Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

HECS Payment Options
Students have the option of:
(i) Paying the contribution on a 'Pay Now' basis (i.e. in a
lump sum payment attracting a 25% discount), 06
(ii) Paying the contribution on a 'Pay Now' basis and
authorising the 'Safety Net for Pay Now' option
(Swinburne will automatically convert the student status to
3 the 'Pay Later' Option should the lump sum payment not
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be received by Census date), or,
(iii) Paying the contribution on a 'Pay Later' basis through the
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9 (IV) Making one partial payment 'Pay Now' (minimum $100)
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Tax File Numbers
All students selecting the 'Pay Now' or the 'Safety Net for Pay
Later' option must provide their Tax File Number to the
University at the time of their enrolment. Students who do not
have a Tax File Number must apply to the Australian Tax Office
before enrolment and submit their Tax File Number to the
University BEFORE the census date. Failure to provide the
University with a Tax File Number will result in cancellation of
enrolment.
Change of HECS Payment Option
Students have an opportunity of changing their option by
completing a new Payment Options form before the census
date for each Semester. If a new form, notifying a change of
option, is not received by the HECS Officer, the student's HECS
status remains unchanged and carries over into the following
year.
Census dates:
First semester 1995
Second semester 1995
HECS Exempt categories
31 March 1995
31 August 1995
Students exempt from the Scheme include:-
* those who have paid fees to the University for a
postgraduate course in accordance with
Commonwealth guidelines;
those enrolled in a non-award course;
those fully sponsored under a foreign aid program;
full-fee paying overseas students;
* students otherwise subject to Overseas Student Charge
arrangements;
holders of a HECS postgraduate scholarship.
All exempt students must lodge a Payment Options form by
completing the exemption declaration section on the form.
Proof of exemption will be required.
Further details about the Scheme are available from the
Student Administration Office.
HECS refunds
HECS refunds will be made to 'Pay Now' payees where a
student withdraws from the course on or before 31 March for
semester one and 31 August for semester two. Students who
require a refund must apply to the HECS Officer, Student
Administration. A copy of the receipt must be provided.
Enrolment regulations
Definitions
In this section:
Enrolment includes 're-enrolment'.
Enrolment form includes 're-enrolment form'
Subject means any area of study which is part of a course
leading to an award and which has a title and code number in
the subject register maintained by the Student Administration
section of the Academic Registrar's Department; the singular
includes the plural.
Awarding school means the school or, where courses are
organised on a divisional basis (the Division of Business,
Humanities and Social Science, the Division of Science,
Engineering and Design) the division responsible for the
particular course; 'head of awarding division' has a similar
meaning and includes the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the division
where appropriate and the nominee of the head of the
awarding department or Pro Vice-Chancellor.
Deferred entry means an intending first-year student defers
enrolment for up to one year on receipt of an offer of a place.
Leave ofabsence means the suspension of enrolment during a
course for a specified period at the discretion of the
appropriate divisional board on the basis that the enrolment
will be resumed at the end of the period.
Amendment to enrolment means the addition, deletion or
changing of subject enrolments in a student's course of study.
Abandonmentmeans discontinuation of enrolment without
formal notification. Abandons has a similar meaning, unless
the contrary intention is expressed.
Conditions of enrolment
Enrolment at Swinburne University of Technology is conditional
upon:
the information which is supplied by the applicant to
the University upon which an offer of a place in a
course is based, being accurate and complete;
the approval of the head of the awarding school
(or hidher nominee) of the subjects concerned;
the completion of the requisite enrolment and
statistical information forms required by the University;
the undertaking of the student to abide by the
regulations, procedures and standards of conduct of
Swinburne University of Technology and to grant to the
Academic Registrar the authority to provide to appropriate
authorities who have permitted a particular student to
enrol at the University, details of that person's
academic progress as may be required as a condition of
approval by that department or authority;
the payment of any prescribed general service fee;
the lodging of a Payment Options form in regard to the
Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) and, if
appropriate, making an 'up front' payment.