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TERTIARY ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION ACT 2003 (NO. 36 OF 2003) - SECT 116

Accreditation of transitional vocational and higher education courses

    (1)     A vocational education course or a higher education course that was accredited under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1995 immediately before 1 November 2003 is taken to be an accredited course (a transitional course ) under this Act.

    (2)     The accreditation of a transitional course under this Act—

        (a)     is taken to be subject to any conditions under this Act that applied to its earlier accreditation under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1995 immediately before 1 November 2003;

        (b)     may be amended or cancelled as if it had been brought about under this Act; and

        (c)     expires on the day its earlier accreditation would have expired if this Act had not been made; and

        (d)     may be renewed under this Act, if application for renewal is made within whichever of the following periods applies:

              (i)     if the expiry date is on or after 1 May 2004—6 months before the expiry date;

              (ii)     if the expiry date is before 1 May 2004—as soon as possible after 1 November 2003.

    (3)     If the details of a transitional course of vocational education had not been recorded on the national register immediately before 1 November 2003, the council must record those details on the national register.

    (4)     The council must record on the ACT register of higher education providers details of transitional courses of higher education recorded on the register kept for the purposes of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1995 immediately before 1 November 2003.



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