Section 12A: Accredited persons

12A. Accredited persons (1) No person, other than an accredited person, shall run a vocational course, or hold himself out, by advertisement or otherwise, as being a person who runs or is entitled to run a vocational course. (2) Any person, other than the University of Mauritius, wishing to be an accredited person shall make a written request to the Council, accompanied by the prescribed application fee, and furnish to the Council such information as the Council may require regarding his or its ability to run a vocational course. [Issue 4] L8 – 16 Revised Laws of Mauritius (3) The Council shall, on receipt of a request under subsection (2), make such enquiry as it thinks fit and may, on payment of the prescribed accreditation fee, authorise the person to run such vocational courses as it may approve. (4) An accredited person shall, where required by the Council to do so, run a vocational course in accordance with section 5. (5) An accredited person, other than the University of Mauritius, shall not require any person to pay a fee in excess of such amount as may be prescribed for the purpose of following a vocational course. (6) The Council may, where an accredited person other than the University of Mauritius contravenes subsection (4) or (5), suspend or revoke an authorisation granted pursuant to subsection (3). (7) Where an accredited person runs a vocational course, the Council may— (a) require the accredited person to submit its syllabus or programme to it for approval; and (b) make such arrangements as it thinks fit to supervise the running of the course. [S. 12A inserted by s. 14 of Act 30 of 2011 w.e.f. 3 September 2012.]