Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00046:section:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00046
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3
Character Range: 21346–22547

3  Objects
  The objects of this Act are:
 (a) to provide for national consistency in the regulation of higher education; and
 (b) to regulate higher education using:
 (i) a standards‑based quality framework; and
 (ii) principles relating to regulatory necessity, risk and proportionality; and
 (c) to protect and enhance:
 (i) Australia's reputation for quality higher education and training services; and
 (ii) Australia's international competitiveness in the higher education sector; and
 (iii) excellence, diversity and innovation in higher education in Australia; and
 (d) to encourage and promote a higher education system that is appropriate to meet Australia's social and economic needs for a highly educated and skilled population; and
 (e) to protect students undertaking, or proposing to undertake, higher education in Australia by requiring the provision of quality higher education; and
 (f) to ensure students undertaking, or proposing to undertake, higher education, have access to information relating to higher education in Australia; and
 (g) to protect and enhance the academic integrity of courses provided by higher education providers by prohibiting academic cheating services.