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

Schedule 3  

Part 5   Pending applications for State accreditation or re-accreditation

26   Automatic transitional TEQSA accreditation while TEQSA considers pending application for re-accreditation

(1) If the application mentioned in paragraph 24(a) was for re-accreditation, the course of study is taken to be accredited by TEQSA, in relation to the provider, for the purposes of the TEQSA Act.

Note: This automatic accreditation means, for example, that the provider must comply with conditions imposed from time to time on the accreditation (see section 52 of that Act).

(2) The accreditation is for the period:

(a) starting at the transition time; and

(b) ending when TEQSA notifies the provider, under section 50 of the TEQSA Act, of TEQSA’s decision to grant or reject the application.

(3) Paragraph (2)(b) has effect subject to the following:

(a) the accreditation ends immediately if the provider ceases to be registered as a registered higher education provider;

(b) Division 1 of Part 7 (about cancelling accreditation and other administrative sanctions) of the TEQSA Act.

(4) Division 4 of Part 4 of the TEQSA Act does not apply to an accreditation that exists because of this item.

Note: The provider cannot apply under the TEQSA Act to have this transitional accreditation renewed.

(5) This item applies to the accreditation instead of sections 50 and 51 of the TEQSA Act.