PART 2REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION PROVIDERS

CHAPTER 2QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVING QUALITY

Inspection of further education or training etc.

58Power of the Chief Inspector to inspect and report

(1)

The Chief Inspector may inspect, and report on, any education or training described in section 57(1).

(2)

The Chief Inspector may inspect, and report on, any education or training—

(a)

which is not of a kind described in section 57(1), but

(b)

which could be funded in one of the ways mentioned in that section,

if the provider of the education or training asks the Chief Inspector to do so.

(3)

The Chief Inspector may charge for the cost of an inspection conducted under subsection (2).

(4)

Subsections (3) to (5) of section 57 apply to a report under subsection (1) as they apply to a report under that section.

(5)

The Chief Inspector may arrange for a report of an inspection carried out as a result of a request under subsection (2) to be published.