{"id":"F2007L01734","name":"Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 8 of 2007)","slug":"higher-education-provider-approval-no-8-of-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":66458,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L01734-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 8 of 2007)","content":"INSTRUMENT OF APPROVAL\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nHigher Education Support Act 2003\n\nHigher Education Provider Approval (No. 8 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\nAdelaide Central School of Art 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…7……... day of….June… 2007\n\nCOLIN WALTERS\n\nGroup Manager, Higher Education Group\n\nDepartment of Education, Science and Training","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a discrete administrative approval instrument exercising a specific statutory power under section 16-50 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003. It has no scope beyond the single approval granted."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose administrative instrument (only one approval action)","No defined terms requiring interpretation","No conditional logic or exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only cites two standard statutory provisions for procedural compliance)","Extremely short (under 200 words)","Straightforward declaratory format with no operative complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal government approval document that allows **Adelaide Central School of Art Incorporated** to become an officially recognised higher education provider under Australian law.\n\n**What this means:**\n- The organisation can now offer university-level courses and qualifications\n- Students at this institution become eligible for government financial support (like HELP loans) to pay for their studies\n- The school joins the regulated system of Australian universities and colleges\n\n**Who made this decision:**\n- Colin Walters, acting on behalf of the Minister for Education, Science and Training\n\n**When it takes effect:**\n- The approval becomes active after a waiting period during which Parliament could have objected (but didn't)\n\n**Why this matters:**\nWithout this approval, the art school couldn't legally call itself a higher education provider or access the government funding system that makes tertiary education affordable for Australian students."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument applies the existing statutory approval power under subsection 16-50(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to name a single entity as a higher education provider and to notify that entity. It does not expand or narrow the statutory power within the instrument itself, nor does it amend other legislation; its scope is the exercise of that approval power in a single instance."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument approving one named body corporate","Relies on cross-references to other statutes for legal effect (subsection 16-50(1) and section 16-55 of the HESA; subsection 12(3) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003)","Effective date determined by parliamentary disallowance procedure rather than a fixed calendar date","Formal legal language and delegation signature line, but no multi-part conditions or procedural schedules"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally approves Adelaide Central School of Art Incorporated as a “higher education provider” under the Higher Education Support Act 2003, and gives notice of that approval. The decision is recorded by a Ministerial delegate (signed 7 June 2007); the approval takes effect after the parliamentary disallowance period expires. The instrument itself does not set funding, conditions, fees or other operational obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-8-of-2007","history":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-8-of-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-8-of-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-8-of-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-8-of-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/higher-education-provider-approval-no-8-of-2007/documents"}}