Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012
|
Review by designated awarding bodies of quality assurance procedures of linked providers. |
37.— (1) A relevant designated awarding body shall review the effectiveness of the procedures established by a linked provider, in respect of which that body has entered into an arrangement referred to in section 2 (3), under section 28 and the implementation by that linked provider of those procedures— | |
(a) at least once every 7 years from the issue of guidelines under section 27 (1)(a), and | ||
(b) from time to time as the designated awarding body thinks appropriate. | ||
(2) A relevant designated awarding body shall carry out a review under subsection (1) in accordance with procedures for review referred to in section 32 . | ||
(3) A relevant designated awarding body may request the Authority to assist the body in carrying out a review under subsection (1). | ||
(4) A request made under subsection (3) shall be accompanied by such fee (if any) as may be determined by the Authority under section 80 . | ||
(5) A relevant designated awarding body shall prepare a report setting out the results of a review under subsection (1). | ||
(6) A relevant designated awarding body shall provide a copy of the report prepared under subsection (5) to the linked provider concerned. | ||
(7) A linked provider may, within one month from the provision of the report to it under subsection (6), submit in writing any observations it has on the report to the relevant designated awarding body. | ||
(8) After consideration of any observations submitted to the relevant designated awarding body under subsection (7), the relevant designated awarding body may make any amendments to the report that the relevant designated awarding body considers appropriate. | ||
(9) The relevant designated awarding body shall provide a copy of the final report to the linked provider concerned and to the Authority and shall publish that final report (including the observations of the linked provider concerned) in such form and manner as it thinks appropriate (including on the internet). |