Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACT

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Objectives
   3.      Interpretation

           Part 2 - ministerial advisory board for Employment and Training

           Division 1 - Establishment and membership of Board

   4.      Establishment of Board
   5.      Functions of Board
   6.      Powers of Board
   7.      Composition of Board
   8.      Chairperson
   9.      Temporary vacancies
   10.     Period of appointment
   11.     Termination of office

           Division 2 - Meetings of Board

   12.     Calling of meetings of Board
   13.     Procedure at meetings
   14.     Chief Executive Officer to advise Board at meetings

           Division 3 - Performance of functions by Board

   15.     Board to consult industry
   16.     Direction by Minister
   17.     Committees

   PART 3 - Northern Territory Employment and Training Authority

   18.     Establishment of Authority
   19.     Composition of Authority
   20.     Functions of Authority
   21.     Powers of Authority
   22.     Funding of training
   23.     Chief Executive Officer
   24.     [Repealed]
   25.     Minister may direct Authority
   26.     Delegation to Chief Executive Officer
   27.     Delegation by Authority

   PART 4 - NATIONAL TRAINING

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   28.     Application of Part

           Division 2 - National registration

   29.     National Register and national effect of registration

           Division 3 - Registered training organisations
           Subdivision 1 - Requirement for registration

   30.     Offence to falsely claim to be an RTO
           Subdivision 2 - Registration activities in this jurisdiction
   31.     Registration and scope of registration
   31A.    Applying in this jurisdiction for registration
   31B.    Decision about registration
   31C.    Registration conditions
   31D.    Term of registration
   31E.    Amending registration on application by RTO
   31F.    Removal of registered details on registration expiry or on application
   31G.    Amending, suspending or cancelling registration without application on particular grounds
   31H.    Cancelling registration on change of business operations
   31J.    Effect of suspension of RTO's registration
   31K.    Authority to register amendment, suspension or cancellation
   31L.    Authority may issue guidelines about registration
           Subdivision 3 - Audit powers
   32.     Audit of RTO registered by Authority
   32A.    Audit of RTO registered by another registering body
   32B.    Conduct of audit
   32C.    Powers not limited by compliance audit provisions
           Subdivision 4 - Other powers
   33.     Function or power may be used to support national scheme
   33A.    Information may be made available to other registering bodies

           Division 4 - Accredited courses
           Subdivision 1 - Requirement for accreditation

   34.     Offence of falsely claiming to provide an accredited course
           Subdivision 2 - Course accreditation activities in this jurisdiction
   35.     Applying in this jurisdiction for accreditation
   36.     Decision about accreditation
   37.     Term of accreditation
   38.     Cancellation of accreditation
   39.     Expiry of accreditation
   40.     Authority may issue guidelines about accreditation

           Division 5 - Requests for reviews and inquiries into Authority's decisions

   41.     Reviewable decisions and affected persons
   41A.    Request for review
   42.     Request for inquiry

           Division 6 - Enforcement

   43.     Appointment of authorised officers
   43A.    Powers of entry
   43B.    Powers of authorised officer
   43C.    Obstructing etc. authorised officer
   43D.    Return of identity card
           [PART 5] [REPEALED]

   PART 6 - APPRENTICESHIPS

           Division 1 - Approval of types of apprenticeships

   44.     Authority to consider industry needs
   45.     Approval of types of apprenticeships

           Division 2 - Employers must be approved to take on apprentices

   46.     Employer must be approved before taking on apprentice
   47.     Approval of employer
   48.     Variation or revocation of approval of employer

           Division 3 - Training agreements
           Subdivision 1 - Registration of training agreements

   49.     Apprenticeships must be performed under registered training agreement
   50.     Applications for registration of training agreements
   51.     Contents of training agreement
   52.     Registration of training agreements
   53.     Approval of multiple agreements
   54.     Registration terminated if training schedule not registered within probationary period
   55.     Training schedules
   56.     Parties to training agreements are bound by them
           Subdivision 2 - Cancellation, termination, suspension and completion of training agreements
   57.     Termination during probationary period
   58.     Cancellation of training agreement by mutual consent of parties
   59.     Authority may cancel agreement
   60.     Authority may suspend agreement
   61.     Assignment of training agreement
   62.     Termination of assigned agreements
   63.     Completion of training agreement through attainment of competency

           Division 4 - Employer's obligations

   64.     Employer not to prevent apprentice from complying with RTO requirement
   65.     Records
   66.     Rate of wages of apprentices
   67.     Apprentices to be paid rate of wages
   68.     Slackness of trade
   69.     Stand down of apprentices etc.

           Division 5 - Miscellaneous

   70.     Review of decision and resolution of disputes
   71.     Travelling expenses and allowances
   72.     Apprenticeship register

   PART 7 - ensuring quality of training

   73.     Persons may be appointed
   74.     Powers of entry
   75.     Powers of appointed persons
   76.     Offences in respect of persons appointed under section 73

   PART 8 - Appeals and Review Tribunal

           Division 1 - Membership of Tribunal

   77.     Appeals and Review Tribunal
   78.     Composition of Tribunal
   79.     Temporary vacancies
   80.     Period of appointment
   81.     Termination of office

           Division 2 - Inquiries

   82.     Application to Tribunal
   83.     Inquiry initiated by Authority
   84.     Parties to inquiry, commencement of inquiry and notice
   85.     Conduct of inquiry
   86.     Summons
   87.     Powers of Tribunal
   88.     Notice of decision to be given

           Division 3 - Miscellaneous

   89.     Recovery of penalties
   90.     Effect of direction not to enforce condition of training agreement
   91.     Failure to comply with order of Tribunal
   92.     Protection of parties
   93.     Offences relating to inquiries
   94.     Appeal to Supreme Court

           Part 9 - Miscellaneous

           Division 1 - General requirements relating to members of Board, Authority, Tribunal or committee

   95.     Definitions
   96.     Indemnity
   97.     Confidentiality
   98.     Disclosure of interests

           Division 2 - Other

   99.     Notice to be given
   100.    Fees
   101.    Regulations
   102.    [Repealed]

           Part 10 - SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL

   103.    Savings and transitional
           Schedule