Commonwealth legislation

Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 7 of 2008)

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This instrument grants Carrick Higher Education Pty Ltd official status as a higher education provider under the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

What this means:

Carrick can now award university-level qualifications (such as bachelor degrees and diplomas)
Students may become eligible for Commonwealth financial support (like HELP loans)
The company enters Australia's regulated higher education sector and must meet quality standards

Key details:

Decision maker: Colin Walters, acting under delegation from the Minister for Education
Legal power used: Section 16-25 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003
Effective date: The day after the period for parliamentary disallowance ends (a standard procedural safeguard)

This is a single-purpose administrative approval allowing a specific private entity to operate as a regulated university-level institution.

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Higher Education Provider Approval (No. 7 of 2008)

INSTRUMENT OF APPROVAL

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Higher Education Support Act 2003

Higher Education Provider Approval (No 7 of 2008)

Approval pursuant to section 16-25 and notice of approval pursuant to paragraph 16-50(1)(b).

I, Colin Walters, a delegate of the Minister for Education for the purposes of section

16-25 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (‘the HESA’) have approved Carrick Higher Education Pty Ltd as a higher education provider under that section of the HESA, and:

a) note that the application of Carrick Higher Education Pty Ltd for approval as a higher education provider has thereby been decided as required by paragraph 16-50(1)(a) of the HESA; and

b) pursuant to paragraph 16-50(1)(b) of the HESA give notice of my approval to Carrick Higher Education Pty Ltd.

In accordance with section 16-55 of the HESA and subsection 12(3) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, this notice of approval takes effect on the day after the last day on which a House of Parliament could have passed a resolution disallowing it.

Dated this 5th day of August 2008

[signed]

Colin Walters

Group Manager, Higher Education Group

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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