VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2009 - REG 12

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2009 - REG 12

12 .         Registering training providers

        (1)         In this regulation, a person is an associate of another person if —

            (a)         one is a parent, spouse, de facto partner or child of the other; or

            (b)         one is an employer or employee of the other; or

            (c)         they are partners in a partnership; or

            (d)         one is a body corporate and the other —

                  (i)         is a director or a member of the governing body of the body corporate; or

                  (ii)         is otherwise involved in the control or management of the body corporate; or

                  (iii)         has a legal or equitable interest in 5% or more of the share capital of the body corporate;

                or

            (e)         one is the trustee or beneficiary of a trust of which the other is also a trustee or beneficiary; or

            (f)         a chain of relationships can be traced between them under one or more of the preceding paragraphs.

        (2)         This regulation applies whether the Council is deciding a registration application, or deciding on its own initiative whether to register a training provider.

        (3)         The Council must not register a training provider unless it is satisfied that the provider satisfies the criteria for making an application for registration under regulation 10(1) and has sufficient resources to be a training provider and that —

            (a)         the provider complies with the conditions of registration, the registration standards and the AQF; or

            (b)         an audit has been conducted on the provider within the previous 3 months and the provider has been found to comply with the conditions of registration, the registration standards and the AQF; or

            (c)         the provider is registered under a corresponding law and the registration application does not seek either —

                  (i)         a scope of registration; or

                  (ii)         a condition of its registration,

                that differs from the scope or any condition of its registration under the corresponding law.

        (4)         The Council must not register a training provider who is registered under a corresponding law or the Commonwealth Act until the Council receives a notice from the relevant registering body that the registering body has cancelled the provider’s registration.

        (5)         The Council must not register a training provider unless the provider has paid the registration fee set under regulation 23.

        (6)         The Council may refuse to register a training provider if it is not satisfied the provider is a fit and proper person to be registered having regard to —

            (a)         the prior conduct of the provider or an associate of the provider (whether in WA or elsewhere); and

            (b)         any other matter the Council considers relevant.

        (7)         If the Council decides to register a training provider, it must do the following —

            (a)         include this information on the register —

                  (i)         the provider’s personal details;

                  (ii)         the provider’s scope of registration;

                  (iii)         any condition of the registration imposed under regulation 13(3)(c) ;

            (b)         give the applicant a registration document;

            (c)         give the applicant written notice of each condition to which the registration is subject under regulation 13.

        [Regulation 12 amended: Gazette 25 Oct 2011 p. 4509; 17 Dec 2013 p. 6221; 10 Mar 2015 p. 828‑9.]