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EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 4.3.17A The Authority may extend the 12 month period regarding an RTO's management of the transition from superseded training packages

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 4.3.17A

The Authority may extend the 12 month period regarding an RTO's management of the transition from superseded training packages

    (1)     For the purposes of enabling an RTO to comply with the requirements stated to apply to the RTO under the RTO standards, the Authority may extend the 12 month period referred to in Condition 9 of the AQTF 2010 Essential Conditions and Standards for Continuing Registration regarding an RTO's management of the transition from superseded training packages.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1), the Authority may extend the 12 month period on its own initiative or on an application from an RTO or an interested party.

    (3)     An application referred to under subsection (2) must be—

        (a)     made in the form approved by the Authority; and

        (b)     accompanied by the relevant fee fixed by the Minister.

    (4)     The applicant must give the Authority any further information it requires to investigate and decide the application.

    (5)     The Authority must not extend the 12 month period unless it is satisfied that—

        (a)     there would be a disadvantage to vocational education and training students if the Authority did not extend the 12 month period; or

        (b)     exceptional circumstances exist.

    (6)     If the Authority decides to extend the 12 month period, either as a result of an application or on its own initiative, the Authority must ensure that details of the extension are published as soon as practicable in the Government Gazette and on the Authority's website.

    (7)     A decision made by the Authority to extend the 12 month period under this section applies to all RTOs that include the relevant superseded qualification in the RTOs' scope of registration as a result of the superseded training package.

    (8)     In this section—

AQTF 2010 Essential Conditions and Standards for Continuing Registration means the AQTF 2010 Essential Conditions and Standards for Continuing Registration as endorsed by the Ministerial Council on 9 June 2010 and as amended from time to time by the Ministerial Council;

"interested party" includes an industry group or a training provider but does not include a vocational education and training student or group of vocational education and training students.