NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 5

1. Subject to clause 5 and clause 6 of this notice, the tuition fee payable by any domestic student who—

   (a) is enrolled in any ISCED level 3 course; or
   (b) is receiving payments under an independent circumstances grant under the Student Allowances Regulations 1988; or
   (c) is a Ward of Court; or
   (d) is a child under the control and custody of the Director-General of Social Welfare or any other State department or agency; or
   (e) satisfies the council of the tertiary institution at which the student is enrolled that he or she will be aged less than 18 years during his or her course of study; or
   (f) has any dependent children and satisfies the council that the combined taxable income in the previous financial year ending 31 March of the student and his or her spouse (if any) did not exceed $26,832; or
   (g) satisfies the council that—
   (i) he or she will be aged 18 or 19 years during his or her course of study; and
   (ii) the combined taxable income in the previous financial year ending 31 March of the student’s parents did not exceed $26,832; or
   (h) satisfies the council that he or she, or his or her spouse,—
   (i) has been receiving, for the 26 weeks immediately prior to the commencement of the student’s course, any payment of a benefit under Part 1 of the Social Security Act 1964 (except family benefit or national superannuation) or any financial assistance under the Access Training Scheme; and
   (ii) is not, and will not be, receiving a Training Incentive Allowance from the Department of Social Welfare during the calendar year of the student’s course of study,

—shall be 10 percent of the tuition fee otherwise payable for that course or $125, whichever is the greater.

2. Subject to clause 5 and clause 6 of this notice, the tuition fee payable by any domestic student who—

   (a) satisfies the council of the tertiary institution at which the student is enrolled that—
   (i) he or she will be aged 18 or 19 years during his or her course of study; and
   (ii) the combined taxable income of the student’s parents in the previous financial year ending 31 March was between $26,832 and $31,199; or
   (b) has any dependent children and satisfies the council of the tertiary institution at which he or she is enrolled that the combined taxable income in the previous financial year ending 31 March of the student and his or her spouse (if any) was between $26,832 and $31,199—

—shall be 40 percent of the tuition fee otherwise payable for that course or $125, whichever is the greater.

3. Subject to clauses 5 to 7 of this notice, the tuition fee payable by any post-graduate research student who is a domestic student and who is enrolled in a masters or doctorate programme which includes a thesis or major dissertation—

   (a) for which at least 50 percent of the overall assessment is research-based; or
   (b) for which at least 50 percent of the assessment in the year in which the student is enrolling, is research-based—

—shall be 40 percent of the tuition fee otherwise payable for that course or $125, whichever is the greater.

4. Subject to clause 5 and clause 6 of this notice, the tuition fee payable by any domestic student who—

   (a) Satisfies the council of the tertiary institution at which the student is enrolled that—
   (i) he or she shall be aged 18 or 19 years during his or her course of study; and
   (ii) the combined taxable income of the student’s parents in the previous financial year ending 31 March was between $31,200 and $35,567; or
   (b) has any dependent children and satisfies the council of the tertiary institution at which he or she is enrolled that the combined taxable income in the previous financial year ending 31 March of the student and his or her spouse (if any) was between $31,200 and $35,567—

—shall be 70 percent of the tuition fee otherwise payable for that course or $125, whichever is the greater.

5. Calculation of student’s age—

   (1) Where any domestic student will, during the student’s course of study in any year, attain the age of 18 years or 20 years, the total tuition fee payable by that student shall be calculated according to the student’s age—
   (a) in the case of a domestic student enrolled in a full-year course, on the commencement date of that course and at least two other dates during that course; and
   (b) in the case of a domestic student enrolled in a course that is less than a full year in length but which is equivalent to or more than a half-year course, on the commencement date of that course and at least one other date during that course;
   (c) in the case of a domestic student enrolled in less than a half-year course, on the commencement date of that course.

   (2) The dates on which a student’s age is to be assessed under paragraph (a) or (b) of subclause (1) of this clause shall be determined by the council of the tertiary institution at which the student is enrolled before the course commencement date.

6. Parental income—For the purposes of paragraph (g) of clause 4 (1) and paragraph (a) of clause 4 (2) and clause 4 (4) of this notice—

   (a) if a student has more than two parents, the student shall nominate the two parents who are the major contributors to the student’s support, and the combined incomes of those two contributors shall be deemed to be the income of the parents of that student;

   (b) where one or both of the parents of any student has or have more than one child who—
   (i) is enrolled in a full-time, full-year course at a tertiary institution or enrolled full-time at a secondary school; and
   (ii) was aged at least 16 years but not more than 19 years on the commencement date of the student’s course—the combined taxable annual income of the parents of that student in the previous financial year ending 31 March shall be reduced by $2,200 for each such additional child;

   (c) where the Council is satisfied that the estimated combined taxable income of the parents of any domestic student will be lower in the current financial year ending 31 March next, than in the previous financial year ended 31 March, the Council may in its absolute discretion treat that estimated annual income as if it were the income of the student’s parents in the previous financial year.

7. Failure to complete post-graduate course in minimum time—The provisions of clause 4 (3) of this notice shall not apply to any post-graduate research student who fails to complete his or her course or programme in the time determined by the council concerned to be the minimum time (with allowance for part-time study) for that student to complete that course or programme.

8. Conjoint programmes—