Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019

Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act (Quality assurance procedures and relevant providers, other than previously established universities)

10. Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (1):

“(1) Before establishing procedures under section 28 (being the first occasion of the relevant provider establishing such procedures) a relevant provider shall submit a draft of the proposed procedures to the Authority for approval, accompanied by such fee (if any) as may be determined by the Authority under section 80, but this subsection does not apply to a previously established university.

(1A) Where a relevant provider has established procedures under section 28 (being the first occasion of such procedures having been established by it), procedures that, subsequent to that occasion, are proposed to be established by it under that section do not require approval under this section. However, the Authority may evaluate any subsequent such procedures with respect to their suitability in the course of considering or conducting, as appropriate—

(a) an application for validation of a programme of education and training under section 44(5),

(b) a review of a programme of education and training under section 46,

(c) a request for delegation of authority to make an award under section 52,

(d) an application for authorisation to use the international education mark under section 61(3), or

(e) a review under section 34.”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8):

“(9) The Authority may impose conditions, in relation to quality assurance, on a relevant provider whose procedures it has approved under this section and the provider shall comply with those conditions.”.