VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2009 - REG 53

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2009 - REG 53

53 .         Procedure on applications

        (1)         This regulation applies to and in relation to any application made to the chief executive under Part 7 Division 2 of the Act or under regulation 39, 40, 46, 47 or 48, or any determination made under regulation 52A.

        (2)         In relation to an application or determination, the chief executive —

            (a)         may inform himself or herself in any way he or she thinks fit; and

            (b)         must give a reasonable opportunity to provide evidence and make submissions relevant to the application or determination to —

                  (i)         each party to any training contract to which the application or determination relates; and

                  (ii)         any other person who may or will be affected by the outcome of the application or determination or who, in the chief executive’s opinion, has a sufficient interest in the application or determination;

                and

            (c)         may conduct a hearing; and

            (d)         may allow a person referred to in paragraph (b) to be represented at any such hearing.

        (3)         As soon as practicable after deciding the application or determination, the chief executive must give the parties to the application or determination written notice of the decision and the reasons for it.

        [Regulation 53 amended: Gazette 27 Jan 2016 p. 223‑4.]