Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00046:section:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00046
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 1/8)
Character Range: 23897–26781

5  Definitions
  In this Act:
academic cheating service means the provision of work to or the undertaking of work for students, in circumstances where the work:
 (a) is, or forms a substantial part of, an assessment task that students are required to personally undertake; or
 (b) could reasonably be regarded as being, or forming a substantial part of, an assessment task that students are required to personally undertake.
academic cheating services information means information that:
 (a) was obtained under, or for the purposes of, this Act; and
 (b) relates to the use or provision of an academic cheating service by a person; and
 (c) identifies, or is reasonably capable of being used to identify, the person.
accreditation assessment means an assessment conducted under section 61.
accredited course means a course of study that:
 (a) if a registered higher education provider is authorised to self‑accredit the course of study—is accredited by the provider; and
 (b) otherwise—is accredited by TEQSA.
acquisition of property has the same meaning as in paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.
affected unit, of an original course, means a unit of study that a domestic student was enrolled in when a registered higher education provider defaulted in relation to the student.
approved means approved by TEQSA, in writing, for the purposes of the provision in which the expression occurs.
assessment task means an assignment, essay, examination, practicum, presentation, project or any other assessable part of a course of study, whether mandatory or optional.
associated provisions: this Act's associated provisions are the provisions of the Crimes Act 1914 or the Criminal Code that relate to this Act.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian corporation means a trading or financial corporation formed within the limits of the Commonwealth (to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies).
Australian course of study means:
 (a) a single course leading to an Australian higher education award; or
 (b) a course recognised by the higher education provider at which the course is undertaken as a combined or double course leading to one or more Australian higher education awards.
Example: An example of a combined or double course covered by paragraph (b) is a course that leads to the Australian higher education awards of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws.
Australian higher education award means a higher education award offered or conferred (whether solely or jointly) by:
 (a) an Australian corporation; or
 (b) a corporation established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a Territory; or
 (c) a person (other than an individual) established in Australia who conducts activities in a Territory; or
 (d) an Australian resident who conducts activities in a Territory.
Australian premises, in relation to