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(1) The Vice-President (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for recommending to the Vice-Chancellor and President any proposals for external charging. Any such recommendation will be contingent upon the proper process for establishment of new or revised external charges being undertaken by the responsible organisational area, according to the procedures in User Charging Policy. (2) At the completion of the annual review of user charges, a revised Register of User Charges is submitted via the Vice-President (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer, to the Vice-Chancellor and President for approval, after consideration by Executive Leadership Team. (3) A proposed external charge which is not approved and registered may not be levied. (4) An External User Charge is raised when a faculty/division charges an external user of a good or service, produced within the Queensland University of Technology or procured by the University, which is outside or ancillary to the mainstream goods and services of the University. (5) For the purposes of this Policy, an external user is defined as: (6) Students enrolled in award courses at the University are considered under Student User Charging Policy. (7) External users are required to pay for goods or services supplied by the University. However, the University shall not require payment where: (8) Furthermore, where a service provides benefits not only to specific users, but encapsulates a wider community / public benefit, that part considered to be in the public benefit will be provided without charge. (9) The Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009 requires that in determining the appropriate level of charges, the following should be considered by the organisational area providing the good or service: (10) In deciding charges for the goods or services, that accountable officer can structure user charges to either cover full cost or decide to charge less than full cost if it is satisfied as appropriate. (11) Further information in relation to these pricing requirements, including definitions of direct and indirect costs is provided in the User Charging Policy. Information about methods of charge calculation for external charges (including Category A, Category B, Category C, penalties and fines, and donations and contributions) is also available in the User Charging Policy. (12) All pricing options are appropriate for the calculation of external user charges (User Charging Policy). GST should be included in the price calculation for all external user charges unless deemed to be GST exempt. (13) QUT is required to adhere to the requirements and principles of the National Competition Policy in terms of competitive neutrality through full cost pricing of the good / service offered on a competitive basis. Inclusion of all costs will ensure the price is comparable to external providers of a similar good / service. (14) An analysis of pricing options must be undertaken by the organisational area levying the charge where:External User Charging Policy
Section 1 - External User Charging
Section 2 - Definitions
Section 3 - Principles for External User Charging