S.L. 607.2 Art. 8Bodies corporate providing non- formal learning.

(1) The Sector Skills Committee shall maintain and publish an updated register of bodies corporate providing non-

formal learning activities and of non-formal learning awards, as approved by the Commission.

(2) Any body corporate providing non-formal learning may apply to the Sector Skills Committee to be listed in the register referred to in sub-regulation (1). The listing of any body corporate on such register shall be valid for a period not exceeding three years, subject to renewal.

(3) Bodies corporate listed in the register referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall apply to the Sector Skills Committee for their awards to be validated by the Commission, on the advice of the Sector Skills Committee, and for an award to be classified by the Commission at a level of the Malta Qualifications Framework.

(4) The listing, or the renewal thereof, of a body corporate and its awards in the register referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be subject to such requirements, conditions, limitations and exclusions as the Sector Skills Committee, with the approval of the Commission, may consider necessary, appropriate and proportionate in accordance with these regulations.

(5) The Commission shall, on the advice of the Sector Skills Committee, establish the criteria for the listing of a body corporate and its awards on the register referred to in sub-regulation (1) which criteria shall include provisions relating to the quality of the non-formal learning activities provided.

(6) The Commission may, on the advice of the Sector Skills Committee, suspend or revoke the listing of a body corporate from the register referred to in sub-regulation (1) where it is apparent to the Commission that the non-formal learning activities provided by it, or the quality of the provision of such activities, substantially differ from that evidenced by it at the time of the listing.

(7) The register referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall stipulate the name of the body corporate, the type of non-formal learning activities provided by the body corporate and the awards conferred by the body corporate.

(8) All bodies corporate listed in the register shall comply with the provisions of these regulations and the requirements, conditions, limitations and exclusions published by the Commission, on the advice of the Sector Skills Committee, from time to time.

(9) Any body corporate listed in the register that fails to comply with these regulations shall be liable to an administrative fine not exceeding one thousand and one hundred euro (€1,100). The Commission shall be responsible for the imposition of fines and for their enforcement upon any person contravening these regulations, taking into account the gravity of the non-compliance and any payments made to that a body corporate: Provided that prior to imposing such fine, the Commission shall allow for a due period of time for the body corporate to comply with sub-regulation (8), during which time the Commission may suspend the listing of the body corporate concerned in accordance with sub-regulation (6).