194Board may ask education provider for list of persons undertaking approved program of study

194 Board may ask education provider for list of persons undertaking approved program of study

(1) For the purposes of registering persons as disability students, the Board, at any time by written notice given to an education provider, may ask the provider for the following—

(a) the information referred to in section 250(2) about any person who is undertaking an approved program of study;

(b) the information referred to in section 250(2) about any person who will be undertaking the part of the approved program of study.

(2) An education provider who is given a notice under subsection (1) must not fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the notice.

(3) If an education provider fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1), the Board may—

(a) publish details of the failure to comply with the notice on the Board's Internet site; and

(b) include a statement about the failure to comply with the notice in the Board's annual report.

(4) If the Board proposes taking action under subsection (3), the Board must—

(b) invite the education provider to make a submission to the Board, within 30 days after receipt of the notice.

(5) A notice given to an education provider under subsection (3), and any submission made by the education provider in accordance with the notice, may be written or verbal.

(6) The Board must have regard to any submission made by the education provider in accordance with this section in deciding whether to take the proposed action under subsection (3).