New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 2005 - SECT 22

22 Compliance audits

(1) The Board may, at any time, conduct a compliance audit of:

(a) a training organisation registered by the Board or that has applied to the Board for registration, or

(b) any of the training organisation’s operations (whether those operations are conducted in this State or elsewhere).

(2) The Board may conduct an audit of a training organisation registered by another registering body, or of any of its operations conducted in this State, if:

(a) the Board:

(i) suspects on reasonable grounds that the RTO has contravened the RTO standards, and

(ii) has advised the registering body that registered the RTO of the suspected contravention, and

(b) that registering body:

(i) within 30 days after receiving the advice, fails to take steps to deal with the suspected contravention to the satisfaction of the Board, or

(ii) at any time advises the Board that it does not propose to take any steps or further step to deal with the suspected contravention.

(3) In conducting a compliance audit the Board is to have regard to the RCAB standards.

(4) A failure to comply with subsection (3) is of no effect if the failure:

(a) does not affect the outcome of the audit, or

(b) arises out of an inconsistency between the RCAB standards and the legislation of the jurisdiction in relation to which the failure arises.

(5) This section does not limit the power of any registering body to inquire into the activities of a training organisation.