Western Australian Consolidated Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT 2004 - SECT 23

23 .         Register of Higher Education

        (1)         The Minister must ensure that a Register of Higher Education is established and maintained.

        (2)         The register may be kept electronically or by any other means.

        (3A)         If the Minister grants a self-accrediting authorisation for a non-university institution, the Minister must arrange for the authorisation to be registered by entering in the register —

            (a)         the name of the institution; and

            (b)         a description of the higher education courses that the institution is authorised under section 13B(4) to accredit; and

            (c)         any other relevant particulars.

        (3)         If the Minister accredits a higher education course, the Minister must arrange for the course to be registered by entering in the register —

            (a)         the name of the course;

            (b)         the name of the education institution that provides or proposes to provide the course;

            (c)         the name of the higher education award to be conferred on successful completion of the course; and

            (d)         any other relevant particulars.

        (4)         The register must be made available for public inspection during normal office hours.

        [Section 23 amended by No. 40 of 2009 s. 38.]