S.L. 607.3 Art. 51Cooperation.

(1) Where a licensee has its head office in Malta and also provides further or higher education abroad, or where a licensee operates in partnership with a foreign provider, or operates as a branch, subsidiary or agent of a foreign provider, the Authority may, on the basis of international or reciprocity agreements, do the following:

(a) share its supervisory, accreditation and quality assurance duties with other foreign competent authorities;

(b) disclose information to foreign competent authorities, to the extent that the foreign authorities receiving the information restrict its use for supervisory, regulatory, accreditation and quality assurance purposes or for such other purposes as may be specifically agreed upon with the Authority; and

(c) authorise foreign competent authorities to carry out themselves, or through the intermediation of competent persons appointed by them, investigations for supervisory and regulatory purposes in branches, subsidiaries or offices of the licensee.

(2) In the pursuance of its duties the Authority shall at all times afford such cooperation to the Minister as may be required in the discharge of the Minister’s duties.