AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

TERTIARY ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION ACT 2003

TERTIARY ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION (FEES)

DISALLOWABLE INSTRUMENT: DI 2005-135

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Tertiary Accreditation and Registration Act 2003 commenced operation on 01 November 2003. The purpose of the Act is to establish an accreditation and training registration framework for vocational education and training and higher education in the ACT, in particular by applying nationally agreed protocols and standards. 

Section 111 of the Act provides for fees to be determined for the purposes of the Act.

NEW FEES AND CHARGES 

 A Diploma/Advanced Diploma/Vocational Graduate Diploma/Vocational Graduate Certificate fee of $4,523.00 is proposed for 2005-2006. The fee has been based on the same pricing formula as the fee for “Degree/Diploma/Advanced Diploma/Masters/Doctorate and Associate Degree”.

 Vocational Graduate Diploma and Vocational Graduate Certificates have been introduced by the Australian Quality Framework. This has effected the separation of Higher Education courses from  Vocational Education and Training courses, resulting in the former Accreditation category being split into two sub categories;  

(i)	Higher Education Accreditation; and
(ii)	Vocational Accreditation.

VARIATIONS TO EXISTING FEES

						2004-05	2005-06	Date of
						      $                        $                   Effect

Accreditation Services* 

Higher Education Accreditation

Degree/Diploma/Advanced Diploma/ 
 Doctorate and Associate Degrees   		  4,523.00        	4,636.00            1 July 2005 

Concurrent Accreditation – 
     Higher Education 				  1,301.00          1,333.00            1 July 2005

Initial Application Fee for Degree Courses               1,127.00          1,155.00            1 July 2005

Vocational Accreditation

Diploma/Advanced Diploma/Vocational 
Graduate Diploma/Vocational Graduate
Certificate 					  		4,636.00            1 July 2005 

Certificate Courses (I-IV)                                          2,080.00 	2,132.00            1 July 2005

Short Courses				  	      584.00	   598.00	1 July 2005

Registration Services

Registration as a Training Organisation                  1,301.00	 1,333.00           1 July 2005

Extensions to Provider Scope per vocational 
 qualification or accredited course                                174.00	    178.00           1 July 2005

Commonwealth Register of Institutions
    And Courses for Overseas Students 	   

Initial Application Fees				       115.00             117.00          1 July 2005

Approval in ACT				                    460.00             471.00           1 July 2005 

Amendments to register                                                169.00             173.00           1 July 2005