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

Schedule 3  

Part 2   Transferring existing State registrations to TEQSA system etc.

Division 3   Suspended automatic TEQSA registrations

8   Lifting suspension if no pending review of State suspension

(1) TEQSA must decide whether to lift the suspension of the provider’s automatic TEQSA registration if:

(a) the provider notifies TEQSA, in the approved form and within 60 days after the transition time, that item 7 cannot apply to the suspension; or

(b) the suspension is not lifted under item 7 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 provider’s automatic TEQSA registration in return for lifting the suspension (see section 32 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 provider’s automatic TEQSA registration 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).