Quality Assurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

L.N. 82 of 2024

FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 607)

Further and Higher Education (Licensing, Accreditation and

Quality Assurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 25 of the

Further and Higher Education Act, the Minister responsible for

education has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Further and Higher

Education (Licensing, Accreditation and Quality Assurance)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2024 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with Further and Higher Education (Licensing,

Accreditation and Quality Assurance) Regulations, hereinafter referred

to as the "principal regulations".

The principal regulations shall be amended as follows

(a) the words "the Commission", wherever they occur,

shall be substituted by the words "the Authority"; and

(b)

in the Maltese version only

(i) the word "mill-Kummissjoni", wherever it

occurs, shall be substituted by the word "mill-Awtorità";

(ii) the word "lill-Kummissjoni", wherever it

occurs, shall be substituted by the word "lill-Awtorità";

(iii) the words "il-Kummissjoni" and "Il-

Kummissjoni" wherever they occur, shall be substituted by

the words "l-Awtorità" and "L-Awtorità" respectively;

(iv) the word "l-Kummissjoni", wherever it occurs,

shall be substituted by the word "l-Awtorità";

(v) the word "tal-Kummissjoni", wherever it

occurs, shall be substituted by the word "tal-Awtorità";

(vi) the word "mal-Kummissjoni", wherever it

occurs, shall be substituted by the word "mal-Awtorità";

and

(vii) the word "provditur", wherever it occurs, shall

be substituted by the word "fornitur".

Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 3 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) immediately after the definition "agent" thereof there

shall be added the following new definition

" "Authority" means the Authority as established by

article 3(1) of the Act"; and

(b)

the definition "Commission" thereof shall be deleted.

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 4 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) in sub-regulation (1) thereof, the words "article 65 of

the Act" shall be substituted by the words "article 3(2) of the

Act";

(b) in sub-regulation (4) thereof, the words "article

69(10) of the Act" shall be substituted by the words "article 17 of

the Act"; and

(c) in sub-regulation (5) thereof, the words "article 66 of

the Act" shall be substituted by the words "article 17(5) of the

Act".

In regulation 10 of the principal regulations, the words Amends

"article 66 of the Act." shall be substituted by the words "article 3 of regulation

the principal

the Act.".

regulations.

In paragraph (l) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 34 of the Amends

principal regulations, the words "articles 65 and 66 of the Act" shall be regulation

the principal

substituted by the words "article 3 of the Act".

regulations.

Regulation 43 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 43 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

sub-regulation (7) thereof shall be amended as

follows

(i) in paragraph (a) thereof, the words "article 66

of the Act;" shall be substituted by the words "article 3 of

the Act;"; and

(ii) in paragraph (b) thereof, the words "articles 65

and 66 of the Act." shall be substituted by the words

"article 3 of the Act."; and

(b) in sub-regulation (8) thereof, the words "article 66 of

the Act." shall be substituted by the words "article 3 of the Act.".

Regulation 49 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new regulation

49. A provider may appeal from any decision or

action taken by the Authority in terms of these

regulations to the Court of Appeal in its inferior

jurisdiction within twenty (20) calendar days from the

date the decision is communicated to the provider

Provided that the said appeal shall not concern

the merits of a decision taken by the Authority in terms of

these regulations in relation to the granting or refusal of a

licence or the accreditation, revocation or suspension

thereof or the imposition of restrictions or conditions on

licensees.".

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