1 Name of Guidelines

These Guidelines are the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017.

2 Commencement

These Guidelines commence on the day after they are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Objects

(a) These Guidelines set out the Commonwealth authorities and the State or Territory authorities to which Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) may disclose higher education information under section 189 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act).

(b) These Guidelines also set out the Commonwealth authorities and the State or Territory authorities to which TEQSA may disclose higher education information under section 194 of the TEQSA Act.

4 Interpretation

In these Guidelines:

Act means the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.

Commonwealth authority has the same meaning as it has in the Act.

Higher education information has the same meaning as it has in the Act.

State or Territory authority has the same meaning as it has in the Act.

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency or TEQSA has the same meaning as in the Act.

5 Disclosing higher education information

The authorities to which TEQSA may disclose higher education information under sections 189 and 194 of the TEQSA Act can be found in Schedule A.

Schedule A

Profession-specific Commonwealth, State or Territory authorities
Item	Name of authority
1	Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Health Practice Board of Australia
2	Architects Board (ACT)
3	Architects Board (NT)
4	Architects Registration Board (NSW)
5	Architects Board of Western Australia
6	Architects Registration Board of Victoria
7	Architectural Practice Board of South Australia
8	Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
9	Board of Architects of Queensland
10	Board of Architects of Tasmania
11	Board of Legal Education (TAS)
12	Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland
13	Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (NSW)
14	Board of Surveying and Spatial Information of New South Wales
15	Building Professionals Board (NSW)
16	Chinese Medicine Board Of Australia
17	Chiropractic Board of Australia
18	Dental Board of Australia
19	Land Surveyors Licensing Board of Western Australia
20	Legal Practice Board of Western Australia
21	Legal Practitioners Admission Board (ACT)
22	Legal Practitioners Admission Board (NT)
23	Legal Practitioners Admissions Board (QLD)
24	Legal Practitioners Education and Admission Council (SA)
25	Legal Profession Admission Board (NSW)
26	Legal Qualifications Committee (NSW)
27	Medical Board of Australia
28	Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia
29	Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
30	Occupational Therapy Board of Australia
31	Office of The Surveyor-General (ACT)
32	Optometry Board of Australia
33	Osteopathy Board of Australia
34	Pharmacy Board of Australia
35	Physiotherapy Board of Australia
36	Podiatry Board of Australia
37	Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
38	Psychology Board of Australia
39	Queensland College of Teachers
40	Survey Advisory Committee of South Australia
41	Surveyor General of Tasmania
42	Surveyors Board of the Northern Territory
43	Surveyors Board of Queensland
44	Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria
45	Teacher Quality Institute (ACT)
46	Tax Practitioners Board
47	Teachers Registration Board of Tasmania
48	Teachers Registration Board of South Australia
49	Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory
50	Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
51	Valuers Registration Board of Queensland
52	Veterinary Board of Tasmania
53	Veterinary Board of the Northern Territory
54	Veterinary Practitioners Board of NSW
55	Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria
56	Veterinary Surgeons Board (ACT)
57	Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland
58	Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia
59	Veterinary Surgeons’ Board Western Australia
60	Victorian Institute of Teaching
61	Victorian Legal Admissions Board

Commonwealth, State or Territory authorities with a broader public interest remit
Item	Name of authority
62	ACT Policing
63	Australian Bureau of Statistics
64	Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
65	Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority
66	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
67	Australian Crime Commission
68	Australian Federal Police
69	Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
70	Australian Financial Security Authority
71	Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
72	Australian Research Council
73	Australian Securities and Investment Commission
74	Australian Skills Quality Authority
75	Australian Taxation Office
76	Australian Trade and Investment Commission
77	Commission for Children and Young People (VIC)
78	Commonwealth Ombudsman
79	Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (VIC)
80	Department of Education (NSW)
81	Department of Education (NT)
82	Department of Education (TAS)
83	Department of Education and Training (CTH)
84	Department of Education and Training (QLD)
85	Department of Education and Training (VIC)
86	Department of Education Services (WA)
87	Department of Employment (CTH)
88	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (CTH)
89	Department of Human Services (VIC)
90	Department of Immigration and Border Protection (CTH)
91	Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (CTH)
92	Department of Local Government and Communities (WA)
93	Department of Premier and Cabinet (NSW)
94	Department of State Development (SA)
95	Education and Early Childhood Services Registration and Standards Board of South Australia
96	Education Directorate (ACT)
97	Fair Work Ombudsman
98	Higher Education Standards Panel
99	NSW Police Force
100	Northern Territory Police
101	Ombudsman (ACT)
102	Ombudsman (NSW)
103	Ombudsman (NT)
104	Ombudsman (QLD)
105	Ombudsman South Australia
106	Ombudsman Western Australia
107	Ombudsman Tasmania
108	Queensland Police
109	South Australia Police
110	Tasmania Police
111	Trade & Investment Queensland
112	Victoria Police
113	Victorian Ombudsman
114	Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority
115	Western Australia Police