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.

OS-HELP Guidelines

The OS-HELP Guidelines contain requirements on:

• procedures that providers must follow in deciding whether to select students for receipt of OS-HELP assistance

• administering OS-HELP assistance

• how the number of students whom higher education providers may select for receipt of OS-HELP assistance is determined

Download Guidelines

Version 3 (Registered 12 February 2007)

• OS-HELP Guidelines 2007

Version 2 (Registered 9 August 2005)

• OS-HELP Guidelines Version 2 PDF (64 KB)

• OS-HELP Guidelines Version 2 RTF (463 KB)

Version 1 (Gazetted 4 August 2004)

• OS-HELP Guidelines Version 1 PDF (52 KB)
• OS-HELP Guidelines Version 1 RTF (444 KB)

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