Section 56: Exercise of higher education assessment functions by a designated body and Schedule 3 - Assessing higher education: designated body
167.Schedule 3, introduced by subsection (1), sets out further detail as regards:
the designation of a body to conduct the assessment functions under section 54 on behalf of the Commission,
oversight of the body by the Commission, and
provision for the body to charge fees.
168.The Commission will not normally be expected to conduct the assessment functions if it has designated a body to conduct these assessments on its behalf but will retain the power to do so (subsection (3)).