55ZBOffences relating to conferral or issue of higher education award

55ZB Offences relating to conferral or issue of higher education award

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

(1)  In this section –

higher education award giver means –

(a) a registered higher education provider; or

(b) an approved overseas higher education provider; or

(c) a self-accrediting higher education provider; or

(d) a person who is otherwise lawfully able to confer or issue a higher education award.

(2)  A person must not –

(a) confer or issue a higher education award; or

(b) claim, or otherwise represent in any manner, that he, she or it is authorised or able to confer or issue a higher education award; or

(c) provide or offer to provide, or claim or otherwise represent in any manner that he, she or it is authorised or able to provide, a course the successful completion of which leads to the conferral or issue of a higher education award by the person –

unless the person is a higher education award giver lawfully able to confer or issue that award, or a person acting on behalf of such a higher education award giver.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.

(3)  A person must not claim, or otherwise represent in any manner, that he, she or it is authorised or able to provide a course of study the successful completion of which leads to the conferral or issue of a higher education award by another person knowing that the other person is not lawfully able to confer or issue that higher education award.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.