(1) The functions of the Board are —
(a) to be responsible for safeguarding the interest of the Government, the public and students in the achievement of acceptable academic standards for offshore higher education institutions;
(b) to consider and decide on applications for licensing submitted to the Board under section 17;
(c) to maintain a record of offshore higher education institutions that are licensed by the Board and the programmes of study that are accredited by an accrediting body;
(d) to monitor the quality of higher education programmes of study offered by offshore higher education institutions and any degrees or certification they confer so as to ensure that they meet and maintain the standards prescribed or approved by an accrediting body;
(e) to promote an ethos of quality assurance and quality improvement by supporting the process of accreditation of programmes of study in offshore higher education institutions by an accrediting body;
(f) to advise the Minister on the standards, requirements and regulations with which an offshore higher education institution must comply in order to be licensed by the Board;
(g) to advise the Minister on any matter relevant to compliance by an offshore higher education institution under this Act;
(h) to revoke a licence granted to any offshore higher education institution, if after enquiry, the Board considers that there is good and sufficient cause to do so;
(i) to do or cause to be done such other things as the Board considers expedient or necessary for the performance of its functions under this Act.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the Board is the principal body in Saint Lucia for conducting the licensing of offshore higher education institutions and advising on the standards to be maintained by offshore higher education institutions.