TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ACT 2008 (NO 30 OF 2008) - SECT 5
TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ACT 2008 (NO 30 OF 2008) - SECT 5
5—Declarations relating to universities and higher education
(1) For the purposes
of this Act, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, make any of the
following declarations:
(a) that
an institution is—
(i)
a university; or
(ii)
a university college; or
(iii)
a specialised university of a kind specified in the
declaration;
(b) that
an institution is a self-accrediting higher education institution;
(c) that
an institution that is an overseas higher education institution is an
institution authorised to offer non AQF higher education qualifications in the
State.
(2) The Minister must,
in making a declaration under this section, apply—
(a) the
National Protocols; and
(b) any
other guidelines determined by the Minister.
(3) A declaration
under this section—
(a) may
be subject to such conditions (including conditions that determine the scope
of the operations of the institution) as the Minister thinks fit and specifies
in the declaration; and
(b) will
operate for the period set in the declaration; and
(c) may,
by further notice in the Gazette, be varied or revoked.
(4) It is an offence
for an institution in relation to which a declaration has been made under this
section to contravene a condition imposed by the Minister and specified in the
declaration.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
Expiation fee: $315.