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4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 5 of the Act, including the following:
(a) ELICOS;
(b)  registered higher education provider.
  In this instrument:
Act means the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000.

       Australian Qualifications Framework means the framework of that name as defined in Schedule 1 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 and as in force on the day this instrument is made.
Note: The Australian Qualifications Framework is available online at https://www.aqf.edu.au/ and is defined in the Higher Education Support Act 2003 as the framework for recognition and endorsement of qualifications:
               (a)     that is established by the Council consisting of the Ministers for the Commonwealth and each State and Territory responsible for higher education; and
(b)  that is to give effect to agreed standards in relation to the provision of education in Australia.

Professional outcomes and placement course means a course for which the requirements include practical work placements and professional skills study aimed at enabling work in a certain occupation or profession.
Study abroad or student exchange means a course provided under an arrangement where a student of an overseas institution undertakes study at an Australian higher education provider, where the study at the Australian higher education provider contributes to the requirements of a course of study being undertaken by the student with the overseas institution.
Tertiary coursework and research preparatory course means a short course which a student must pass as a condition of admission to a main course of study.
VET course has the same meaning as in the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011.