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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/18)
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1  Definitions
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ABS Remoteness Structure means the Remoteness Structure described in:
 (a) the document titled "Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5—Remoteness Structure, July 2016", published by the Australian Statistician, as amended from time to time; or
 (b) the most recent replacement of the document referred to in paragraph (a) that is published by the Australian Statistician, as amended from time to time.
Note: The Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5—Remoteness Structure, July 2016 could in 2019 be viewed on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website (https://www.abs.gov.au).
academic freedom means the following:
 (a) the freedom of academic staff to teach, discuss, and research and to disseminate and publish the results of their research;
 (b) the freedom of academic staff and students to engage in intellectual inquiry, to express their opinions and beliefs, and to contribute to public debate, in relation to their subjects of study and research;
 (c) the freedom of academic staff and students to express their opinions in relation to the higher education provider in which they work or are enrolled;
 (d) the freedom of academic staff to participate in professional or representative academic bodies;
 (e) the freedom of students to participate in student societies and associations;
 (f) the autonomy of the higher education provider in relation to the choice of academic courses and offerings, the ways in which they are taught and the choices of research activities and the ways in which they are conducted.
accelerator program course has the meaning given by subsection 128B‑25(1).
accelerator program course fee has the meaning given by subsection 19‑92(3).
accredited course means a *course of study (other than an *enabling course) that:
 (a) if a *registered higher education provider is authorised by or under the *TEQSA Act to self‑accredit the course of study—is accredited by the provider; and
 (b) otherwise—is accredited by TEQSA.
accumulated HELP debt has the meaning given by section 140‑25.
additional SLE means additional SLE that a person has under subsection 73‑10(1).
AEA Advisory Board has the meaning given by section 42‑10.
affected unit, of an *original course, means a unit of study that a student was undertaking as part of a *course of study when a higher education provider *defaulted in relation to the student.
annual financial reporting period has the meanings given by subsection 19‑10(3) and subclause 15(3) of Schedule 1A.
applicable court means:
 (a) the Federal Court of Australia; or
 (b) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2); or
 (c) a court of a State or Territory that has jurisdiction in relation to matters arising under this Act.
appropriate officer:
 (a) in relation to a higher education provider, has the meaning