55XCancellation or suspension of grant of status

55X Cancellation or suspension of grant of status

[Section 55X of Part 4 Inserted by No. 59 of 2007, s. 24, Applied:01 Jan 2008]

(1)  [Section 55X Subsection (1) amended by No. 9 of 2022, s. 89, Applied:01 Jul 2023] [Section 55X Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2015, s. 75, Applied:29 May 2015] The Board may cancel or suspend the grant of status of self-accrediting higher education provider if, after allowing the self-accrediting higher education provider an opportunity to make submissions in respect of the matter, the Board is satisfied that –

(a) the provider has contravened this Act; or

(b) the provider has contravened a condition to which the grant of status is subject; or

(c) it is appropriate to so cancel or suspend the grant of status having taken into account the matters specified in section 55O(3) and (5) ; or

(d) the provider fails to meet the standards for a self-accrediting higher education institution set out in the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes; or

(e) the provider has not complied with a direction under section 55W within the time specified in the direction.

(2)  [Section 55X Subsection (2) amended by No. 9 of 2022, s. 89, Applied:01 Jul 2023] [Section 55X Subsection (2) amended by No. 15 of 2015, s. 75, Applied:29 May 2015] The Board is to cancel the grant of the status of self-accrediting higher education provider if the provider has surrendered the certificate of self-accrediting status and requested that the grant of status be cancelled.