55ZZQInvestigation of application

55ZZQ Investigation of application

(1)  [Section 55ZZQ Subsection (1) amended by No. 9 of 2022, s. 117, Applied:01 Jul 2023] [Section 55ZZQ Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2015, s. 103, Applied:29 May 2015] If the Board decides under section 55ZZP that an applicant for an assessment recommendation may be able to meet the relevant requirements set out in the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes in relation to the establishment of new universities, the Board is to conduct an investigation for the purposes of making the assessment recommendation.

(2)  [Section 55ZZQ Subsection (2) amended by No. 9 of 2022, s. 117, Applied:01 Jul 2023] [Section 55ZZQ Subsection (2) amended by No. 15 of 2015, s. 103, Applied:29 May 2015] In conducting the investigation, the Board must give notice of the application, and invite written submissions in relation to it, in 3 daily newspapers published and circulating generally in Tasmania.

(3)  [Section 55ZZQ Subsection (3) amended by No. 9 of 2022, s. 117, Applied:01 Jul 2023] [Section 55ZZQ Subsection (3) amended by No. 15 of 2015, s. 103, Applied:29 May 2015] In conducting the investigation, the Board must –

(a) [Section 55ZZQ Subsection (3) amended by No. 15 of 2015, s. 103, Applied:29 May 2015] [Section 55ZZQ Subsection (3) amended by No. 9 of 2022, s. 117, Applied:01 Jul 2023] allow the applicant a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions in relation to other submissions received by the Board; and

(b) obtain advice from persons it considers expert in university administration and the fields of study which the proposed university would offer to students; and

(c) [Section 55ZZQ Subsection (3) amended by No. 15 of 2015, s. 103, Applied:29 May 2015] take into consideration all submissions received by the Board.