{"id":"F2007L00841","name":"Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 5 of 2007)","slug":"higher-education-provider-approval-no-5-of-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":64612,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L00841-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 5 of 2007)","content":"INSTRUMENT OF APPROVAL\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nHigher Education Support Act 2003\n\nHigher Education Provider Approval (No. 5 of 2007)\n\nApproval and notice of approval pursuant to subsection 16-50(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.\n\nI, COLIN WALTERS, delegate of the Minister for Education, Science and Training, for the purposes of subsection 16-50(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (‘the HESA’) hereby:\n\n(a) approve the following body corporate as a higher education provider:\n\nGestalt Association of Queensland Incorporated\n\n(b) give notice of that approval to that body corporate.\n\nIn accordance with section 16-55 of the HESA and subsection 12(3) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, this approval takes effect on the day after the last day on which a House of Parliament could have passed a resolution disallowing the notice.\n\nDated this…26..….. day of……March…….... 2007\n\n(signed)\n\nCOLIN WALTERS\n\nGroup Manager, Higher Education Group\n\nDepartment of Education, Science and Training","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2368},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a narrow, specific administrative approval limited to a single organization. The scope precisely matches the instrument's stated purpose under section 16-50(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, with no expansion beyond the original intent of approving Gestalt Association of Queensland Incorporated."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive provision approving one specific named entity","No definitions or interpretation section","No internal cross-references between provisions","Minimal conditional logic (only standard disallowance commencement)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument gives **Gestalt Association of Queensland Incorporated** official status as a **higher education provider** under Australian law.\n\n**What this means in practice:**\n*   The organization can now offer university-level qualifications (such as bachelor and postgraduate degrees)\n*   Students enrolled there become eligible for Commonwealth government loans (like HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP) to pay their tuition fees\n*   The provider can access Commonwealth funding schemes for higher education\n\n**How the approval works:**\nThe decision is made by a senior public servant (a delegate of the Minister for Education) under the *Higher Education Support Act 2003*. The approval does not take effect immediately—there is a mandatory waiting period during which either House of Parliament can vote to disallow (cancel) the decision. If Parliament does not intervene, the approval automatically becomes active after that period ends."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-5-of-2007","history":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-5-of-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-5-of-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-5-of-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-5-of-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-5-of-2007/documents"}}