PART 2

REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION PROVIDERS
CHAPTER 2

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVING QUALITY

Assessment of quality in higher education

Exercise of higher education assessment functions by a designated body
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1
Schedule 3 makes provision—
a
about the designation of a body to exercise the assessment functions;
b
about oversight of the designated body by the Commission;
c
for the body to charge fees.
2
For the purposes of this Chapter, “the assessment functions” are the functions of the Commission under section 54 (assessing the quality of higher education).
3
Where a body has been designated under Schedule 3 to exercise the assessment functions, the functions under section 54 do not cease to be exercisable by the Commission.