Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019

Amendment of section 80 of Principal Act (Fees)

34. Section 80 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) in subsection (1) —

(i) by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (a):

“(a) a request under section 29B(4),

(aa) the submission of quality assurance procedures to the Authority for approval under section 30,”,

and

(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (j):

“(ja) an application under section 55C(4),

(jb) the benefit of a decision under section 55D,

(jc) the continuing benefit of a decision under section 55D,

(jd) a review under section 55G,”,

and

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5):

“(5) The Authority may provide for the payment of—

(a) reduced fees, under this section, having regard to the method of payment of the fees, and

(b) a single fee, under this section, in respect of the doing by it (or, as appropriate, the doing by another) of 2 or more things referred to in subsection (1), being a fee that is of a lower amount than the amount of the individual fees (when aggregated) that would otherwise be payable in respect of the doing of those 2 or more things.”.