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TASMANIA
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
AMENDMENT BILL 2002
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
AMENDMENT BILL 2002
(Brought in by the Minister for Education, the Honourable
Paula Catherine Wriedt)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Vocational Education and
Training Act 1994
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled,
as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Vocational Education and
Training Amendment Act 2002.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Vocational Education and Training Act
1994* is referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 88 of 1994
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Amendment
Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by inserting the following definition after the
definition of "ANTA":
"Australian Qualifications
Framework" means the policy of
that name, defining all
qualifications recognised
nationally in post-compulsory
education and training within
Australia, endorsed by the
Ministerial Council on Education,
Employment, Training and Youth
Affairs so as to commence on 12
January 1995, as from time to
time amended;
(b) by omitting the definition of "trainee" and
substituting the following definition:
"trainee" means an employee who,
whether described as a trainee,
apprentice or otherwise, is a party
to a training agreement that
provides for the employee to
undergo a training program
leading to a qualification under
the Australian Qualifications
Framework;
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