Higher Education Support Act 2003

Ch 2 (heading) substituted by No 119 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 8 item 3, applicable in relation to payments under Part 2-4 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 in respect of the year 2008 or a later year. The heading formerly read:

Chapter 2 - Grants for higher education assistance

Subdiv 33-B heading substituted by No 93 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 12, effective 28 October 2020. For application provisions, see note under s 30-12 . The heading formerly read:

Subdivision 33-B - Basic grant amounts

S 33-17 substituted for s 33-15 by No 119 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 2, item 5, applicable in relation to basic grant amounts for 2008 and later years. S 33-15 formerly read:

SECTION 33-15 Increases in assistance for higher education providers meeting certain requirements  
33-15(1)
A higher education provider's *basic grant amount for a year is increased under this section if:

(a) the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines impose on higher education providers requirements to be known as the National Governance Protocols; and

(b) the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines impose on higher education providers requirements to be known as the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements; and

(c) the Minister is satisfied that the provider met the requirements in paragraphs (a) and (b) as at the dates that are specified in the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines in relation to each of those requirements, in the year preceding that year.

33-15(2)
If subsection (1) applies to a higher education provider in relation to a year, the provider's *basic grant amount for the year is worked out as if the *Commonwealth contribution amount for each *funding cluster were increased by:

(a) if the grant year is the year 2005 - 2.5%; and

(b) if the grant year is the year 2006 - 5%; and

(c) if the grant year is a later year - 7.5%.