Higher Education Support Amendment (Further Streamlining and Other Measures) Bill 2013

Type: Government
Portfolio: Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: require the minister to automatically revoke a body’s approval as a higher education or VET provider if registration ceases or a winding up order is made; enable a provider’s business entity name to be changed without having to revoke their approval and re-approve with retrospective application; enable the minister to issue a provider with a compliance notice in certain circumstances; update the calculation of indexation to apply to HELP repayment thresholds; and enable the minister to seek information from the relevant tertiary education regulator for the purposes of administration or enforcing compliance.

Progress

House of Representatives
14 Feb 2013	Introduced and read a first time
14 Feb 2013	Second reading moved
12 Mar 2013	Referred to Federation Chamber
12 Mar 2013	Second reading debate
12 Mar 2013	Second reading agreed to
12 Mar 2013	Reported from Federation Chamber
12 Mar 2013	Third reading agreed to

Senate
13 Mar 2013	Introduced and read a first time
13 Mar 2013	Second reading moved
21 Mar 2013	Second reading debate
21 Mar 2013	Second reading agreed to
21 Mar 2013	Third reading agreed to

28 Mar 2013

Assent

Act no.: 23

Year: 2013

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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Committee Information

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Explanatory memoranda

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Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
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Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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