Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Category Standards and Other Measures) Act 2021 (14 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Higher education standards and other amendments

Part 1   Higher education standards

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

19   Application and saving provisions

(1) The amendments of paragraphs 19(2)(b) and 20(2)(b) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 made by this Part apply in relation to an application made on or after the commencement of this item.

(2) The amendments of paragraphs 33(1)(a), 36(6)(b) and 39(1)(b) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 made by this Part apply in relation to a decision made on or after the commencement of this item.

(3) Subsection 45(2A) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011, as inserted by this Part, applies in relation to working out whether a registered higher education provider is authorised to self-accredit a course of study on or after the commencement of this item.

(4) The amendment of paragraph 49(1)(b) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 made by this Part applies in relation to an application for a course of study to be accredited that:

(a) is made on or after the commencement of this item; or

(b) was pending immediately before that commencement.

(5) The amendment of subsection 56(1) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 made by this Part applies in relation to an application for renewal that:

(a) is made on or after the commencement of this item; or

(b) was pending immediately before that commencement.

(6) Subsection 59A(1) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011, as inserted by this Part, applies in relation to the consideration of the Threshold Standards on or after the commencement of this item, whether the research was undertaken before, on or after that commencement.

(7) The amendment of paragraph 98(d) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 made by this Part applies in relation to a failure referred to in that paragraph that occurs on or after the commencement of this item.

(8) Subdivision A of Division 1 of Part 7 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a failure referred to in paragraph 98(d) of that Act that occurred before that commencement.

(9) The amendments of section 108 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 made by this Part apply in relation to uses of the word "university" (including uses covered by subsection 108(3) of that Act) on or after the commencement of this item.


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