Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TERTIARY EDUCATION QUALITY AND STANDARDS AGENCY ACT 2011 - SECT 195A

Disclosure

  (1)   TEQSA may disclose higher education information to a person referred to in subsection   (3) for the purposes of research relating to the provision of higher education, including research relating to:

  (a)   quality assurance; or

  (b)   planning the provision of higher education.

  (2)   However, if the information was provided by a regulated entity, TEQSA may disclose the information under subsection   (1) only if the entity has consented, in writing, to that disclosure.

Persons to whom information may be disclosed

  (3)   For the purposes of subsection   (1), the persons are the following:

  (a)   a person who is employed or engaged by a higher education provider;

  (b)   a person who is employed or engaged by a body determined in an instrument under subsection   (4).

  (4)   TEQSA may, by legislative instrument, determine a body for the purposes of paragraph   (3)(b).