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Education Legislation Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

2022

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

As passed by both Houses

 

 

 

 

Education Legislation Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

 

No.      , 2022

 

 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to education, and for related purposes

   

   



Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments commencing day after Royal Assent             3

Part 1—Student identifier requirements                                                               3

Higher Education Support Act 2003                                                                         3

Part 2—Student learning entitlement—enabling courses                            7

Higher Education Support Act 2003                                                                         7

Part 3—Microcredential courses                                                                              8

Higher Education Support Act 2003                                                                         8

Part 4—Other amendments                                                                                         9

Higher Education Support Act 2003                                                                         9

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011                               9

Schedule 2—Amendments commencing 1 January 2022                            11

Higher Education Support Act 2003                                                                       11

Schedule 3—Amendments commencing 1 January 2023                            12

Higher Education Support Act 2003                                                                       12

Schedule 4—Other amendments                                                                                 14

Higher Education Support Act 2003                                                                       14

 

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to education, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Education Legislation Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Act 2022 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

3.  Schedule 2

1 January 2022.

1 January 2022

4.  Schedule 3

1 January 2023.

1 January 2023

5.  Schedule 4

As follows:

(a) if this Act receives the Royal Assent before 31 December 2022—1 January 2023;

(b) if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after 31 December 2022—immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.