{"id":"F2008L03789","name":"Higher Education Support Act 2003 - VET Provider Approval (No. 6 of 2008)","slug":"higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-6-of-2008","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":75547,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L03789-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Higher Education Support Act 2003 - VET Provider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. 6 of 2008)","content":"NOTICE OF APPROVAL\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nHigher Education Support Act 2003\n\nVET Provider Approval (No 6 of 2008)\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, CRAIG ROBERTSON, 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 ICHM Pty Ltd as a VET provider and:\n\n(a) note that the application of ICHM Pty Ltd 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 …………14th………………. day of …………………October………….. 2008\n\nSigned…………………………………………\n\nCRAIG ROBERTSON\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":1939},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a discrete administrative decision exercising existing powers under the Higher Education Support Act 2003. It approves one specific provider (ICHM Pty Ltd) under the Act's existing VET provider approval framework and does not alter the scope, purpose, or operational boundaries of the principal legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single administrative approval operating under existing statutory framework rather than creating new substantive law","References to specific clauses in Schedule 1A of the principal Act (clauses 6, 11, and 12) without reproducing the text of those provisions","Incorporation of standard parliamentary disallowance machinery from the Legislation Act 2003"],"plain_english_summary":"This document officially approves **ICHM Pty Ltd** as a Vocational Education and Training (VET) provider under the *Higher Education Support Act 2003* (HESA).\n\n**What this means:**\n- The company is authorised to deliver VET courses where students may access Commonwealth financial assistance (such as income-contingent loans to cover tuition fees)\n- The approval carries the legal status of a legislative instrument, meaning it is subject to parliamentary oversight\n\n**How the approval works:**\n- A delegate of the Minister for Education (acting under powers in **Schedule 1A** of HESA) assessed the application and granted approval\n- The decision cannot take effect immediately; it becomes active the day after the last day on which either House of Parliament could have passed a resolution to disallow (overturn) the decision\n- This \"disallowance period\" is a standard oversight mechanism that allows Parliament to veto administrative approvals before they bind students and taxpayers"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-6-of-2008","history":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-6-of-2008/history","analysis":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-6-of-2008/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-6-of-2008/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-6-of-2008/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-act-2003-vet-provider-approval-no-6-of-2008/documents"}}