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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 1996 - SECT 58A

58A .         Offences

        (1)         A person must not claim or purport to provide an approved VET course if —

            (a)         the person is not a registered training provider; or

            (b)         the person is a registered training provider but is not permitted to provide the course by —

                  (i)         any condition of the person’s registration as a registered training provider; or

                  (ii)         any condition of the course’s accreditation; or

                  (iii)         any order of the Council;

                or

            (c)         the course is not an approved VET course.

        (2)         Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to a person who, under an arrangement with a registered training provider, provides an approved VET course on behalf of the provider while being monitored by the provider.

        (3)         A person must not confer, or claim or purport to confer, an approved VET qualification or a prescribed VET qualification if —

            (a)         the person is not a registered training provider; or

            (b)         the person is a registered training provider but is not permitted to confer the qualification by —

                  (i)         any condition of the person’s registration as a registered training provider; or

                  (ii)         any order of the Council.

        (4)         A person must not claim or purport to confer an approved VET qualification, or a prescribed VET qualification, if the qualification is not an approved VET qualification or a prescribed VET qualification.

        (5)         A person must not claim or purport to be a registered training provider if —

            (a)         the person is not a registered training provider; or

            (b)         the person is a registered training provider but the Council has ordered the person not to operate in this State.

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000.

        [Section 58A inserted by No. 44 of 2008 s. 38.]



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