Heading: inserted, on 16 December 2021, by section 14 of the Education and Training Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 58).
(1)
An institution may apply to NZQA for approval of a programme.
(2)
NZQA—
may grant or refuse to grant approval of the programme to the applicant; and
is required only to consider the programme as a whole; and
must give the applicant written notice of its decision to grant or refuse approval; and
may grant approval for a specified period or indefinitely.
(3)
If 2 or more institutions have prepared a programme together, they may make a joint application for approval of the programme.
(4)
If NZQA considers that there may be grounds for withdrawing approval of a programme,—
NZQA must give written notice to the institution concerned stating the grounds on which NZQA is considering withdrawing approval; and
NZQA must give the institution reasonable time (as specified in the notice) to make submissions on the matter; and
after considering those submissions, NZQA—
may withdraw approval if it considers there are reasonable grounds to do so; and
must notify the institution of the withdrawal (if any) and the reasons for it.
(5)
NZQA may withdraw approval of a programme at the written request of the institution concerned.
(6)
This section—
is subject to section 453:
does not limit NZQA’s power to withdraw a programme approval under section 459(6):
does not apply in respect of NCEA.
Compare: 1989 No 80 s 249