In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ABSTUDY approved course means a course that:
(a) is provided through a mixture of distance education and either or both of the following:
(i) residential education;
(ii) face‑to‑face education; and
(b) is provided at a VET institution or higher education institution; and
(c) is approved as a mixed mode away‑from‑base course under the ABSTUDY Scheme.
agreement means an Indigenous education agreement made under section 8.
education provider means a person, institution or body specified in section 9.
education sector means an education sector listed in column 1 of the per capita funding table.
funding year means the calendar year 1997 or any subsequent calendar year.
government educational institution means:
(a) a government preschool; or
(b) a government school; or
(c) a government VET institution.
government school means a school that is conducted by or on behalf of the government of a State or Territory.
government preschool means a preschool that is conducted by or on behalf of the government of a State or Territory.
government VET institution means a VET institution that is conducted by or on behalf of the government of a State or Territory.
higher education institution means an institution within the meaning of section 4 of the Higher Education Funding Act 1988.
Indigenous, in relation to a person, means:
(a) a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or
(b) a descendant of the indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands.
NATSI preschool census week means the week during which the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander preschool census is taken on behalf of the Commonwealth.
non‑government preschool means an institution in a State or Territory that:
(a) is licensed or registered as a preschool by the appropriate State or Territory licensing or registration authority; and
(b) is receiving or is eligible to receive funding from the State or Territory for preschool education; and
(c) is not conducted for profit.
non‑government school means a school in a State or Territory that:
(a) is not conducted by or on behalf of the government of the State or Territory; and
(b) is receiving or is eligible to receive funding under the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1992 or the successor Act; and
(c) is not conducted for profit.
non‑government VET institution means a VET institution in a State or Territory that is not conducted by or on behalf of the government of the State or Territory.
non‑remote, in relation to an institution, means an institution that is not remote.
non‑systemic school means a school that is included as a non‑systemic school in the list of non‑government schools kept under:
(a) if the successor Act has not commenced—section 17 of the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1992; or
(b) if the successor Act has commenced—the provision of the successor Act that is equivalent in substance to that section.
per capita funding table means the table in section 10A.
permitted payment means a payment made:
(a) under an agreement; or
(b) for the purpose of monitoring or evaluating the effectiveness of:
(i) an agreement in advancing an object or objects of this Act; or
(ii) this Act in advancing its objects; or
(c) for the purpose of publicising this Act, its objects and how it achieves those objects;
but does not include a payment made under Division 3 of Part 2.
remote, in relation to an institution, means an institution that is:
(a) on an island (other than Tasmania, Stradbroke Island, Kangaroo Island, Rottnest Island or Phillip Island); or
(b) in a location from which one of the following is required in order to reach a city with a population of 50,000 or more:
(i) a journey by road of more than 300 kilometres;
(ii) a journey by air;
(iii) a journey by water; or
(c) in a community of Indigenous people that has developed as a result of decisions of those people to return to live on land with which they identify; or
(d) situated in a township or settlement that is culturally distinct because it is occupied by Indigenous people and managed by a council constituted by Indigenous people.
schools census day, in relation to a year, is the day that is schools census day in the year under:
(a) if the successor Act has not commenced—the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1992; or
(b) if the successor Act has commenced—that Act.
successor Act means the Act:
(a) which applies to a period beginning immediately after the end of the period covered by the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1992; and
(b) whose purposes are similar to the purposes of that Act.
systemic school means a school that is included as a systemic school in the list of non‑government schools kept under:
(a) if the successor Act has not commenced—section 17 of the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1992; or
(b) if the successor Act has commenced—the provision of the successor Act that is equivalent in substance to that section.
systemic school system means a school system that is included in the list of approved school systems kept under:
(a) if the successor Act has not commenced—section 19 of the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1992; or
(b) if the successor Act has commenced—the provision of the successor Act that is equivalent in substance to that section.
Territory means the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory.
VET institution means an institution in a State or Territory that:
(a) is registered as an institution providing vocational education and training by the appropriate State or Territory authority; and
(b) is receiving or is eligible to receive funding from the appropriate State or Territory authority; and
(c) provides courses that are accredited under State or Territory requirements for the accreditation of vocational education and training courses; and
(d) is not conducted for profit.