

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Higher Education Support Amendment (Streamlining and Other Measures) Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to higher education and vocational education and training, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—COAG amendments 4
Part 1—Kinds of VET providers 4
Division 1—Amendments 4
Higher Education Support Act 2003 4
Division 2—Application and transitional 6
Part 2—VET qualifications 8
Division 1—Amendments 8
Higher Education Support Act 2003 8
Division 2—Application 9
Schedule 2—Approval and revocation of approval 10
Part 1—Date of effect of revocation of approval 10
Division 1—Amendments 10
Higher Education Support Act 2003 10
Division 2—Application 14
Part 2—Approval and revocation of approval 15
Division 1—Amendments 15
Higher Education Support Act 2003 15
Division 2—Application 16
Schedule 3—VET Guidelines 18
Part 1—Amendments 18
Higher Education Support Act 2003 18
Part 2—Application 23
Schedule 4—Other amendments 24
Higher Education Support Act 2003 24
A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to higher education and vocational education and training, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Higher Education Support Amendment (Streamlining and Other Measures) Act 2012 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period. |
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3. Schedule 2 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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4. Schedule 3 |
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period. |
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5. Schedule 4 |
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.