The .au Licensing Rules were adopted by the auDA board on 10 November 2020 as a result of the recommendations made by the
2017 Policy Review Panel and feedback from the
.au Licensing Rules and .au Namespace Implementation Policy Consultation conducted by auDA in October 2019.
This resulted in the eligibility and allocation criteria (and other general principles) of the edu.au space previously published in standalone policies being incoporated into the .au Licensing Rules as Schedule A. From 12 April 2021, the following applies for all edu.au domains upon registration and renewal:
As it specifically pertains to the edu.au namespace, an extract of Schedule A is provided below for reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the contents of this page and the .au Domain Administration Rules: Licensing, the latter takes precedence.
Schedule A
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 This Schedule specifies the eligibility and allocation criteria which a person must satisfy when applying for a licence in the edu.au namespace and child zones.
1.2 Definitions for terms that have a specific meaning under this Schedule have been incorporated below as tool-tips (denoted by a dotted underline). For a glossary of terms, please see Schedule A, Section 1.2 within the .au Domain Administration Rules: Licensing in the table above.
PART 2: ELIGIBILITY AND ALLOCATION CRITERIA
2.1
A Person applying for licences in the edu.au namespace or any of its child zones must be a recognised education or training entity operating as:
- a Government School;
- a Non-Government School;
- a Pre-school;
- a Registered Training Organisation;
- a Higher Education Institution;
- an Education and Care Services (Child Care) Provider;
- a Body Serving Overseas Students;
- a Government Body;
- an Industry Organisation /
Peak Body;
- a research organisation;
- an Association;
- an Entity Delivering Non-Accredited Training; or
- an Entity Not Otherwise Listed;
2.2 The domain name applied for must be:
- an exact match to the
Name of the Person;
- be substantially and closely connected to the
Name of the Person;
- an acronym or abbreviation of the
Name of the Person; or
- the name of (or a name with a semantic relationship to the name of) a project or program which the Person is the owner or principal administrator.
2.3 The domain name applied for must not:
- be comprised of only
Generic Education and Training Terms;
- be a personal name, except where the personal name is that of the Person;
- contain obscene or offensive language;
- express a Value Judgement or Political Message; or
- otherwise be deemed to compromise the reputation or effective operation of edu.au namespace or any of its child zones.
2.4 The domain name applied for must satisfy any eligibility and allocation criteria for the namespace or child zones being applied for as specified in paragraphs 2.8 to 3.5 of Schedule A.
2.5 Where there is a relevant government education or training authority, the Person applying must be accredited or registered with, or otherwise endorsed by, that authority.
2.6 Where there is no relevant government education or training authority, the Person applying must submit a written warranty (using
this form), that they have a primary function of providing in Australia:
education;
training;
education and training research; or
Related Services.
2.7 The warranty must be supported by two Eligible Referees. Where the Person applying is affiliated or has a contractual relationship with an accredited or registered entity for the delivery or education and training, one reference must be from that entity.
EDU.AU NAMESPACE
2.8 A Person applying for a licence in the edu.au namespace (at the third level) must:
- be delivering education or training services in more than one State or Territory;
- have National Interests and Responsibilities; or
- be applying for the name of (or a name with a semantic relationship to the name of) a project or program operating in more than one State or Territory or that has National Interests and Responsibilities.
2.9 Where the requirements in paragraph 2.8 of Schedule A cannot be verified by the Registrar via a government education or training authority or a government registry, the Person applying must submit a written warranty in a form provided by the Registrar and be supported by two Eligible Referees.
STATE AND TERRITORY (OPEN) child zoneS
3.1 A Person applying for a licence in the act.edu.au, nsw.edu.au, nt.edu.au, qld.edu.au, sa.edu.au, tas.edu.au, vic.edu.au or wa.edu.au child zones (at the fourth level) must be:
- based in the corresponding State or Territory;
- delivering education or training services in the corresponding State or Territory; or
- applying for the name of or a name with a semantic relationship to the name of a project or program operating in the corresponding State or Territory.
3.2 A Person applying for a licence in the catholic.edu.au child zone must be:
- operating within the Australian Catholic education sector; or
- approved by the National Catholic Education Commission.
3.3 A Person applying for a licence in the eq.edu.au child zone is subject to approval by the Queensland Government Department responsible for education in that State.
3.4 A Person applying for a licence in the education.tas.edu.au child zone is subject to approval by the Tasmanian Government Department responsible for education in that State.
3.5 A Person applying for a licence in the schools.nsw.edu.au child zone is subject to approval by the New South Wales Government Department responsible for education in that State.
