Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Act 2007 (72 of 2007)

Schedule 1   Approval and accreditation of higher education providers

Higher Education Support Act 2003

29   After section 225-1

Insert:

225-3 Approving a person to operate as a university in relation to an external Territory

(1) The Minister may approve a person to operate as a university in relation to an external Territory if:

(a) the person applies for approval, under section 225-1, to operate as a university; and

(b) the Minister is satisfied, following an assessment made having regard to the *National Protocols and any matters set out in the Higher Education in External Territories Guidelines, that it is appropriate to approve the person to operate as a university in relation to the external Territory; and

(c) the person's principal purpose is either or both of the following:

(i) to provide education;

(ii) to conduct research.

Note: Refusal to approve a person to operate as a university is reviewable under Part 5-7.

(2) If the Minister approves a person to operate as a university in relation to an external Territory under subsection (1), he or she may, having regard to the *National Protocols and any matters set out in the Higher Education in External Territories Guidelines, approve the person's use of:

(a) the word "university"; or

(b) the words "university college"; or

(c) any like word or words;

for the purpose of:

(d) identifying the person in the person's *operation in the external Territory; or

(e) identifying the person's operation in the external Territory.