Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) In this Act:
"accreditation" means accreditation of vocational education and training courses under division 5.1.
"accredited course" means a sequence of vocational education and training that is accredited under this Act or under a corresponding law of a State or another Territory.
"ANTA" means the Australian National Training Authority established by the ANTA Act.
"ANTA Act" means the Australian National Training Authority Act 1992 (Cwlth).
"approved training" means a sequence of vocational education and training that is the subject of a determination in force under section 25.
"approved training agreement" means a training agreement approved by the Authority under section 30 (2) (a).
"approved variation" means a variation of an approved training agreement—
(a) approved by the Authority under section 36 (2) (a); or
(b) made by the Authority under section 37.
"authority" means the Vocational Education and Training Authority established by section 5.
"council" means the Accreditation and Registration Council established by section 12.
"employer" means the person who is obliged under a training agreement to employ the trainee.
"federal award" means—
(a) an award or order that has been reduced to writing under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cwlth), section 143 (1); or
(b) an enterprise flexibility agreement within the meaning of that Act; or
(c) a certified agreement within the meaning of that Act.
"industrial award" means—
(a) a federal award; or
(b) an award, determination or order made by a prescribed person, tribunal or body under a prescribed law of the ACT.
"joint industry training council" means the body corporate known as the Joint Industry Training Council Incorporated or any of its successors.
"NVETS statement" means the statement (a copy of which is set out in the ANTA Act) entitled A National Vocational Education and Training System agreed on by the Commonwealth, the States, the Territory and the Northern Territory and published on 21 July 1992.
"prescribed vocation" means a trade or other vocation that is the subject of a determination in force under section 26.
"registered provider" means a vocational education and training provider who is registered under section 19 (1) (a).
"registration" means registration of vocational education and training providers under division 5.2.
"relevant body" means the authority or the council, as the case requires.
"trade" means a trade for an industrial award.
"trades and labour council" means the body corporate known as the Trades and Labour Council of the Australian Capital Territory Incorporated.
"trainee" means the person who is obliged under a training agreement to undertake training.
"training agreement" means a written agreement between a trainee and his or her employer, the terms of which are in accordance with the terms determined by the authority under section 33.
"university" means a higher education institution that is—
(a) established or recognised as a university under a law of the Commonwealth or a State; or
(b) established in a foreign country and recognised by the authority in the foreign country that, in the Minister's opinion, based on reasonable grounds, is the competent authority for the purpose; or
(c) recognised by the regulations as a university.
(2) In this Act, a reference to varying a training agreement includes a reference to—
(a) shortening or extending the duration of the agreement; or
(b) suspending the operation of the agreement for a specified period; or
(c) standing down the trainee for a specified period; or
(d)
terminating the agreement.