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Marketing During the Assessment Process

Applicants in the process of accreditation and authorisation should refrain from making any public statement or advertisement that falsely implies a course is accredited or that the applicant is authorised to confer the award, until the Minister has formally granted approval.  This includes advertising or promoting a course as 'subject to approval'.  The Act contains penalties for offering or advertising the offering of a course or the conferring of an award before it has been accredited and the institution authorised to deliver the course.  The provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1987 may also apply.