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HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2007 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2007

                               2004-2005-2006-2007




      THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2007 MEASURES NO. 1)
                         BILL 2007




           SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM




             Amendment to be moved on behalf of the Government




    (Circulated by authority of the Minister for Education, Science and Training,
                          the Honourable Julie Bishop MP)
   HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2007 MEASURES NO. 1)
                            BILL 2007


                                         OUTLINE


These Government amendments correct drafting errors in the Bill as introduced in the House of
Representatives on 28 February 2007. These are consequential amendments necessitated by the
introduction of new terminology by items 25-49 and 52 of Schedule 1 to the Bill. The new
terminology was introduced to implement the revised Ministerial Council on Education,
Employment, Training and Youth Affairs National Protocols for Higher Education Approval
Processes. The amendments will ensure consistent use of the new terminology in the Higher
Education Support Act 2003.


                                   FINANCIAL IMPACT

Nil.
   HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2007 MEASURES NO. 1)
                            BILL 2007

                                NOTES ON AMENDMENTS


Amendment 1 - Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 8), after item 1, item 1A

Amendment 1 repeals section 3-25 and replaces that section with proposed new section 3-25 to
reflect the amendments made by items 25-49 of the Bill. The proposed new section is an
information section which sets out the purpose of Chapter 6 which is to provide for approval of
universities, self-accrediting entities and non-self accrediting entities to operate in external
Territories, and for accreditation of courses of study in those Territories.


Amendment 2 - Schedule 1, item 12, page 4 (lines 23 and 24), item 12

Amendment 2 deletes and replaces item 12 with new item 12 to reflect the amendment made by
item 52 of the Bill. Item 12 amends paragraph 19-20(b) by deleting the words "an authorised
accreditation authority listed on the Australian Qualifications Framework Register" and
replacing those words with the words "a government accreditation authority".