TRAINING GUARANTEE (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1990 No. 60 of 1990 - SECT 27 Meaning of eligible training program

TRAINING GUARANTEE (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1990 No. 60 of 1990 - SECT 27

27. (1) A training program is an eligible training program if:

   (a)  the program is a structured training program; and

   (b)  the sole or principal object of the program is to develop, maintain or
        improve employment related skills of employees or other persons, and a
        significant object of the program is not recreation or another matter
        that is not employment related.

(2) A training program is a structured training program if it satisfies the
following conditions:

   (a)  the program is designed or approved by a person who is appropriately
        qualified or experienced to design a training program of the relevant
        type;

   (b)  the skills to be acquired by the participants in the program are
        clearly identified before the program begins;

   (c)  the means of imparting the skills to the participants are clearly
        identified before the program begins;

   (d)  before the program begins:

        (i)    the expected program outcomes are clearly formulated; or

        (ii)   the means of identifying the extent to which the program has
               enhanced the participants' productivity are clearly formulated.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a training program may be an eligible
training program whether or not:

   (a)  it is provided personally by the employer concerned; and

   (b)  it consists of or includes on-the-job training.

(4) An eligible training program that consists of or includes on-the-job
training:

   (a)  must include periods of instruction; and

   (b)  may include related periods of closely supervised practice; but

   (c)  cannot include any generally supervised practice or work experience.

(5) A reference in paragraph (1) (b) to other persons is a reference to other
persons who are residents of Australia during the whole or a part of the year
concerned.