21AZEContinued application of Part

#### 21AZE Continued application of Part Former registered higher education providers (1) Subsection (2) applies if: (a) an entity took action at a particular time; and (b) at that time, the entity was a higher education provider; and (c) at a later time (the deregistration time), the entity ceased to be: (i) registered under Part 3 of the TEQSA Act; or (ii) listed on the National Register of Higher Education Providers under paragraph 198(1)(a) of the TEQSA Act; and (d) the National Student Ombudsman receives a complaint under this Part about the action before the deregistration time or within 12 months after the deregistration time; and (e) the entity is a constitutional provider. (2) This Part applies, in relation to the complaint, as if the constitutional provider continued to be a higher education provider. Successor and merged higher education providers (3) Subsection (4) applies if: (a) an entity (the first entity) took an action at a particular time; and (b) at that time, the first entity was a higher education provider; and (c) at a later time (the merger time), the first entity ceased to exist; and (d) at or immediately after the merger time, another entity (the second entity) became the successor in title to the first entity; and (e) the second entity is a higher education provider. (4) This Part applies as if: (a) the action taken by the first entity were taken by the second entity; and (b) a complaint about the action made to the National Student Ombudsman against the first entity were a complaint made against the second entity; and (c) anything done under this Part by the National Student Ombudsman before the merger time in relation to the action and the first entity were done in relation to the second entity.