INSTRUMENT OF APPROVAL COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Higher Education Support Act 2003 Higher Education Provider Approval (No 2 of 2009) Approval pursuant to section 16-25 and notice of approval pursuant to paragraph 16-50(1)(b). I, FIONA BUFFINTON, a delegate of the Minister for Education for the purposes of section 16-25 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 ('the HESA') have approved the Canberra Institute of Technology as a higher education provider under that section of the HESA, and: a) note that the application of the Canberra Institute of Technology for approval as a higher education provider has thereby been decided as required by paragraph 16-50(1)(a) of the HESA; and b) pursuant to paragraph 16-50(1)(b) of the HESA give notice of my approval to the Canberra Institute of Technology. In accordance with section 16-55 of the HESA and subsection 12(3) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, this notice of approval takes effect on the day after the last day on which a House of Parliament could have passed a resolution disallowing it. Dated this 12 day of March 2009 (Signed) FIONA BUFFINTON Group Manager, Higher Education Group Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations