Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A DSA assessment certificate is a certificate given by the designated State authority for an approved school provider that:
(a) states that the authority is satisfied that the provider is complying, or will comply, with:
(i) this Act; and
(ii) the national code; and
(iii) if the ELICOS Standards or Foundation Program Standards apply in relation to the provider--those Standards; and
(b) if the provider is not an exempt provider--states that the authority is satisfied that the provider is fit and proper to be registered; and
(c) states that the authority is satisfied that the provider has the principal purpose of providing education; and
(d) states that the authority has no reason to believe that:
(i) the provider does not have the clearly demonstrated capacity to provide education of a satisfactory standard; or
(ii) the provider has not been providing, or will not provide, education of a satisfactory standard; and
(e) recommends the conditions (if any) that should be imposed on the provider's registration; and
(f) recommends a period not longer than 7 years for which the provider should be registered; and
(g) sets out any other matters prescribed by the regulations.
Note: The designated State authority must have regard to the matters in subsection 7A(2) in deciding whether it is satisfied that the provider is fit and proper to be registered.
DSA recommendation certificate
(2) A DSA recommendation certificate is a certificate given by the designated State authority for an approved school provider that:
(a) recommends that the ESOS agency for the provider should add one or more courses at one or more locations to the provider's registration; and
(b) recommends the conditions (if any) that should be imposed on the provider's registration; and
(c) sets out any other matters prescribed by the regulations.
Form of certificates
(3) A DSA assessment certificate or DSA recommendation certificate must be in the form approved, in writing, by the ESOS agency for the approved school provider to which the certificate relates.