HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988

CHAPTER 4B - BRIDGING FOR OVERSEAS-TRAINED PROFESSIONALS (BOTP) LOAN SCHEME  

PART 4B.1 - INTRODUCTION  

SECTION 98N  

98N   SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE  


The following is a simplified outline of this Chapter:
  • • This Chapter sets up a scheme for the Commonwealth to make loans to overseas-trained professional people who do not meet the requirements for entry to their professions in Australia.
  • • The loans will be applied to pay fees for bridging courses ( BOTP courses ) which will enable those people to meet those entry requirements.
  • • To be eligible for a loan, an overseas-trained professional person must:
  • (a) meet certain citizenship/residency requirements; and
  • (b) obtain an assessment statement from a relevant assessing body; and
  • (c) enrol in a course that relates to the assessment statement.
  • • An assessment statement is a statement to the effect that, if the person were to successfully undertake further studies, be successful in one or more examinations or successfully undertake a tuition and training program, the person would meet the requirements for entry to that profession in Australia.



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