Internal review related to duration of registration and/or accreditation
An applicant may request an internal review of a recommendation or decision of the Registration Committee under the following circumstances:
- where the Registration Committee, under delegation from the Board, has decided to recommend to the Minister that the duration of registration be reduced
or
- where the Registration Committee, under delegation from the Board, has decided to recommend that the duration of accreditation be reduced or to reduce it in so far as it relates to one of the recognised certificates.
An internal review is undertaken by the full Board. The review process is undertaken by officers from NESA not involved in the initial assessment of the school's application for registration or accreditation. The documentation considered by the review includes that submitted by the applicant previously and any additional documentation that the applicant wishes to have considered, the Inspector's advice, the Committee's intended recommendation and the reasons for that recommendation.
In dealing with an internal review of a recommendation by the Committee to the Minister to place a school on provisional registration, the full Board will consider the Inspector's advice, any written comments from the proprietor and principal (or equivalent) in relation to the Inspector's advice, the Committee's recommendation and reasons for the recommendation, and the internal review report prepared by another Inspector not associated with the original inspection report.
In dealing with an internal review of a recommendation by the Committee to the Board to place a school on provisional accreditation, the full Board will consider the Inspector's advice, any written comments from the proprietor and principal (or equivalent) in relation to the Inspector's advice, the Committee's recommendation and the reasons for the recommendation and the internal review report prepared by another Inspector not associated with the original inspection report.
There is no recourse to the Tribunal against recommendations to reduce the period of registration or decisions to reduce the period of accreditation.