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

Schedule 3

(1) Subsections 58(3) and (4) of the TEQSA Act do not apply in relation to the making of the proposed standards.

Note: Those subsections will apply each later time the Minister proposes to vary, revoke or remake those standards.

(2) Before making the proposed standards, the Minister must:

(a) consult each of the following parties about the proposed standards:

(i) the Council consisting of the Ministers for the Commonwealth and each State and Territory responsible for higher education;

(ii) the Minister administering the Australian Research Council Act 2001;

(iii) TEQSA;

(iv) any other interested parties; and

(b) have regard to any representations received from those parties.

(3) If the proposed standards are made, the Panel must start to review them within the first year of the Panel’s operation.