scholarship in that year; (h) the indexation of such an amount for subsequent years, using the method of indexation set out in Part 5-6 ; (i) the maximum number of students that a particular higher education provider can select to receive a particular kind of scholarship for a particular year; (j) requirements to be complied with by selection policies maintained by higher education providers; (k) information that higher education providers are to give the Minister.
Other Commonwealth scholarships
46-20(2)
Without limiting subsection (1) , the Commonwealth Scholarship Guidelines may provide for the following matters in relation to indirectly-paid standard *Commonwealth scholarships and postgraduate research Commonwealth scholarships: (a) the kinds of scholarships that are to be indirectly-paid standard Commonwealth scholarships; (b) the kinds of scholarships that are to be postgraduate research Commonwealth scholarships; (c) which students are eligible for each kind of scholarship; (e) the conditions that apply to each kind of scholarship; (f) how the amounts of grants to an *eligible scholarship provider are to be determined; (g) the amount, being part of the amount referred to in section 46-40 for a year, that will be spent on each kind of scholarship in that year; (h) the indexation of such an amount for subsequent years, using the method of indexation set out in Part 5-6 ; (i) how grants to providers are to be made; (j) how providers are to determine the amount of each scholarship; (k) the indexation of amounts of scholarships, using the method of indexation set out in Part 5-6 ; (l) how providers are to pay scholarships; (m) information that providers are to give the Minister, the *Chief Executive Centrelink or a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997 ); (n) information that providers are to give to:
(i) the Repatriation Commission; or
(ii) the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; or
(iii) the Secretary, or an employee, of the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Veterans ' Entitlements Act 1986 ; or
(iv) the Secretary, or an employee, of the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 .
[ CCH Note: S 46-20(2) will be amended by No 17 of 2025, s 3 and Sch 8 items 28 and 29, by repealing para (n)(ii) and (iii) and inserting " section 1 of " in para (n)(iv), effective 1 July 2026.]
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