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HIGHER EDUCATION ACT 2004 - SECT 7

7 .         Report about criteria for establishing Australian university

        (1)         An education institution may request the Minister to appoint a higher education advisory committee to consider and report to the Minister on —

            (a)         whether the committee considers that the institution meets the criteria set out in the National Protocols for establishing an Australian university; and

            (b)         any other matter relevant to a decision on whether the institution should be established as an Australian university.

        (2)         A request must —

            (a)         be accompanied by a payment agreement; and

            (b)         include the prescribed information.

        (3)         The Minister may in writing, require the institution making the request to provide further information in relation to the request.

        (4)         The requirement is to specify a reasonable time within which the institution must comply with the requirement.

        (5)         The Minster may refuse to appoint a higher education advisory committee, or may discharge a committee that has been appointed, if the institution does not comply with a requirement under subsection (3) within the time specified in the requirement.

        (6)         The Minister must, as soon as practicable after receiving the report of a higher education advisory committee regarding an education institution, give a copy of the report to the institution.

        [Section 7 inserted: No. 40 of 2009 s. 9.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 40 of 2009 s. 10.]



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