S.L. 607.3 Art. 9Issuing of a licence.

(1) A provider shall apply for a licence to operate in one or more of the following categories of providers’ licences as defined in the Second Schedule:

(a) a University;

(b) a Higher education institution;

(c) a Further education institution;

(d) a Further education centre; or

(e) a Tuition Centre: Provided that a provider must be a body corporate in order to be eligible to be licensed in the categories referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) and that a provider has to be an individual in order to be eligible to be licensed in the category referred to in paragraph (d):

Provided further that, for a provider to be eligible to be licensed under paragraph (e), such provider may be either an individual or a body corporate.

(2) The licence issued by the Authority shall authorise a provider to operate in one or more of the categories referred to in sub-regulation (1) and, in the case of categories (a) to (d), to offer further or higher education programmes classified at specified levels of the Malta Qualifications Framework.

(3) The Authority may issue a provisional licence where provisional provider accreditation has been granted in accordance with regulation 34(2)(d).

(4) A licence issued under these regulations shall be issued in the name of the provider and shall be assigned a licence number.

(5) A licence issued under these regulations shall indicate the following:

(a) the licence number;

(b) the name of the provider;

(c) the name of the person vested with the legal representation of the provider;

(d) the category or categories for which the licence has been issued, in accordance with the categories referred to in sub-regulation (1);

(e) any further or higher education programmes, identified by means of their respective Malta Qualifications Framework level, that the licensee is authorised to provide by means of such licence;

(f) any courses not pegged to the Malta Qualifications Framework offered by Tuition Centres licensed under paragraph (e); and

(g) any condition or restriction imposed on the licensee in accordance with regulations 12 and 13.

(6) The Authority shall make and publish guidelines to establish such information to be supplied annually by licensees: Provided that, by means of such guidelines, the Authority may establish different information requirements for different categories of licensees referred to in the Second Schedule.