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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 1996 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 2

42 of 1996

16 Oct 1996

s. 1 and 2: 16 Oct 1996;
Act other than s. 1 and 2, Pt. 7 and Sch. 2: 1 Jan 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 12 Nov 1996 p. 6301)

Acts Amendment (Education Loan Scheme) Act 1998 Pt. 3 and 5 3

27 of 1998

30 Jun 1998

30 Jun 1998 (see s. 2)

School Education Act 1999 s. 247

36 of 1999

2 Nov 1999

1 Jan 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 2000 p. 7904)

Vocational Education and Training Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1999 r. 3 published in Gazette 5 Nov 1999 p. 5634

1 Jan 1997 (see r. 2(2) and Gazette 12 Nov 1996 p. 6301)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2000 s. 45

24 of 2000

4 Jul 2000

4 Jul 2000 (see s. 2)

Reprint of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 as at 11 Jan 2002
(includes amendments listed above)

Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4, 5(1) and Sch. 1 cl. 174

77 of 2006

21 Dec 2006

1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)

Training Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2008 Pt. 2

44 of 2008

10 Dec 2008

10 Jun 2009 (see s. 2(2))

Reprint 2: The Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 as at 7 Aug 2009
(includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s. 88

18 of 2009

16 Sep 2009

17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b))


1a On the date as at which this was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 75 4

43 of 2000

2 Nov 2000

To be proclaimed (see s. 2)

2 Pt. 7 (s. 58-62) and Sch. 2 of this Act had not come into operation when they were deleted by the Training Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2008 s. 39 and 48.

3 The Acts Amendment (Education Loan Scheme) Act 1998 Pt. 5 reads as follows:


Part 5 — Transitional

9. Existing loans may be varied

Despite the repeal of sections 9A(5)(c) and 27C(3) of the Education Act 1928, section 17 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 and section 25A of the University of Notre Dame Australia Act 1989, the terms and conditions of a loan made under any of those provisions before the coming into operation of this Act may be varied in the same manner and to the same extent as if the provision had not been repealed.

10. Moneys may be borrowed and paid to Treasurer

(1) Any moneys advanced to the Education Minister or the Vocational Education and Training Minister under the authorisation of the Treasurer’s Advance Authorization Act 1997 for the purpose of lending under the Education Act 1928, the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 or the University of Notre Dame Australia Act 1989 and not repaid to the Treasurer before the coming into operation of this Act, are to be repaid, together with the interest accrued and due on those moneys, by the relevant Minister to the Treasurer.

(2) The Education Minister may borrow moneys under section 9D(1) of the Education Act 1928, as amended by this Act, or section 25C(1) of the University of Notre Dame Australia Act 1989, as amended by this Act, for the purpose of meeting obligations under subsection (1).

(3) The Vocational Education and Training Minister may borrow moneys under section 17A(1) of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996, as amended by this Act, for the purpose of meeting obligations under subsection (1).

(4) In this section —

Education Minister means the Minister in whom the administration of the Education Act 1928 is for the time being committed by the Governor;

Vocational Education and Training Minister means the Minister in whom the administration of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 is for the time being committed by the Governor.


4 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 75 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


75. Various provisions repealed

The provisions listed in the Table to this section are repealed.

Table of provisions repealed

Act

Provision

......................

........

Vocational Education and Training Act 1996

Sch. 4, cl. 7A

......................

........


The Schedule that it seeks to amend has been deleted.


Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
account 5(1)
apprentice 60A
approved purposes 17(4)
approved VET course 5(1)
approved VET qualification 5(1)
Board 5(1)
business arrangement 9(4), 37(1A)
certificate 61A(1)
chief executive 5(1)
class 60A
closing day 57A(1)
college 5(1)
corporation 7B(1), 7(1)
corresponding law 5(1)
Council 5(1)
document 14(5)
educational institution 5(1)
governing council 5(1)
industry training advisory body 5(1)
information 14(5)
interim governing council 5(1)
member 5(1)
other vocational education and training institution 5(1)
participate 9(4), 37(1A)
prescribed VET qualification 5(1)
private training provider 5(1)
public training provider 5(1)
registered training provider 5(1)
repealed Act Sch. 2 cl. 1(1)
school 5(1)
State Training Plan 5(1)
State training system 5(1)
training contract 60A
training market 5(2)
training provider 5(1)
university 5(1)
VET course 5(1)
VET inspector 5(1)
vocational education and training 5(1)