Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017 (Cth)
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017
made under section 204 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
Compilation No. 04
Compilation date: 4 August 2022
Includes amendments up to: Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017 – Amendment No. 2 of 2022 (F2022L01040)
About this compilation
This compilation
This is a compilation of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 4 August 2022 (the compilation date).
The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.
Uncommenced amendments
The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register ( The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments
If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.
Modifications
If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Self‑repealing provisions
If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.
1 Name of Guidelines
These Guidelines are the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017.
3 Objects
(a)These Guidelines set out the Commonwealth authorities and the State or Territory authorities to which 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:
Actmeans the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.
Commonwealth authorityhas 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 Agencyor 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 Strait Islander Health Practice Board |
| 2 | ACT Architects Board |
| 2A | ACT Audit Office |
| 3 | ACT Education Directorate |
| 3A | ACT Integrity Commission |
| 4 | ACT Ombudsman |
| 5 | ACT Policing |
| 6 | ACT Teacher Quality Institute |
| 7 | Architects Board of Western Australia |
| 8 | Architects Registration Board of Victoria |
| 9 | Architectural Practice Board of South Australia |
| 9A | Auditor-General’s Department (SA) |
| 9B | Audit Office of New South Wales |
| 9C | AUSTRAC |
| 10 | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| 11 | Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission |
| 12 | Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority |
| 12A | Australian Communications and Media Authority |
| 13 | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| 14 | Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission |
| 15 | Australian Federal Police |
| 16 | Australian Financial Security Authority |
| 17 | Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency |
| 17A | Australian National Audit Office |
| 18 | Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| 19 | Australian Research Council |
| 20 | Australian Securities and Investment Commission |
| 21 | Australian Skills Quality Authority |
| 22 | Australian Taxation Office |
| 23 | Australian Trade and Investment Commission |
| 24 | Board of Architects of Queensland |
| 25 | Board of Architects of Tasmania |
| 26 | Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland |
| 27 | Board of Surveying and Spatial Information (NSW) |
| 28 | Chinese Medicine Board of Australia |
| 29 | Chiropractic Board of Australia |
| 30 | Commission for Children and Young People (VIC) |
| 30A | Corruption and Crime Commission (WA) |
| 30B | Crime and Corruption Commission (QLD) |
| 31 | Dental Board of Australia |
| 32 | Department for Innovation and Skills (SA) |
| 33 | Department of Communities (WA) |
| 34 | Department of Education (NSW) |
| 35 | Department of Education (NT) |
| 36 | Department of Education (QLD) |
| 37 | Department of Education (SA) |
| 38 | Department of Education (TAS) |
| 39 | Department of Education (WA) |
| 40 | Department of Education and Training (VIC) |
| 41 | Department of Education |
| 41A | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| 42 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| 43 | Department of Health and Human Services (VIC) |
| 44 | Department of Home Affairs |
| 45 | Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources |
| 46 | Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (VIC) |
| 47 | Department of Premier and Cabinet (NSW) |
| 48 | Education Standards Board SA |
| 49 | Fair Work Ombudsman |
| 49A | Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (VIC) |
| 49B | Independent Commission Against Corruption (NSW) |
| 49C | Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (SA) |
| 49D | Integrity Commission Tasmania |
| 50 | Land Surveyors Licensing Board of Western Australia |
| 51 | Legal Practice Board of Western Australia |
| 52 | Legal Practitioners Admission Board (ACT) |
| 53 | Legal Practitioners Admissions Board (QLD) |
| 54 | Legal Practitioners Education and Admission Council (SA) |
| 55 | Legal Profession Admission Board (NSW) |
| 56 | Legal Profession Board of Tasmania |
| 57 | Medical Board of Australia |
| 58 | Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia |
| 59 | New South Wales Education Standards Authority |
| 59A | Northern Territory Auditor-General’s Office |
| 60 | Northern Territory Police |
| 61 | NSW Architects Registration Board |
| 62 | NSW Fair Trading - Building Professionals Board |
| 63 | NSW Police Force |
| 64 | NT Architects Board |
| 65 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia |
| 66 | Occupational Therapy Board of Australia |
| 66A | Office of the Auditor General (Western Australia) |
| 67 | Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman |
| 67A | Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (NT) |
| 68 | Office of The Surveyor-General (ACT) |
| 69 | Office of the Training Advocate (SA) |
| 70 | Ombudsman NSW |
| 71 | Ombudsman NT |
| 72 | Ombudsman SA |
| 73 | Ombudsman Tasmania |
| 74 | Ombudsman Western Australia |
| 75 | Optometry Board of Australia |
| 76 | Osteopathy Board of Australia |
| 77 | Pharmacy Board of Australia |
| 78 | Physiotherapy Board of Australia |
| 79 | Podiatry Board of Australia |
| 80 | Psychology Board of Australia |
| 80A | Queensland Audit Office |
| 81 | Queensland College of Teachers |
| 82 | Queensland Ombudsman |
| 83 | Queensland Police Service |
| 84 | South Australia Police |
| 85 | Surveyors Board of the Northern Territory |
| 86 | Surveyors Board of Queensland |
| 87 | Surveyors Board (SA) |
| 88 | Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria |
| 89 | Tasmania Police |
| 89A | Tasmanian Audit Office |
| 90 | Tax Practitioners Board |
| 91 | Teachers Registration Board of South Australia |
| 92 | Teachers Registration Board of Tasmania |
| 93 | Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory |
| 94 | Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia |
| 95 | The Legal Practitioners Admission Board (NT) |
| 96 | The Office of the Surveyor General (TAS) |
| 97 | Trade & Investment Queensland |
| 98 | Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board |
| 99 | Valuers Registration Board of Queensland |
| 100 | Veterinary Board of Tasmania |
| 101 | Veterinary Board of the Northern Territory |
| 102 | Veterinary Practitioners Board (ACT) |
| 103 | Veterinary Practitioners Board of NSW |
| 104 | Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria |
| 105 | Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland |
| 106 | Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia |
| 107 | Veterinary Surgeons’ Board of Western Australia |
| 108 | Victoria Police |
| 108A | Victorian Auditor-General’s Office |
| 109 | Victorian Institute of Teaching |
| 110 | Victorian Legal Admissions Board |
| 111 | Victorian Ombudsman |
| 112 | Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority |
| 113 | Western Australia Police Force |
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.
The following endnotes are included in every compilation:
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Abbreviation key—Endnote 2
The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.
Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4
Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.
The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.
The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.
Misdescribed amendments
A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.
If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
| ad = added or inserted | orig = original |
| am = amended | par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s) |
| amdt = amendment | /sub‑subparagraph(s) |
| c = clause(s) | pres = present |
| C[x] = Compilation No. x | prev = previous |
| Ch = Chapter(s) | (prev…) = previously |
| def = definition(s) | Pt = Part(s) |
| Dict = Dictionary | r = regulation(s)/rule(s) |
| disallowed = disallowed by Parliament | reloc = relocated |
| Div = Division(s) | renum = renumbered |
| exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have | rep = repealed |
| effect | rs = repealed and substituted |
| F = Federal Register of Legislation | s = section(s)/subsection(s) |
| gaz = gazette | Sch = Schedule(s) |
| LA = Legislation Act 2003 | Sdiv = Subdivision(s) |
| LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 | SLI = Select Legislative Instrument |
| (md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment | SR = Statutory Rules |
| cannot be given effect | Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s) |
| mod = modified/modification | SubPt = Subpart(s) |
| No. = Number(s) | underlining = whole or part not |
| o = order(s) | commenced or to be commenced |
| Ord = Ordinance |
Endnote 3—Legislation history
| Name | Registration | Commencement | Application, saving and transitional provisions |
| Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017 | 31 May 2017 F2017L00630 | 1 June 2017 | _ |
| Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017 – (Amendment) No. 1 of 2020 | 23 December 2020 F2020L01702 | 24 December 2020 | _ |
| Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017 – Amendment No. 2 of 2021 | 18 June 2021 F2021L00783 | 19 June 2021 | _ |
| Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017 – Amendment No.1 of 2022 | 1 April 2022 F2022L00487 | 2 April 2022 | _ |
| Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017 – Amendment No.2 of 2022 | 3 August 2022 F2022L01040 | 4 August 2022 | _ |
Endnote 4—Amendment history
| Provision affected | How affected |
| s 2 | rep LA s 48D |
| Schedule A Repeal Item and Substitute | rs F2020L01702 |
| Schedule A Repeal Item and Substitute | rs F2021L00783 |
| Schedule A Item 2A…………………………. Item 3A…………………………. Item 9A…………………………. Item 9B…………………………. Item 9C…………………………. Item 12A………………………... Item 17A………………………... Item 30A………………………... Item 30B………………………... Item 40………………………...... Item 41………………………...... Item 41A Item 49A………………………... Item 49B………………………... Item 49C………………………... Item 49D………………………... Item 59A………………………... Item 60………………………...... Item 61………………………...... Item 62………………………...... Item 63………………………...... Item 64………………………...... Item 66A………………………... Item 67A………………………... Item 80A………………………... Item 85………………………...... Item 86………………………...... Item 87………………………...... Item 89………………………...... Item 89A………………………... Item 90………………………...... Item 91………………………...... Item 92………………………...... Item 108A………………………. | ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L01040 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 am F2022L00487 am F2022L00487 am F2022L01040 ad F2022L01040 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 rs F2022L00487 rs F2022L00487 rs F2022L00487 rs F2022L00487 rs F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 am F2022L00487 am F2022L00487 am F2022L00487 rs F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 rs F2022L00487 am F2022L00487 am F2022L00487 ad F2022L00487 |
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