Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification Act 2003

After completing under section 24E(1) or (3) – a draft framework; or a draft amendment to the senior secondary accreditation framework; or a substitute draft framework to replace the senior secondary accreditation framework; or a report stating that the senior secondary accreditation framework does not need amendment or replacement – the Board is to provide it to the Minister.

On receipt of a draft framework, the Minister may – approve the draft framework; or require the Board to amend the draft framework and provide the amended draft framework for approval; or require the Board to provide a substitute draft framework for approval.

The framework is to include – priorities for the accreditation of senior secondary courses; and the processes for determining whether or not to accredit any senior secondary course; and the standards which must be met by a senior secondary course for it to be accredited as a senior secondary course.

The framework may include any other matters the Minister considers appropriate.

If the Minister is provided by the Board with a draft amendment to the senior secondary accreditation framework, or a substitute draft framework for the senior secondary accreditation framework together with a recommendation that the senior secondary accreditation framework be rescinded and substituted, the Minister may – approve the draft amendment of the framework or rescind the framework and substitute the substitute draft framework; or require the Board to amend the draft amendment or substitute draft framework and provide the amended draft amendment or substitute draft framework for approval.

If the Minister is provided by the Board with a report stating that the senior secondary accreditation framework does not need amendment or replacement, the Minister may – accept that report and neither amend nor rescind and substitute the senior secondary accreditation framework; or require the Board to provide a draft amendment to the senior secondary accreditation framework or a substitute draft framework for the senior secondary accreditation framework.

The Minister is to provide a copy of the senior secondary accreditation framework, and any amendment to the senior secondary accreditation framework or substitute senior secondary accreditation framework, to the Board and, so as to assist the Secretary of the Department in undertaking his or her responsibilities under section 24B, to the Secretary.

The Board – is to perform and exercise its functions and powers in a manner that is consistent with the senior secondary accreditation framework; and in so performing and exercising its functions and powers in relation to the senior secondary accreditation framework, may consult with – one or more organisations that represent all, or any group of, schools that offer senior secondary education; and one or more schools that offer senior secondary education.

The Board – is to publish the senior secondary accreditation framework, as amended or substituted from time to time, on its website; and may publish the framework, or make it available to the public, in any other manner the Board considers appropriate.

The senior secondary accreditation framework, an amendment to it, and a substitute senior secondary accreditation framework are not statutory rules for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953.