Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2017 (83 of 2017)

Schedule 3   Amendment of the Higher Education Support Act 2003

Part 1   Amendments

Higher Education Support Act 2003

2   At the end of section 16-1

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(2) Despite subsection (1), a body other than a body corporate may be approved under this Division as a higher education provider if the body is covered by an exemption under subsection (3).

(3) The Minister may, in writing, exempt a body for the purposes of this section if the body is established by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

(4) If the Minister exempts a body under subsection (3), references in this Act, other than in this section, to a body corporate are taken to include the body.

(5) An exemption given under this section is not a legislative instrument.