{"id":"F2009L02454","name":"Higher Education Support Act 2003 - VET Provider Approval (No. 28 of 2009)","slug":"higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-28-of-2009","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":79373,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L02454-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Higher Education Support Act 2003 - VET Provider Approval (No. 28 of 2009)","content":"NOTICE OF APPROVAL\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nHigher Education Support Act 2003\n\nVET Provider Approval No 28 of 2009\n\nApproval pursuant to clause 6 of Schedule 1A and notice of approval pursuant to paragraph 11 (1)(b) of Schedule 1A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA).\n\nI, NEIL McAUSLAN, a delegate of the Minister for Education for the purposes of clauses 6 and 11 of Schedule 1A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) have approved The Board of the East Gippsland Institute of Technical and Further Education as a VET provider and:\n\n(a) note that the application of The Board of the East Gippsland Institute of Technical and Further Education for approval as a VET provider has been decided as required by clause 11(1)(a) of Schedule 1A of HESA; and\n\n(b) pursuant to clause 11(1)(b) of Schedule 1A of HESA, hereby give written notice of my approval to the applicant.\n\nIn accordance with clause 12(2)(a) of Schedule 1A of HESA this notice of approval takes effect on the day immediately after the last day on which a House of the Parliament could have passed a resolution disallowing it.\n\nDated this ……17th…………………………. day of ………June…………………………….. 2009\n\nSigned…………………………………………\n\nNEIL McAUSLAN\n\nA/g Group Manager\n\nTertiary Skills and Productivity Group\n\nDepartment of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Education","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1458},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the specific administrative function contemplated by Schedule 1A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003—granting individual VET provider status to specific educational institutions. The scope remains strictly limited to approving the East Gippsland Institute of TAFE."},"complexity_factors":["Single purpose administrative document with no operative provisions beyond the approval itself","Minimal statutory cross-references (only cites specific clauses of Schedule 1A HESA)","No defined terms, interpretive provisions, or conditional logic","Standard template format used for all VET provider approvals"],"plain_english_summary":"This document officially approves **The Board of the East Gippsland Institute of Technical and Further Education** (a TAFE institute) to become an approved VET (Vocational Education and Training) provider under the *Higher Education Support Act 2003*.\n\n**What this means:**\n- Students studying at this institute can now access **VET FEE-HELP** (government loans to pay for their vocational courses)\n- The approval was granted by a delegate (an authorised representative) of the Minister for Education on 17 June 2009\n- The approval takes effect after a waiting period during which Parliament could have objected (called a 'disallowance period')\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Students enrolling in vocational courses at East Gippsland Institute who need financial assistance\n- The Institute itself, which can now offer income-contingent loans to eligible students\n\nThis is essentially a formal permission slip allowing the specific TAFE to offer government-backed financial assistance to its students."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-28-of-2009","history":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-28-of-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-28-of-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-28-of-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-28-of-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-28-of-2009/documents"}}