S.L. 607.3 Art. 36Internal quality assurance.

(1) Providers shall have the primary responsibility for the quality of their provision and its quality assurance.

(2) Providers seeking any type of accreditation under these regulations shall have in place an internal quality assurance system which shall be designed specifically to ensure the fitness and properness for purpose of the providers and their programmes, to achieve the aims and objectives set for them. Such quality assurance system shall ensure full conformity with these regulations, including assurance of compliance with the obligations of licence holders as well as any conditions or restrictions imposed by the Authority on the licensee under these regulations, as the case may be: Provided that providers of further education operating under the licence of a school shall also comply with all the provisions in the Teachers (Code of Behaviour) Regulations and the National Minimum Conditions for all Schools Regulations: Provided further that tuition centres licensed under these regulations shall also have in place an internal quality assurance system in line with Authority’s regulations.