C15

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 (32/2019), s. 23, not commenced as of date of revision.

F52[55G. (1) The Authority shall—

(a) at least once every 7 years, and

(b) from time to time as the Authority thinks appropriate,

review the operation and management of each listed awarding body in so far as that operation and management relates to—

(i) awards of the listed awarding body that are included within the Framework,

(ii) the listed awarding body’s implementation of the procedures established by it under section 55F(2), and

(iii) the fulfilment by the listed awarding body of its duties under section 55F(7)(b) and (c).

(2) The Authority shall establish and publish in such form and manner as it thinks appropriate (including on the internet) procedures and criteria for conducting reviews under subsection (1).

(3) A listed awarding body subject to review under subsection (1) shall pay to the Authority within one month of the completion of the review such fee (if any) as may be determined by the Authority under section 80.

(4) In conducting a review under subsection (1), the Authority may have regard to any other review conducted under this Act.

(5) The Authority shall prepare a report setting out the results of a review conducted under subsection (1).

(6) The Authority shall provide a copy of the report under subsection (5) to the awarding body concerned and, in providing the report to it, the Authority shall state to the awarding body that it may, within one month from the provision of the report to it, submit observations in writing to the Authority in relation to the report, and the awarding body may submit such observations accordingly.

(7) After consideration of any observations submitted to it in accordance with subsection (6), the Authority may make any amendments to the report that the Authority considers appropriate. If such amendments are made to it, a copy of the report, as so amended, shall be provided by the Authority to the awarding body concerned.

(8) The Authority shall publish the report prepared under subsection (5), or, if it has been amended under subsection (7), the report as amended under the latter subsection, in such form and manner as the Authority thinks appropriate (including on the internet).

(9) Where, following a review under this section, the Authority gives a notice under section 55H(4) to the awarding body concerned, then subsections (6), (7) and (8) shall not apply in that particular case.

(10) Where—

(a) a listed awarding body is a body established under the law of a state, other than the State, and

(b) apart from the provision made by this Act for the Authority to exercise powers in relation to it, that awarding body is subject to regulation or quality assurance by an agency established outside the State,

the Authority may, for the purpose of conducting a review under subsection (1) in respect of that awarding body, cooperate with that agency.]