Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012

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Establishment of Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland.

8.— (1) There shall stand established on the establishment day a body which shall, subject to subsection (2), be known in the Irish language as Údarás na hÉireann um Cháilíochtaí agus Dearbhú Cáilíochta or, in the English language, as the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland (in this Act referred to as the “Authority”) to perform the functions conferred on it by this Act.

(2) The Minister may, following consultation with the Authority, by order specify a name, other than the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland, by which the Authority may describe itself for operational purposes.

(3) Schedule 1 applies to the Authority.

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

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Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (7.11.2012) by Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 (Operational Name of Authority) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 437 of 2012).