New Zealand Legislation: Acts

22 Grant or refusal of application

• (1) Section 236(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting all the words before paragraph (a), and substituting the words “The Qualifications Authority must grant an application for registration of a private training establishment, and may only grant such an application, if it is satisfied that—”.

  (2) Section 236(1) of the principal Act is amended by—

  • (a) omitting from paragraph (e) the word “education,—”, and substituting the word “education.”; and

  • (b) omitting all the words after paragraph (e).

  (3) Section 236(1)(b) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the word “has”, the words “, or will at the relevant time have,”.

  (4) Section 236(1)(d)(ii) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the words “study or training”, the words “(other than a course of less than 3 months' duration)”.

  (5) Section 236(1)(d) of the principal Act is amended by adding the following subparagraph:

  • “(iv) allows, or will allow, every foreign student enrolled for a course of study or training that is of less than 3 months' duration to withdraw from it within a period (being less than 7 days) specified by the Authority, and refunds, or will refund, to any student who so withdraws a minimum amount or proportion, specified by the Authority, of any payments made by the student to the establishment in respect of the course; and”

  (6) Section 236 of the principal Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

  • “(4) The Authority must give written notice to a private training establishment when it grants or refuses to grant registration and, if it refuses registration, it must give reasons for the refusal.”