{"id":"F2011L00241","name":"Higher Education Provider Approval No. 2 of 2011","slug":"higher-education-provider-approval-no-2-of-2011","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":86499,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2011L00241-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Higher Education Provider Approval No. 2 of 2011","content":"NOTICE OF APPROVAL\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nHigher Education Support Act 2003\n\nHigher Education Provider Approval No. 2 of 2011\n\nApproval under section 16-25, decision under paragraph 16-50(1)(a), and notice of approval under paragraph 16-50(1)(b) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA).\n\nI, David Hazlehurst, a delegate of the Minister for Tertiary Education for the purposes of sections 16-25 and 16-50 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA):\n\n(a) approve the application of TOP Education Group Pty Ltd as a higher education provider in accordance with section 16-25 of HESA; and\n\n(b) note that this approval decides the application of TOP Education Group Pty Ltd as required by paragraph 16-50(1)(a) of HESA; and\n\n(c) hereby give TOP Education Group Pty Ltd written notice of my approval as required by paragraph 16-50(1)(b) of HESA.\n\nIn accordance with paragraph 16-55(2) of HESA this notice of approval is taken to have commenced on the first business day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\nDated this ……9th……………. day of …………February………………………….. 2011\n\nSigned…………(signed)………………………………\n\nDavid Hazlehurst\n\nGroup Manager\n\nHigher Education Group\n\nDepartment of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Tertiary Education","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a specific administrative approval instrument made under the Higher Education Support Act 2003. It has no scope beyond the single approval granted to TOP Education Group Pty Ltd. The document serves exactly its intended purpose: notifying a specific entity of its approved status as a higher education provider."},"complexity_factors":["Single administrative decision with no operative provisions","No defined terms requiring interpretation","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references beyond citation of enabling Act sections","Document is purely procedural - merely records an approval decision made under delegated authority"],"plain_english_summary":"TOP Education Group Pty Ltd has been approved to operate as a higher education provider under Australian law, allowing it to offer degree-level courses and access federal funding schemes under the Higher Education Support Act 2003.  \n\nThe decision, made by delegate David Hazlehurst, gives the company the legal authority and funding eligibility needed to function in the university sector; the approval takes effect on the first business day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument exercises the HESA approval power for a named applicant and does not itself amend or expand the statutory scheme. It records a single-provider approval and sets commencement by registration; any broader change to scope would require amendment of HESA or a different instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Approval relies on cross-referenced HESA provisions (section 16-25, paragraph 16-50(1)(a) and (b), paragraph 16-55(2)) — understanding legal effect requires consulting those provisions.","Decision recorded as made by a departmental delegate (David Hazlehurst, Group Manager) rather than the Minister — delegation and its limits are material to legal authority.","Legal commencement is conditional on registration (paragraph 16-55(2)), so effective date depends on administrative steps outside the instrument text.","The instrument is a concise notice with no stated conditions, reasons, or ongoing obligations — locating substantive duties or limits requires reference to HESA or separate instruments.","Effect is entity-specific (names TOP Education Group Pty Ltd) rather than altering wider classes of providers, so scope is narrow but factual identification is critical.","The form and dating in the instrument (signed, dated lines) are administrative details that affect evidentiary certainty about the timing of the decision."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument records the delegate’s approval of TOP Education Group Pty Ltd as a higher education provider under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA). It gives the required written notice of that decision and states the approval takes effect on the first business day after the instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-2-of-2011","history":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-2-of-2011/history","analysis":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-2-of-2011/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-2-of-2011/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-2-of-2011/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-2-of-2011/documents"}}