Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

TERTIARY ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION ACT 2003 (NO. 36 OF 2003) - SECT 84

    (1)     A person must not, by use of the title ‘university', ‘university college' or a similar title (whether alone or in combination with other titles), claim that the person is a university or part of a university unless the person is a university or part of a university, or is the agent of a university or part of a university.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units

    (2)     This section does not apply to the University of the Third Age (U3A).

    (3)     For this section, a person claims to be a university or part of a university if the person—

        (a)     makes that claim; or

        (b)     says or does anything likely to induce someone else to believe the person is a university or part of a university.

    (4)     An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.