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3  Clause 485.111 of Schedule 2 (definition of degree)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
degree means a formal educational qualification, under the Australian Qualifications Framework, awarded by an Australian educational institution as a bachelor degree, a masters degree, a doctoral degree or a graduate diploma for which:
 (a) the entry level to the course leading to the qualification is satisfactory completion of:
 (i) in the case of a bachelor degree—year 12 in the Australian school system or of equivalent schooling; and
 (ii) in the case of a masters degree—a bachelor degree awarded at an Australian educational institution or of an equivalent award; and
 (iii) in the case of a doctoral degree—a bachelor degree awarded with honours, or a masters degree, at an Australian educational institution or of an equivalent award; and
 (iv) in the case of a graduate diploma—a degree (the preceding degree for the graduate diploma) to which subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) applies; and
 (b) in the case of a graduate diploma—the course leading to the qualification:
 (i) is a related course of study to the course leading to the award of the preceding degree for the graduate diploma; and
 (ii) is commenced within the same, or the next, academic year as the academic year in which the preceding degree for the graduate diploma was completed.