9ACPeriod of registration

9AC Period of registration

(1) At the time the Secretary registers an approved provider under section 9AB, the Secretary must determine that the provider is registered for a specified period that is: (a) more than 2 years; but (b) no more than 5 years. (2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not limit the Minister’s power under section 83 to cancel a registered provider’s registration within the first 2 years of the provider’s registration. (3) The period specified under subsection (1) may be different from the period stated by the designated authority under paragraph 9AH(i). (4) The Secretary may vary the period specified under subsection (1) at any time, but the varied period must not: (a) end earlier than 2 years; nor (b) extend beyond 5 years; from the day on which the provider was registered. When registration would otherwise expire before renewal completed (5) If: (a) a provider’s registration is due to expire; and (b) before that expiry, a designated authority makes a recommendation under section 9AA in relation to the provider; and (c) by the time the provider’s registration would otherwise expire, the Secretary has not yet made a decision whether to register the provider under section 9AB; the provider’s registration is taken to continue until the Secretary makes his or her decision. When registration expires before course completed (6) If a provider’s registration is due to expire before the provider has finished providing a course for which the provider is registered, the provider is taken to be registered to provide the course until the provider has finished providing the course to the students who were enrolled in that course before that registration was due to expire.