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

Amendment of section 47 of Principal Act (Withdrawal of programme validation)

18. Section 47 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (5):

“(6) The Authority may, by notice in writing addressed to the provider of the programme, withdraw its validation of a programme, without the need for a review, in any of the following cases:

(a) the provider has given notice in writing to the Authority that it no longer wishes to provide the programme for whatever reason;

(b) the provider has not offered the programme for a period of at least 2 years, from the date of the programme’s validation;

(c) no learner has been enrolled on the programme for at least 2 years;

(d) the Authority and the provider agree to the withdrawal of the validation.

(7) A notice under subsection (6) shall state the reasons for the withdrawal referred to in that subsection.

(8) Where the Authority withdraws its validation of a programme of education and training under subsection (6)(b) or (c), the provider concerned may appeal against that withdrawal to the Appeals Panel.”.