Determination No. 2007/1 - Determination of Education Institutions and Courses under subsections 3(1) and 5D(1) of the Student Assistance Act 1973 (19/12/2007)
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5 Education institutions
(1) For the purposes of the Act, the following are regarded as education institutions:
a) a "higher education institution", being an institution that is established under Commonwealth or State or Territory government legislation as a higher education institution or is registered by the relevant State or Territory higher education recognition authority;
b) a "secondary school", being an institution located in Australia that is:
(i) a government secondary school; or
(ii) a non-government secondary school that is recognised as a secondary school under the law of a State or Territory in which the school is located.
(2) For the purposes of the Act, the following institutions, authorities or bodies are to be regarded as education institutions:
a) a "registered training organisation", being an organisation that is registered by the relevant State or Territory training recognition authority in accordance with the Australian Quality Training Framework to provide one or more vocational education and training programmes;
b) a "special school", being an institution located in Australia that is conducted primarily for students with a disability and is:
(i) a government school; or
(ii) a non-government school that is recognised as a school under the law of a State or Territory in which the school is located.