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UNE Compliance Register

This Register lists the compliance drivers (Commonwealth, NSW and international laws and other statutory instruments, and industry, community and ethical standards and codes) that impact on University activities and operations, to the extent that the University has some obligation of compliance or accountability.

The currently documented drivers are listed below in alpha-order by title.  Click on the title to access a detailed overview.  You can also search the register to find all of the compliance drivers and obligations relevant to your activities and the people who can help with your compliance responsibilities.

Note: the Register is being continually enhanced, with drivers and obligations added and amended as required.

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  • Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (Cth) - Level 1An Act to regulate higher education. The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) regulates and assures the quality of Australia's large, diverse and complex higher education sector. The University must undergo reregistration every 7 years. This is via evaluation of the performance of the University against the Higher Education Standards Framework.

    The Standards Framework comprises five domains: Provider Standards, Qualification Standards, Teaching and Learning Standards, Information Standards and Research Standards. The Provider Standards and Qualifications Standards are collectively the Threshold Standards which all providers must meet in order to enter and remain within Australia's higher education system.


    Breach Impact Financial:
    s.114A, s.114B Providing, offering, arranging for, or advertising academic cheating services. Criminal & Civil: Up to 2,500 penalty units for a body corporate.
    s.105, s.106, s.107, s.108, s.109 Operating outside the bounds of registration, such as offering awards while unregistered, using the term 'university' without authorisation, or conferring awards without a course of study. Criminal: Up to 1,500 penalty units for a body corporate. Civil: Up to 600 penalty units.
    s.110, s.111, s.112 Making false representations about courses (e.g., that they are accredited or lead to a regulated award) or providing a course that is not accredited. Criminal: Up to 600 penalty units for a body corporate. Civil: Up to 240 penalty units.
    s.197AA An executive officer fails to provide specified student records to TEQSA following a notice, after the University ceases to operate or its registration is cancelled. Civil: Up to 300 penalty units. Criminal: Up to 150 penalty units.
    s.64 A person fails to comply with a notice from TEQSA to provide information or documents relevant to an investigation. Criminal: Up to 150 penalty units for a body corporate.

    Breach Impact Non-Financial:
    Injunctions, including disabling access to online locations (s.127, s.127A); Enforceable undertakings (s.119); Infringement notices (s.118). Administrative sanctions for non-compliance (ss.98-101).

    Executive Liability: Yes. Under s.197AA Where an executive officer fails to provide specified student records to TEQSA following a notice, after the University ceases to operate or its registration is cancelled, liability and penalties are explicitly imposed on the person who is, or was, an executive officer.

    Criminal Penalty/Offence: Yes. Imprisonment for 2 years or a fine of 500 penalty units, or both (unauthorised disclosure or use of information; unauthorised disclosure or use of academic cheating services information)