Hong Kong Ordinances

ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ORDINANCE - SCHEDULE 3

DESCRIPTIONS OF QUALIFICATIONS THAT MAY BE ENTERED INTO THE QUALIFICATIONS REGISTER

[sections 4, 7 & 22]

1.	A qualification obtainable from the completion of a learning 
programme, where the Accreditation Authority determines that—
(a)	the operator of the learning programme is competent to operate 
learning programmes that meet QF standards; and
(b)	the learning programme meets a QF standard.

2.	A qualification obtainable from the completion of a learning 
programme operated by a self-accrediting operator, where—
(a)	the programme has not been excluded in the brackets, if any, 
next to the name of that self-accrediting operator in Schedule 2; and
(b)	the self-accrediting operator determines that the programme 
meets a QF standard.

3.	A qualification obtainable from the completion of a learning 
programme, where—
(a)	the Accreditation Authority determines that the operator of the 
programme is competent—
(i)	to ensure that the programmes operated by the operator meet QF 
standards; and
(ii)	to determine whether the programmes operated by the operator 
meet QF standards; and
(b)	the operator determines, within any conditions or restrictions 
referred to in section 5(1) of the Ordinance, that the programme meets a 
QF standard.

4.	A qualification in relation to an industry or a branch of an 
industry, obtainable from an appointed assessment agency appointed in 
relation to that industry or that branch, where the appointed assessment 
agency determines, within any conditions or restrictions imposed by the 
Secretary under section 8(1)(c) of the Ordinance, that the qualification 
meets a QF standard.

Note:	In this Schedule, “meet a QF standard” (達到資歷架構標準)—
(a)	in relation to a learning programme, means the programme meets 
a standard such that the skills, knowledge or experience acquired on the 
completion of the programme meet all or part of the requirements under a 
level of the Qualifications Framework; or
(b)	in relation to a qualification, means the skills, knowledge or 
experience recognized by the qualification meet all or part of the 
requirements under a level of the Qualifications Framework.