Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 1995 NO 37 (REPEALED) - SECT 6

    (1)     The authority has the following functions:

        (a)     to advise the Minister on matters relating to vocational education and training generally, including adult and community education;

        (b)     to advise the Minister, in consultation with industry, in relation to policies and priorities for vocational education and training in the ACT that are consistent with the NVETS statement;

        (c)     to develop a strategic plan for vocational education and training that is both relevant to industry and consistent with the NVETS statement, and to coordinate and monitor the implementation of that plan;

        (d)     to advise the Minister in relation to priorities for, and allocation of, funds for vocational education and training in the ACT;

        (e)     to manage specified funding programs for vocational education and training and to monitor the use of funds for vocational education and training in the ACT;

        (f)     to provide programs and services to support vocational education and training in the ACT;

        (g)     to administer training agreements;

        (h)     in association with the council, to facilitate recognition and quality assurance in the provision of vocational education and training;

        (j)     to promote vocational education and training generally throughout the community;

        (k)     to promote equity in access to, and participation in, vocational education and training;

        (m)     to foster cooperation between public and private sector providers of vocational education and training and to encourage private industry to participate in the provision of vocational education and training;

        (n)     to undertake research in relation to vocational education and training in the ACT and the surrounding region;

        (p)     to inquire into and provide advice to the Minister on matters referred to the authority by the Minister in relation to vocational education and training in the ACT;

        (q)     such other functions as are conferred on the authority by or under this Act or another law of the ACT.

    (2)     Where the authority is nominated as the State training agency for the ACT under section 9, in addition to the functions listed in subsection (1), the authority has the following functions:

        (a)     to provide policy advice and information to ANTA to assist ANTA in the development of national policies and priorities for vocational education and training;

        (b)     to assist ANTA in the development of a draft national strategic plan in accordance with the NVETS statement;

        (c)     to develop, in conjunction with ANTA, an annual state training profile for the ACT in accordance with the NVETS statement;

        (d)     to manage or monitor, as appropriate, national programs and national projects under the ANTA Act within the ACT;

        (e)     to advise ANTA in relation to priorities for, and allocation of, funds for vocational education and training in the ACT;

        (f)     to ensure that the management of vocational education and training in the ACT (including the planning, regulation and provision of public and private training) is in accordance with the national strategic plan determined under the NVETS statement and the state training profile for the ACT agreed under that statement;

        (g)     to monitor the use of funds for vocational education and training in the ACT against the state training profile for the ACT;

        (h)     to provide an annual report to ANTA on the performance of the authority as the State training agency for the ACT in accordance with the NVETS statement;

        (j)     to provide annually to ANTA an audited statement of the funds for vocational education and training allocated by ANTA to the authority under the NVETS statement.