{"id":"F2025L01505","name":"Higher Education Support Provider Approval (Carnegie Mellon University) Revocation 2025","slug":"higher-education-support-provider-approval-carnegie-mellon-university-revocation-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443069,"registerId":"F2025L01505-fast-fetch-1775957977518","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Higher Education Support Provider Approval (Carnegie Mellon University) Revocation 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nHigher Education Support Provider Approval (Carnegie Mellon University) Revocation 2025\n\nI, Annette Cannell, delegate of the Minister for Education, make this instrument under section 22‑2 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.\n\nDated  25 November 2025  \n\nAnnette Cannell\n\nA/g Assistant Secretary\n\nHELP and Student Experience Branch\n\nDepartment of Education\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Education \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definition\n\n5  Notice of Revocation\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Higher Education Support Provider Approval (Carnegie Mellon University) Revocation 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day this instrument is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under section 22-2 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.\n\n4  Definition\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Higher Education Support Act 2003.\n\n5  Notice of Revocation\n\n  The approval of Carnegie Mellon University (ACN 116 769 423) as a higher education provider is revoked in accordance with subsection 22-2(1) of the Act.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function suggested by its title – revoking a specific provider's approval. There is no scope creep; it is a targeted administrative decision regarding a single entity."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (5 sections, approximately 150 words total)","Only 1 defined term ('Act')","No cross-references beyond the enabling section (section 22-2 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) with straightforward directive","No schedules, tables, or technical appendices"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes Carnegie Mellon University’s approval to operate as an approved higher education provider under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 in Australia.  \n\nAs a result, Carnegie Mellon (ACN 116 769 423) loses eligibility for Commonwealth funding and for students to access HECS‑HELP or FEE‑HELP; current and prospective students and the Department of Education are directly affected. The university could still operate privately but without government-supported places or loans."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of the Act. It simply exercises the Minister’s revocation power under section 22‑2 to remove a specific provider’s approval (instrument s.5; authority stated in s.3). It does not amend definitions, eligibility criteria or the Act’s powers."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-subject instrument: revokes approval for one named provider only (instrument s.5).","Short and mechanically simple text: establishes name, commencement and authority only (ss.1–4).","Made under an existing statutory power—section 22‑2 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003—so no novel legal rulemaking (s.3).","Immediate commencement on registration creates operational urgency for affected parties (s.2).","Instrument omits transitional or procedural detail about consequences for students, funding or obligations, potentially shifting implementation complexity to administrative practice rather than the instrument itself (compare ss.2,5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument removes Carnegie Mellon University’s approval as a higher education provider under the Higher Education Support Act 2003. It is made by a delegate of the Minister for Education and takes effect on registration.\n\nThe change directly affects the university’s Australian provider status and any regulatory or funding arrangements that depend on that approval; students, staff and counterparties whose rights or obligations rely on approved‑provider status may need to adjust. It exercises the Act’s revocation power in section 22‑2."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-provider-approval-carnegie-mellon-university-revocation-2025","history":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-provider-approval-carnegie-mellon-university-revocation-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-provider-approval-carnegie-mellon-university-revocation-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-provider-approval-carnegie-mellon-university-revocation-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-provider-approval-carnegie-mellon-university-revocation-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/higher-education-support-provider-approval-carnegie-mellon-university-revocation-2025/documents"}}