Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

VOCATIONAL TRAINING ACT 1989 (NO. 2 OF 1989) - SECT 42

42. (1) The Authority may, upon application, determine that all or part of a period of training undertaken by the applicant in accordance with—

        (a)     an approved training program;

        (b)     a training program accredited by the Authority;

        (c)     a course of pre-vocational training approved under section 91; or

        (d)     any other course of training;

shall, whether or not the program or course has been completed by the applicant, be counted as a period of training in accordance with an approved training program under a contract of training.

(2) For the purpose of determining whether a trainee has completed an approved training program for a prescribed vocation under a contract of training, any period of training determined under subsection (1) in respect of that person in relation to that vocation shall be taken to have been undertaken by that person in accordance with that program under the contract of training.

(3) Where the Authority makes a determination under subsection (1), the Chief Executive shall give the applicant a notice in writing setting out the terms of the determination.

(4) Where the Authority refuses to make such a determination, the Chief Executive shall, within 14 days after the date of the refusal, give the applicant a notice in writing of that refusal.