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1996
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
AUSTRALIA
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FUNDING AMENDMENT BILL
1996
EXPLANATORY
MEMORANDUM
(Circulated
by authority of the Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training, the
Hon Dr David Kemp MP)
78610 Cat. No. 96 4975 1 ISBN 0644
43614X
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FUNDING AMENDMENT BILL 1996
OUTLINE
The Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) was established by the
Australian National Training Authority Act 1992. General funding
for ANTA is provided for on a triennial basis by the Vocational Education and
Training Funding Act 1992 (the Act). The Act provides for a maximum amount
of general funding to be provided to ANTA. The Minister determines the actual
level of funding to be made to ANTA, up to the maximum amount set by the Act in
any one year. Additional funding for eligible off-the-job training is also
provided for by the Act on an annual basis, through a similar mechanism for
general funding.
The Vocational Education and Training Funding Amendment
Bill 1996 would amend the Act to give effect to the
following:
• the provision of normal cost supplementation in 1996
to general funding for ANTA;
• the reduction of 1997 general funding
and conditional off-the-job training funding for ANTA in line with Government
decisions; and
• the appropriation of 1998 general funding and
conditional off-the-job training funding for ANTA.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Bill would provide an increase of $13.336 million in 1996 to the current
legislated amount. It would reduce the legislated amount in 1997 by a total of
$58.555 million. The Bill would also provide a total of $893.700 million in
both general and conditional off-the-job training funding to ANTA in
1998.
NOTES ON CLAUSES
Clause 1 - Short Title
Clause 1 would set out the short
title of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 -
Commencement
Clause 2 would provide for the commencement of
the proposed Act on the day it receives the Royal Assent.
Clause 3
- Schedule
Clause 3 would provide that each Act specified in a
Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items
in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has
effect according to its terms.
SCHEDULE
Item 1 - Amendment of Section 9
This item would amend
section 9 of the Act. It would increase maximum general funding to ANTA in 1996
to a total of $858.057 million (an increase of $13.336 million on the current
legislated amount for 1996) to cover cost increases. The item would also
decrease maximum general funding to ANTA in 1997 to a total of $869.779 million
(a decrease of $57.421 million on the current legislated amount for 1997). The
item would also allocate a maximum of $872.154 million for general funding to
ANTA for 1998.
Item 2 - Amendment of Section 9A
This
item would amend section 9A of the Act by decreasing the allocation to ANTA in
1997 for eligible off-the-job training to a maximum of $21.546. million ( a
decrease of $1.134 million on the current legislated amount for 1997). This
item would also amend the Act to allocate a maximum of $21.546 million to ANTA
in 1998 for eligible off-the-job training.