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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.