S 225-5 repealed by No 74 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 2 item 21, effective 29 January 2012. S 225-5 formerly read:
SECTION 225-5 Approving a person to operate as a self-accrediting entity in relation to an external Territory
225-5(1)
The Minister may approve a person to operate as a self-accrediting entity in relation to an external Territory if:
(a)
the person applies for approval, under section
225-1
, to operate as a self-accrediting entity in relation to that Territory; and
(b)
the Minister is satisfied, following an assessment made having regard to the *National Protocols and any matters set out in the Higher Education in External Territories Guidelines, that it is appropriate that the person be authorised to accredit *courses of study leading to *higher education awards in relation to that Territory; and
(c)
the person's principal purpose is either or both of the following:
(i)
to provide education;
(ii)
to conduct research.
Note:
Refusal to approve a person to operate as a self-accrediting entity is reviewable under Part
5-7
.
225-5(2)
The Minister must, having regard to the *National Protocols and any matters set out in the Higher Education in External Territories Guidelines, specify in the approval:
(a)
whether the person's authority to accredit *courses of study leading to *higher education awards in relation to that Territory is limited in any way; and
(b)
the nature of any such limitation.
Note 1:
An authority may be limited, for example, by reference to a field of study or level of qualification.
Note 2:
A decision to limit an authority is reviewable under Part
5-7
.
Minister may accredit courses that person is not authorised to self-accredit
225-5(3)
If the Minister proposes to:
(a)
approve under subsection (1) a person to operate as a self-accrediting entity in relation to an external Territory; and
(b)
limit under subsection (2) the person's authority to accredit *courses of study leading to *higher education awards in relation to that Territory;
the Minister may, when approving that person, accredit any course of study, in relation to that Territory, that the person proposes to offer in that Territory but would not be authorised to accredit because of that limitation.
225-5(4)
The Minister may only accredit a *course of study under subsection (3) in relation to an external Territory if the Minister is satisfied, following an assessment made having regard to the *National Protocols and any matters set out in the Higher Education in External Territories Guidelines, that the course, and the way of delivering it, are appropriate to the award.
Note:
A decision not to accredit a course of study under subsection (3) is reviewable under Part
5-7
.
S 225-5 substituted by No 72 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 1 item 30, effective 31 December 2007. S 225-5 formerly read:
SECTION 225-5 Approving a person as a self-accrediting entity
225-5
The Minister may approve a person as a self-accrediting entity in relation to an external Territory if:
(a)
the person applies for approval, under section
225-1
, as a self-accrediting entity in relation to that Territory; and
(b)
the Minister is satisfied, following an assessment made having regard to the *National Protocols and any matters set out in the Higher Education in External Territories Guidelines, that it is appropriate that the person be empowered to issue its own qualifications; and
(c)
the person's principal purpose is either or both of the following:
(i)
to provide education;
(ii)
to conduct research.
Note:
Refusal to approve a person as a self-accrediting entity is reviewable under Part
5-7
.
S 225-5 amended by No 121 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 8 item 4, by inserting
"
and any matters set out in the Higher Education in External Territories Guidelines
"
after
"
Protocols
"
in para (b), effective 4 November 2006.
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