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  1. The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority
  2. Laws and Regulations
  3. Laws
  4. The Vocational Education Act
  5. Chapter 1 Objective and scope

Act relating to tertiary vocational education (The Vocational Education Act)

Section 1. Objective

Section 2. Scope of the Act

Section 3. The county authority's responsibility for tertiary vocational education

Section 4. Definition and quality assurance of tertiary vocational education

Section 5. Accreditation of tertiary vocational education

Section 6. Protection of the designations tertiary vocational education and tertiary vocational college

Section 7. General approval of foreign tertiary vocational education

Section 8. Recognition and exemption

Section 9. The board's responsibility

Section 10. Composition of the board

Section 11. Quorum and board meetings

Section 12. Rector

Section 13. Organisation

Section 14. Student body and student representation

Section 14 a. Student ombudsperson

Section 15. Learning environment

Section 16. Admission

Section 17. The content of the education

Section 18. Degrees

Section 19. Diplomas

Section 20. Appeals committees

Section 21. Final assessment, examination and examination results

Section 22. Right to have an explanation and to appeal the grading

Section 23. Appeals regarding procedural errors in the examination

Section 24. Annulment of examination or test

Section 25. Expulsion and exclusion

Section 26. Assessment of suitability

Section 27. Requirement for police certificate

Section 28. Right to leave of absence in connection with birth and caring for children

Section 29. State support and student fees

Section 30. Agreements with closely related parties

Section 31. Supervision

Section 32. Reporting

Section 33. Financial statements and audits

Section 34. Order to correct

Section 35. Order to repay back the state support

Section 36. Coercive fine

Section 37. Violation fine

Section 38. Withdrawal of accreditation

Section 39. Relationship to the Public Administration Act

Section 40. Trials

Section 41. National certificate and grades portal (Diploma Registry)

Section 42. Reporting to a statistics database concerning tertiary vocational education

Section 43. Prohibition on clothing that partly or fully covers the face

Section 44. Entry into force and transitional rules

Section 45. Amendments to other acts

Chapter 1 Objective and scope

Section 1. Objective Section 2. Scope of the Act Section 3. The county authority's responsibility for tertiary vocational education

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