Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999

Information to be furnished by provider: protection.

45.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a provider, before accepting any moneys from or on behalf of a learner (other than moneys paid on behalf of a learner from funds provided by the Oireachtas), in respect of a programme of education and training of a duration of three months or more, shall, by notice in writing, inform the learner by whom or on whose behalf the moneys are to be paid—

(a) whether the provider is required under section 43 to have arrangements in place and the nature of those arrangements, or

(b) of other procedures (if any) that the provider maintains for the protection of the learners concerned if the provider ceases to provide that programme.

(2) Subsection (1) shall apply whether or not the Higher Education and Training Awards Council or the Further Education and Training Awards Council make or recognise any award in respect of the programme of education and training concerned.