Commonwealth legislation

Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 5 of 2007)

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legislative instrument

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This instrument gives Gestalt Association of Queensland Incorporated official status as a higher education provider under Australian law.

What this means in practice:

The organization can now offer university-level qualifications (such as bachelor and postgraduate degrees)
Students enrolled there become eligible for Commonwealth government loans (like HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP) to pay their tuition fees
The provider can access Commonwealth funding schemes for higher education

How the approval works: The decision is made by a senior public servant (a delegate of the Minister for Education) under the Higher Education Support Act 2003. The approval does not take effect immediately—there is a mandatory waiting period during which either House of Parliament can vote to disallow (cancel) the decision. If Parliament does not intervene, the approval automatically becomes active after that period ends.

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Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 5 of 2007)

INSTRUMENT OF APPROVAL

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Higher Education Support Act 2003

Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 5 of 2007)

Approval and notice of approval pursuant to subsection 16-50(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

I, 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:

(a) approve the following body corporate as a higher education provider:

Gestalt Association of Queensland Incorporated

(b) give notice of that approval to that body corporate.

In 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.

Dated this…26..….. day of……March…….... 2007

(signed)

COLIN WALTERS

Group Manager, Higher Education Group

Department of Education, Science and Training

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1 Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 5 of 2007)

INSTRUMENT OF APPROVAL

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Higher Education Support Act 2003

Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 5 of 2007)

Approval and notice of approval pursuant to subsection 16-50(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

I, 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:

(a) approve the following body corporate as a higher education provider:

Gestalt Association of Queensland Incorporated

(b) give notice of that approval to that body corporate.

Dated this…26..….. day of……March…….... 2007

(signed)

COLIN WALTERS

Group Manager, Higher Education Group

Department of Education, Science and Training