4Simplified outline

#### 4 Simplified outline The following is a simplified outline of this Act: • An entity must be registered before it can offer or confer any of the following awards (regulated higher education awards): (a) Australian higher education awards; (b) overseas higher education awards, if those awards relate to courses of study provided at Australian premises. • Registered higher education providers must be authorised to offer or confer Australian higher education awards for Australian courses of study provided at offshore premises. • Registered higher education providers must have their courses of study accredited before those courses can be provided in connection with regulated higher education awards. Some providers (including those providers registered in the “Australian University” provider category) are authorised to self‑accredit some or all of their courses of study. • The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) registers providers, authorises the provision of Australian courses of study at offshore premises and accredits courses of study. TEQSA regulates higher education using principles relating to regulatory necessity, risk and proportionality, and using a standards‑based quality framework. • That quality framework is a series of standards made by the Minister on the advice of the Higher Education Standards Panel. • TEQSA has a role in preventing and minimising the use and promotion of academic cheating services in courses provided by higher education providers.