Western Australian Consolidated Acts

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 1996 - SECT 61A

61A .         VET inspectors, appointment of

        (1)         In this section —

        certificate means a certificate given under subsection (3).

        (2)         The Minister, in writing, may appoint persons to investigate —

            (a)         registered training providers, including but not limited to the matters that may be inquired into under section 58D;

            (b)         suspected breaches of training contracts;

            (c)         suspected contraventions of this Act,

                on any terms the Minister decides and specifies in the appointment.

        (3)         The Minister must give each VET inspector a certificate of his or her appointment.

        (4)         A person who ceases to be a VET inspector must return his or her certificate to the Minister within 21 days.

        Penalty: a fine of $400.

        (5)         A certificate that purports to be signed by the Minister is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, evidence of its contents.

        (6)         If requested to do so and if practicable, a VET inspector must produce his or her certificate for inspection when exercising a function of a VET inspector.

        [Section 61A inserted by No. 44 of 2008 s. 40.]