New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 2005 - SECT 24

24 Falsely claiming to provide accredited course and unlawful advertising of courses

(1) A person must not claim that a course provided, or to be provided, by the person is an accredited course unless it is an accredited course.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is taken to claim that a course provided, or to be provided, by the person is an accredited course if the person does anything likely to induce another person to believe the course is an accredited course.

(3) A person must not advertise or otherwise represent:

(a) that a particular course that is, has been or is to be provided by that or any other person is, has been or is to be accredited (however expressed), or

(b) that courses generally that are, have been or are to be provided by that or any other person are, have been or are to be so accredited,

unless the person includes in the advertisement or representation the name of the person by which the accreditation has been or is to be given.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.