Western Australian Current Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT 2004 - SECT 23A

23A .         Inspectors, appointment of

        (1)         In this section —

        certificate means a certificate given under subsection (3).

        (2)         The Minister, in writing, may appoint persons to investigate —

            (a)         compliance with any condition to which a provider’s authorisation or a self-accrediting authorisation is subject; or

            (b)         compliance with any condition to which ministerial accreditation of a higher education course is subject; or

            (c)         suspected contraventions of this Act; or

            (d)         any matters relevant to carrying out a review under section 22,

                on any terms the Minister decides and specifies in the appointment.

        (3)         The Minister must give each inspector a certificate of his or her appointment.

        (4)         A person who ceases to be an inspector must return his or her certificate to the Minister within 21 days.

        Penalty: a fine of $400.

        (5)         A certificate that purports to be signed by the Minister is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, evidence of its contents.

        (6)         If requested to do so and if practicable, an inspector must produce his or her certificate for inspection when exercising a function of an inspector.

        [Section 23A inserted: No. 40 of 2009 s. 37.]