Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

TERTIARY ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION ACT 2003 (NO. 36 OF 2003)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

CHAPTER 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Purpose  
   4.      Dictionary  
   5.      Notes  
   6.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  

CHAPTER 2--ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION COUNCIL

   PART 2.1--ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL

   7.      Establishment of council  
   8.      Functions of council  
   9.      Ministerial directions to council  
   10.     Delegation by council  
   11.     Council to have regard to authority's views  
   12.     Membership of council  
   13.     Ending appointment of council member  
   14.     Disclosure of interests by council members  
   15.     Reporting of disclosed interests to Minister  
   16.     Reimbursement for council members  
   17.     Council staff  
   18.     Annual report by council  

   PART 2.2--PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL

   19.     Calling council meetings  
   20.     Council procedures  

   PART 2.3--COUNCIL COMMITTEES

   21.     Establishment of committees  
   22.     Exercise of committee functions  
   23.     Membership of committees  
   24.     Reimbursement for committee members  

   PART 2.4--COMPLIANCE AUDITS

   25.     Audit of training organisations and higher education providers  
   26.     Audit of RTO registered by another registering body  
   27.     Conduct of audit  
   28.     Powers not limited by compliance audit provisions  

CHAPTER 3--VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

   PART 3.1--PRELIMINARY

   29.     Application of ch 3  

   PART 3.2--NATIONAL REGISTER

   30.     Registration and national effect of registration  

   PART 3.3--REGISTERED TRAINING ORGANISATIONS

   31.     Scope of registration of RTO  
   32.     Applying in the ACT for registration as RTO  
   33.     Decision about registration as RTO  
   34.     Decision about registration—registration as RTO previously  
   35.     Registration conditions—RTO  
   36.     Period of registration—RTO  
   37.     Amending registration on application by RTO  
   38.     Amending, suspending or cancelling RTO registration without  
   39.     Cancelling RTO registration on change of location of operations  
   40.     Effect of suspending RTO registration  
   41.     Suspension of registration—training or assessment previously  
   42.     Cancellation of registration—training or assessment previously  
   43.     Registration of amendment, end of registration etc.  
   44.     Offence to falsely claim to be RTO etc  

   PART 3.4--NATIONAL SCHEME--COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION

   45.     Function may be used to support national scheme  
   46.     Information may be made available to other registering bodies  

   PART 3.5--ACCREDITED COURSES--VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

   47.     Applying in the ACT for accreditation—vocational course  
   48.     Decision about accreditation—vocational course  
   49.     Expert committee for pt 3.5  
   50.     Period of accreditation—vocational course  
   51.     Cancelling accreditation—vocational course  
   52.     Cancellation of accreditation—vocational course previously agreed  
   53.     Registering end of accreditation  
   54.     Offence to falsely claim vocational education course accredited  

   PART 3.6--DISAGREEMENTS UNDER CHAPTER 3

   55.     Disagreement with decision of council under s 33 or s 48  

CHAPTER 4--HIGHER EDUCATION—NON-UNIVERSITIES

   PART 4.1--PRELIMINARY

   56.     Application of ch 4  

   PART 4.2--ACT REGISTER

   57.     ACT register of higher education providers  

   PART 4.3--REGISTERED HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS

   58.     Scope of registration of higher education provider  
   59.     Application for registration as higher education provider  
   60.     Decision about registration as higher education provider  
   61.     Decision about registration—registration of higher education provider previously  
   62.     Expert committee for pt 4.3  
   63.     Registration conditions—higher education provider  
   64.     Period of registration—higher education provider  
   65.     Amending or cancelling registration on application by higher education  
   66.     Amending, suspending or cancelling registration without application—higher education  
   67.     Effect of suspending registration of higher education provider  
   68.     Suspension of registration—higher education course previously  
   69.     Cancellation of registration—higher education course previously  
   70.     Registration of amendment, suspension, cancellation etc.  
   71.     Offence to falsely claim to be higher education provider etc  

   PART 4.4--ACCREDITED COURSES--HIGHER EDUCATION

   72.     Applying for accreditation—higher education course  
   73.     Decision about accreditation—higher education course  
   74.     Expert committee for pt 4.4  
   75.     Period of accreditation—higher education course  
   76.     Cancelling accreditation—higher education course  
   77.     Cancellation of accreditation—higher education course previously  
   78.     Registering end of accreditation  
   79.     Offence to falsely claim higher education course accredited  

   PART 4.5--DISAGREEMENTS UNDER CHAPTER 4

   80.     Disagreement with decision of council under s 60 or s 73  

CHAPTER 5--HIGHER EDUCATION—UNIVERSITIES

   PART 5.1--OPERATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE ACT

   81.     Universities to be established, recognised or approved  
   82.     Declaration that university may not operate in ACT  
   83.     What is meant by operating as a university?  
   84.     Who can use title of ‘university'?  

   PART 5.2--UNIVERSITY ADVISORY PANELS

   85.     Establishment of panel  
   86.     Panel guidelines  

   PART 5.3--ESTABLISHMENT OR RECOGNITION OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE ACT

   87.     Proposal for ACT university  
   88.     Declaration of ACT university  
   89.     Characteristics and role of university  
   90.     Panel to consider proposal  
   91.     Panel to report to Minister  
   92.     Conditions of establishment or recognition of ACT university  
   93.     Review of operations of university  

   PART 5.4--FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES IN THE ACT

   94.     Application for approval as foreign university  
   95.     Decision about approval as foreign university  
   96.     Period of approval—foreign university  
   97.     Conditions of foreign university approval  
   98.     Review of operations of foreign university  

CHAPTER 6--GENERAL

   PART 6.1--VISITS TO PREMISES

   99.     Visits by council—RTO premises  
   100.    Visits by council—higher education provider premises  
   101.    Identity cards  
   102.    Production of identity card  
   103.    Obstructing visits  

   PART 6.2--REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   104.    Definition for pt 6  
   105.    Notice of reviewable decisions  
   106.    Review by AAT of reviewable decisions  
   107.    Modification of Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act, s 27  

   PART 6.3--OTHER PROVISIONS

   108.    False or misleading statements in applications etc  
   109.    Alternative verdict for offence against s 108  
   110.    Protection from civil liability  
   111.    Determination of fees  
   112.    Approved forms  
   113.    Regulation-making power  

CHAPTER 7--TRANSITIONAL

   114.    Details on national register on commencement  
   115.    Registration of transitional RTOs  
   116.    Accreditation of transitional vocational and higher education courses  
   117.    Modification of ch 7's operation  
   118.    Expiry of ch 7  
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