Contents (2001 - 102)
Higher Education Act 2001 No 102
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 Australian universities

Part 2 Registration, accreditation and approvals

Division 1 Registration of higher education institutions

5 Registration of higher education institutions and overseas universities
6 Variation, suspension and cancellation of registration

Division 2 Accreditation of higher education courses

7 Accreditation of higher education courses
8 Variation, suspension and cancellation of accreditation

Division 3 Approval to provide courses of study to overseas students and delivery of courses overseas

9 Director-General to be designated authority under Commonwealth Act
10 Approval of courses provided by universities and higher education institutions
11 Variation, suspension and cancellation of approval
12 Delivery of courses overseas

Division 4 Offences

13 Unlawful use of title “university”
14 Unlawful provision of higher education courses
15 Unlawful conferral of higher education qualifications
16 Provision of false or misleading information

Division 5 Miscellaneous

17 Review of decisions
18 Register of higher education institutions

Part 3 General provisions

19 Administrative guidelines
20 Appointment of advisory committees
21 Delegation
22 Recovery of fees
23 Exclusion of personal liability
24 Act binds Crown
25 Regulations
26 Repeal of Higher Education Act 1988
27 (Repealed)
28 Savings and transitional provisions
29 Review of Act

 Schedule 1 Australian universities

 Schedule 2 (Repealed)

 Schedule 3 Savings and transitional provisions

Historical notes