Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Offences and Penalties
71. Prohibition on advertisement etc.
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No person shall hold himself out to be or promote a higher education provider as a higher education provider providing accredited programmes or granting accredited qualifications, whether by advertisement,
higher education provider
“higher education provider” means a body corporate, organisation or other body of persons which conducts higher education or training programmes, including skills training programmes, leading to the award of a higher education qualification or which awards a higher education qualification and includes the public or private higher education providers, examination or certification bodies or their branch representatives and includes higher education institution and education consultancies;
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National Accreditation Council prospectus, brochure or otherwise, unless the higher education provider is accredited under this Act.
accreditation
“accreditation” means a recognition in writing which is in accordance with the standard set and granted by the Council under Part 4 of this Act after examining and assessing — (a) a higher education programme or qualification; or (b) a higher education provider including a private higher educational institution;
No person shall promote a programme as an accredited programme, whether by advertisement, prospectus, brochure or otherwise, unless the programme has been accredited under this Act.
programme
“programme” means any arrangement of a course of study that is structured or designed to achieve a learning outcome leading to the award of a higher education qualification;
Any person who contravenes subsections (1) and (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.
Terms defined in s 2
accreditation
Defined · s 2“accreditation” means a recognition in writing which is in accordance with the standard set and granted by the Council under Part 4 of this Act after examining and assessing — (a) a higher education programme or qualification; or (b) a higher education provider including a private higher educational institution;
Council
Defined · s 2“Council” means the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council established by section 4;
higher education provider
Defined · s 2“higher education provider” means a body corporate, organisation or other body of persons which conducts higher education or training programmes, including skills training programmes, leading to the award of a higher education qualification or which awards a higher education qualification and includes the public or private higher education providers, examination or certification bodies or their branch representatives and includes higher education institution and education consultancies;
programme
Defined · s 2“programme” means any arrangement of a course of study that is structured or designed to achieve a learning outcome leading to the award of a higher education qualification;
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