Conditions that apply to all off-Plan funds for 2018

Conditions that apply to all off-Plan funds for 2018

Last updated 31 January 2018
Last updated 31 January 2018

These conditions apply to all off-Plan funds for 2018. They are generic conditions that are additional to the conditions specific to each fund, and conditions specific to an individual tertiary education organisation (TEO).

There are also generic conditions that apply to all on-Plan funds for 2018.

Please refer to individual funds for the conditions that are specific to each fund.

2. Conditions

Note: This numbering reflects the conditions as listed in the funding confirmation letters sent to TEOs.

Conditions are imposed pursuant to section 159ZD(2) of the Education Act. Funding is also payable subject to the statutory Conditions specified in Part 13A of the Education Act for off-Plan funding.

2.1    Supply of information

(a)  You must supply to us information relating to your financial viability, if we notify you that we require that information.

(b)  You must supply to us information about your subcontracting arrangements when we request that information.

(c)   You must notify us at least 28 days before, or as soon as practicable if it is not possible for you to notify us at least 28 days before:

(i)        you have a Change of Control (see definition below)

(ii)       you transfer (or agree to transfer) all or a material part of your assets to a third party

(iii)      you merge with or acquire any other entity or business, or

(iv)      there is any change to the persons who make up your governing body.

(d)  You must notify us immediately if:

(i)        any record required to be kept under section 159ZE of the Education Act has been lost or damaged

(ii)       you are no longer able to comply with a Condition

(iii)      your NZQA registration or accreditation is cancelled (relevant if you are a PTE)

(iv)      you have an Insolvency Event (see definition below)

(v)       you have changed your name, or

(vi)      the location or locations at which you deliver a course or courses has changed.

Definitions used in this paragraph 2.1

"Insolvency Event" means, in relation to you, the occurrence of any of the following events:

(A)   any step taken in or toward the making of any compromise, proposal or deed of arrangement with all or some of your creditors

(B)   the appointment of a liquidator, provisional liquidator, receiver, receiver and manager, voluntary administrator, statutory manager, or similar official in respect of you or the whole or part of your assets

(C)   the suspension or threatened suspension of the payment of your debts

(D)   you cease or threaten to cease to carry on all or any material part of your business or operations

(E)    a distress, attachment or other execution is levied or enforced upon, or commenced against, any of your assets and is not discharged or stayed within 10 business days, except, in each case, when we are satisfied that that you are contesting the same in good faith by appropriate proceedings

(F)    cessation of your business in New Zealand, or

(G)   any other insolvency event or proceedings analogous to any of the foregoing occurring in any relevant jurisdiction.

"Change of Control" means, in relation to a person (the "first person"), when a person acquires Control of the first person or when a person who controls the first person ceases to do so, and

"Control" means, in relation to a person (the "first person"), the ability of another person (the "second person") to ensure that the activities and business of the first person are conducted in accordance with the wishes of the second person, whether through ownership of voting shares, contract or otherwise.  Without limitation, the direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the voting rights in a body corporate is deemed to constitute Control.

2.2    Source and use of funding

(a)  You must:

(i)    not (without our prior written consent) seek or obtain any funding from any Crown source other than the TEC to fund a programme or training scheme that is delivered using the Funding, and

(ii)   notify us immediately if you become aware of any circumstances that might result in a breach of subparagraph (i) of this Condition.

(b)  You must only use the Funding:

(i)    lawfully, responsibly, and for the purposes for which the Funding is provided, and

(ii)   in a manner consistent with the appropriate use of public funds.

2.3    Fund-specific Conditions

You must comply with the Fund-specific Conditions set out in Appendix 2.

2.4    Organisation-specific Conditions

You must comply with the Organisation-specific Conditions set out in Appendix 3.

2.5    Organisation to make information available to TEC and its appointed representative for the purpose of monitoring

By accepting the Funding you are deemed to have acknowledged that one of our statutory functions is to monitor the performance of organisations receiving funding from us, and that it is a statutory condition that you must maintain certain records and supply certain information to us.  Accordingly, by accepting the Funding, you are deemed to have acknowledged that we need access to certain information to enable us to undertake our monitoring activities and, as such, you authorise us (and any representative acting on our behalf) to have reasonable access to information needed by us to undertake our review and monitoring function.  This includes you authorising us and our appointed representatives to have reasonable access to your premises and any premises where your records are kept for the purpose of enabling monitoring and review activities to be undertaken at those premises.  For the avoidance of doubt, provision of, and compliance with, the undertakings given in this paragraph 2.5 is a Condition.

3. Variations

You must contact us in the following circumstances if you:

(a)  think the Minimum Requirements may need to be amended, and/or

(b)  wish to vary delivery from that specified in the Minimum Requirements.

4. Communication and relationship management

4.1    Regular contact will be maintained for the purpose of:

(a)  us monitoring your performance against the Minimum Requirements

(b)  encouraging the on-going review and assessment of your effectiveness

(c)   providing constructive feedback that will enhance the effectiveness of your performance, and

(d)  identifying early any issues and opportunities for you to improve.

4.2    If you expect that you will not meet the Minimum Requirements, or that you will not comply with a Condition, you must advise us in writing as soon as possible.

5. Record-keeping and reporting

In addition to any specific record-keeping and reporting obligations as described in the Conditions, you must comply with your record-keeping and reporting obligations as set out in section 159ZE of the Education Act.  

6. TEC monitoring activities

6.1    We will monitor your performance against your:

(a)  compliance with the Conditions, and

(b)  delivery against the Minimum Requirements.

6.2    We will also monitor your performance against:

(a)  any initiatives implemented to reduce low-performing provision

(b)  the agreed objectives for any TEC-funded projects, and

(c)   the change expectations for you as agreed by us.

6.3    If we consider that there are persistent quality issues with the data you submit to us, we may require that the accuracy of your data is validated by a third-party.

6.4    Your performance against the Minimum 

7. Suspension or revocation of Funding

We may suspend or revoke some or all of the Funding provided under this Funding Confirmation in accordance with section 159ZF of the Education Act, in which case sections 159ZG and 159ZH of the Education Act also apply.

8. Entire confirmation

This Funding Confirmation sets out the entire understanding between you and us in relation to the Funding to be provided by us to you for the Funding Period.  This Funding Confirmation supersedes all prior verbal or written communication relating to the provision of funding to be provided by us to you for the Funding Period (including all earlier communication in respect of the approval of funding made by the Chief Executive of TEC or any other TEC official).

9. No guarantee of further funding

It is important to understand that funding approval does not mean that we:

(a)  approve any funding other than that specified in this Funding Confirmation.  This includes any Indicative Funding which requires further approval to be made by us before such funding can be considered to be “approved”, or

(b)  agree with every statement in your Application for Funding, or

(c)   will fund you in the future.

10. Definitions and Interpretation

10.1        Definitions

In this Funding Confirmation, unless the context otherwise requires:

Application for Funding means the documents submitted by you in relation to Off-plan Funding

Base Funding Confirmation means paragraphs 1 to 10 (inclusive) of this Funding Confirmation

Conditions means the funding conditions set out in paragraph 2 and Appendices 2 and 3 of this Funding Confirmation, along with any statutory funding conditions set out in the Education Act

CUAP means the New Zealand Vice-Chancellor’s Committee on University Academic Programmes

Domestic Student means a domestic student as defined in section 159 of the Education Act

Education Act means the Education Act 1989

ESOL means English for Speakers of Other Languages

Fund means any fund established by the Minister pursuant to a Funding Mechanism

Funding means any funding provided by us to you in accordance with this Funding Confirmation from any Fund, the Funds and approved amount of Funding from each Fund being set out in Appendix 1

Funding Confirmation means this Funding Confirmation, including the Base Funding Confirmation, Key Particulars, Appendices 1 to 4 (inclusive) and Attachments (if any)

Funding Mechanism means a funding mechanism determined by the Minister pursuant to section 159L of the Education Act

Funding Period means the relevant funding period for each Fund as set out in Appendix 1

GST means tax charged under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Indicative Funding means funding outlined in the Key Particulars that we intend to pay you in subsequent years, subject to future separate approval by us

ITO means a body corporate for the time being recognised under section 5 or section 8(1) of the Industry Training and Apprenticeships Act 1992

ITP means an institute of technology or polytechnic (being a polytechnic as defined in the Education Act)

Key Particulars means the ‘Key Particulars’ table on the first page of this Funding Confirmation

Minimum Requirements means the minimum requirements set out in Appendix 3, and any other commitments specified in your Application for Funding

NSN means National Student Number

NZQA means the New Zealand Qualifications Authority

NZQF means the New Zealand Qualifications Framework

NZVCC means the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee

Off-Plan Funding or Off-Plan Funds means, respectively, funding paid by us to you pursuant to section 159ZC of the Education Act, or from a Fund to which section 159ZC of the Education Act applies

Organisation means the Organisation as set out on the first page of this Funding Confirmation and all references to “you” and “your” are to the Organisation

PTE means a private training establishment

REAP provider means a rural education activities programme provider

SDR means the Single Data Return, which is the set of data items that are specifically required by the Ministry of Education and TEC for funding, monitoring performance, publishing performance information, as well as statistical reporting purposes

SDR Manual means the manual for TEOs and Student Management System Developers setting out the specifications of the Ministry of Education and TEC data requirements for the Single Data Returns for each academic year

TEC means the Tertiary Education Commission and all references to “we, “our” and “us” are to TEC

TEI means an institution as defined in section 159 of the Education Act

TEO means an organisation defined in section 159B(1) of the Education Act

University means a body referred to or established under the Education Act

Wānanga means a body established under the Education Act, and

Withdrawal means a student ceasing to participate in a course, programme or training scheme (regardless of whether they have been refunded any fees), by notice from the student to your organisation that they wish to withdraw participation or as a result of non-attendance or non-participation by a student at your organisation for any reason, regardless of whether or not the student has been refunded any fees.  Withdraw and Withdrawn have corresponding meanings.

10.2        Interpretation

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)  headings are not to be used for interpretation

(b)  the Introduction forms part of this Funding Confirmation

(c)   the singular includes the plural and vice versa

(d)  a reference to documentation (including this Funding Confirmation) includes a reference to that document as varied, supplemented or substituted from time to time

(e)  a reference to any legislation or policy includes a modification of that legislation or policy or, in the case of legislation, legislation enacted in substitution for that legislation and a regulation, order-in-council and other instrument from time to time issued or made under that legislation

(f)   a reference to an Appendix is a reference to an appendix to this Funding Confirmation

(g)  a reference to a Schedule or Attachment is a reference to a schedule or attachment (as applicable) to this Funding Confirmation

(h)  a reference to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph in this Funding Confirmation

(i)    whenever the words ‘includes’ or ‘including’ are used in this Funding Confirmation, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, and

(j)   if there is any conflict between the terms of the Funding Confirmation and any other document, including your Application for Funding, the terms of this Funding Confirmation will prevail.