Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister must
not act under this section without having received and considered the
Board’s advice and recommendation given after it has consulted in
accordance with the regulations.
(2) Any act done by
the Minister under this section must be done in writing and be published in
the Gazette .
(3) The Minister must
classify each prescribed VET qualification that it is possible to confer in
respect of occupations, businesses, employments or trades into one of these 3
classes —
(a)
class A qualifications, being qualifications that a person cannot obtain
except by fulfilling the obligations of an apprentice under a training
contract;
(b)
class B qualifications, being qualifications that a person may, but need not,
obtain by fulfilling the obligations of an apprentice under a training
contract;
(c)
class C qualifications, being qualifications that a person cannot obtain by
fulfilling the obligations of an apprentice under a training contract.
(4) The classification
of a prescribed VET qualification does not limit the operation of
Division 3.
(5) The Minister
may —
(a)
classify a prescribed VET qualification on any condition the Minister decides;
and
(b) in
relation to a class A or class B qualification, impose any requirement for
training contracts for the qualification the Minister decides, including but
not limited to —
(i)
pre-conditions to be satisfied before training contracts
for the qualification can be entered into; and
(ii)
the period and terms of the contracts.
(6) The Minister may
vary the classification of a prescribed VET qualification and vary or cancel
any condition or requirement imposed under subsection (5).
(7) The chief
executive must keep and make available to the public a register of this
information —
(a)
class A and class B qualifications;
(b) any
conditions applicable to those qualifications;
(c) any
requirements applicable to training contracts for those qualifications.
[Section 60C inserted by No. 44 of 2008
s. 39.]