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PART IV
Higher Education And Training Awards Council
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Chapter I
The Council: General Provisions
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Establishment of Higher Education and Training Awards Council.
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21.—(1) There shall stand established a body to be known as Comhairle na nDámhachtainí Ardoideachais agus Oiliúna or in the English language as the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (in this Part referred to as “the Council”) to perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
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(2) The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and, with the consent of the Minister, to acquire, hold and dispose of land or an interest in land and to acquire, hold and dispose of any other property.
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(3) A higher education and training award of the National Council for Educational Awards, the National Council for Vocational Awards, An Foras, the National Tourism Certification Board or Teagasc, which was made before the commencement of this Part, shall be deemed to be an award made by the Council.
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(4) The Council may, for a period of five years from the commencement of this Part, make or recognise higher education and training awards where it is satisfied that the National Council for Educational Awards, the National Council for Vocational Awards, An Foras, the National Tourism Certification Board or Teagasc—
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(a) had, before the commencement of this Part, validated, or
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(b) would, but for the commencement of this Part, have validated,
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the programme of education and training concerned for the purposes of making or recognising higher education and training awards.
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