Higher Education Support Act 2003 Guidelines

The HESA 2003 guidelines are delegated legislation authorised by the Act and must be presented to both Houses of the Parliament. They can be disallowed (vetoed) by a motion agreed to by either House of Parliament within 15 sitting days of tabling.

Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines

The Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines contain requirements on:

• Other Higher Education Providers

• Funding Clusters

• National Priorities

• Regional loading

• Medical loading

• National Governance Protocols and Workplace Relations requirements

• Determining the Funding Clusters

• Adjustments to Basic Grant amounts

• Clarification of the 65% rule

• Special Purpose Advances

• Additional Conditions of Grant

• Enabling Courses

Download Guidelines Current

The Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines are available to download.

• CGS Guidelines No 1 - consolidated 2006 - PDF (89 KB)
• CGS Guidelines No 1 - consolidated 2006 - RTF (753 KB)
• Explanatory Statement - CGS Guidelines No 1 - PDF (25 KB)
• Explanatory Statement - CGS Guidelines No 1 -RTF (42 KB)

Archive

Previous Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines and amendments.

National Governance Protocols

The final version of the National Governance Protocols is at Chapter 7 of the Consolidated Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines above.

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