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Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
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#### 107 Offering an award without a course of study
Offence
(1) A regulated entity commits an offence if:
(a) the entity offers or confers:
(i) an Australian higher education award; or
(ii) an overseas higher education award for the completion of a course of study provided wholly or mainly from Australian premises related to the award; and
(b) for one or more students, the entity offers or confers the award:
(i) without requiring the completion of a course of study; and
(ii) not as an honorary award.
Penalty: 300 penalty units.
Civil penalty
(2) A regulated entity contravenes this subsection if:
(a) the entity offers or confers:
(i) an Australian higher education award; or
(ii) an overseas higher education award for the completion of a course of study provided wholly or mainly from Australian premises related to the award; and
(b) for one or more students, the entity offers or confers the award:
(i) without requiring the completion of a course of study; and
(ii) not as an honorary award.
Civil penalty: 600 penalty units.