Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2016 (Cth)
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2016
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency hereby:
(i) revokes the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2013, made on 6 May 2013 under section 204 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the Act); and
(ii) makes these Guidelines under section 204 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.
Dated: this 26 May 2016
Signed
_____________________ ___________________ _______________
Professor Nicholas Saunders AO Emeritus Professor Cliff Walsh Ms Linley Martin
Chief Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
1 Name of Guidelines
These Guidelines are the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2016.
2 Commencement
These Guidelines commence on the date after they are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
3 Objects
(a)These Guidelines set out the Commonwealth authorities and the State or Territory authorities to which the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) may disclose higher education information under section 189 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act).
(b)These Guidelines also set out the Commonwealth authorities and the State or Territory authorities to which TEQSA may disclose higher education information under section 194 of the TEQSA Act.
4 Interpretation
In these Guidelines:
Act means the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.
Commonwealth authority has the same meaning as it has in the Act.
Higher education information has the same meaning as it has in the Act.
State or Territory authority has the same meaning as it has in the Act.
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency or TEQSA has the same meaning as in the Act.
Disclosing higher education information
The authorities to which TEQSA may disclose higher education information under sections 189 and 194 of the TEQSA Act can be found in Schedule A.
Schedule A
| Profession-specific Commonwealth, State or Territory authorities | |
| Item | Name of authority |
| 1 | Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Health Practice Board of Australia |
| 2 | Architects Board (ACT) |
| 3 | Architects Board (NT) |
| 4 | Architects Registration Board (NSW) |
| 5 | Architects Board of Western Australia |
| 6 | Architects Registration Board of Victoria |
| 7 | Architectural Practice Board of South Australia |
| 8 | Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency |
| 9 | Board of Architects of Queensland |
| 10 | Board of Architects of Tasmania |
| 11 | Board of Legal Education (TAS) |
| 12 | Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland |
| 13 | Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (NSW) |
| 14 | Board of Surveying and Spatial Information of New South Wales |
| 15 | Building Professionals Board (NSW) |
| 16 | Chinese Medicine Board Of Australia |
| 17 | Chiropractic Board of Australia |
| 18 | Dental Board of Australia |
| 19 | Land Surveyors Licensing Board of Western Australia |
| 20 | Legal Practice Board of Western Australia |
| 21 | Legal Practitioners Admission Board (ACT) |
| 22 | Legal Practitioners Admission Board (NT) |
| 23 | Legal Practitioners Admissions Board (QLD) |
| 24 | Legal Practitioners Education and Admission Council (SA) |
| 25 | Legal Profession Admission Board (NSW) |
| 26 | Legal Qualifications Committee (NSW) |
| 27 | Medical Board of Australia |
| 28 | Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia |
| 29 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia |
| 30 | Occupational Therapy Board of Australia |
| 31 | Office of The Surveyor-General (ACT) |
| 32 | Optometry Board of Australia |
| 33 | Osteopathy Board of Australia |
| 34 | Pharmacy Board of Australia |
| 35 | Physiotherapy Board of Australia |
| 36 | Podiatry Board of Australia |
| 37 | Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys |
| 38 | Psychology Board of Australia |
| 39 | Queensland College of Teachers |
| 40 | Survey Advisory Committee of South Australia |
| 41 | Surveyor General of Tasmania |
| 42 | Surveyors Board of the Northern Territory |
| 43 | Surveyors Board of Queensland |
| 44 | Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria |
| 45 | Teacher Quality Institute (ACT) |
| 46 | Tax Practitioners Board |
| 47 | Teachers Registration Board of Tasmania |
| 48 | Teachers Registration Board of South Australia |
| 49 | Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory |
| 50 | Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia |
| 51 | Valuers Registration Board of Queensland |
| 52 | Veterinary Board of Tasmania |
| 53 | Veterinary Board of the Northern Territory |
| 54 | Veterinary Practitioners Board of NSW |
| 55 | Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria |
| 56 | Veterinary Surgeons Board (ACT) |
| 57 | Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland |
| 58 | Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia |
| 59 | Veterinary Surgeons’ Board Western Australia |
| 60 | Victorian Institute of Teaching |
| 61 | Victorian Legal Admissions Board |
Commonwealth, State or Territory authorities with a broader public interest remit | |
| Item | Name of authority |
| 62 | ACT Policing |
| 63 | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| 64 | Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission |
| 65 | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| 66 | Australian Crime Commission |
| 67 | Australian Federal Police |
| 68 | Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
| 69 | Australian Financial Security Authority |
| 71 | Australian Prudential regulation Authority |
| 72 | Australian Research Council |
| 73 | Australian Securities and Investment Commission |
| 74 | Australian Skills Quality Authority |
| 75 | Australian Taxation Office |
| 76 | Commonwealth Ombudsman |
| 77 | Department of Education (NSW) |
| 78 | Department of Education (NT) |
| 79 | Department of Education (TAS) |
| 80 | Department of Education and Training (CTH) |
| 81 | Department of Education and Training (QLD) |
| 82 | Department of Education and Training (VIC) |
| 83 | Department of Education Services (WA) |
| 84 | Department of Employment |
| 85 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (CTH) |
| 86 | Department of Immigration and Border Protection (CTH) |
| 87 | Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (CTH) |
| 88 | Department of State Development (SA) |
| 89 | Education and Training Directorate (ACT) |
| 90 | Higher Education Standards Panel |
| 91 | NSW Police Force |
| 92 | Northern Territory Police |
| 93 | Ombudsman (ACT) |
| 94 | Ombudsman (NSW) |
| 95 | Ombudsman NT |
| 96 | Ombudsman (QLD) |
| 97 | Ombudsman South Australia |
| 98 | Ombudsman Western Australia |
| 99 | Ombudsman Tasmania |
| 100 | Overseas Students Ombudsman |
| 101 | Queensland Police |
| 102 | South Australia Police |
| 103 | Tasmania Police |
| 104 | Victoria Police |
| 105 | Victorian Ombudsman |
| 106 | Western Australia Police |
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