Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2011 (74 of 2011)

Schedule 3  

Part 4   Transferring existing State accreditations to TEQSA system etc.

Division 3   Suspended automatic TEQSA accreditations

22   Lifting suspension if no pending review of State suspension

(1) TEQSA must decide whether to lift the suspension of the course of study’s automatic TEQSA accreditation if:

(a) the provider notifies TEQSA, in the approved form and within 60 days after the transition time, that item 21 cannot apply to the suspension; or

(b) the suspension is not lifted under item 21 within 60 days after the transition time.

(2) TEQSA must make its decision within 30 days after subitem (1) begins to apply.

(3) If under subitem (1) TEQSA decides to lift the suspension, TEQSA must, within 30 days, give the provider written notice of that decision.

Note: TEQSA may impose conditions on the automatic TEQSA accreditation in return for lifting the suspension (see section 53 of the TEQSA Act).

(4) If under subitem (1) TEQSA decides not to lift the suspension:

(a) TEQSA must, within 30 days, give the provider written notice of that decision and its reasons for that decision; and

(b) the automatic TEQSA accreditation ends on the day specified in the notice given under paragraph (a) (which must be a day that occurs on or after the date of the notice).