Commentary on Sections Part 2: Registration and Regulation of Tertiary Education Providers Assessment of quality in higher education Section 55: Action plans following assessments under section 54
164.Following a quality assessment and published report, the registered provider providing the higher education, or the registered provider on behalf of which the higher education is provided, must—
	prepare a written statement of its planned actions to respond to the report and the timescales to address these planned actions, and
	send the action plan statement to the Commission and to the designated body (if the designated body carried out the assessment) (subsection (2)).
165.The provider must also publish the action plan statement (subsection (3)).
166.Compliance with the requirements in this section to write and publish the action plan statement is to be treated as an ongoing registration condition for registered providers for the purpose of the enforcement powers of the Commission in section 39 (directions) and section 41 (de-registration).