Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING REGULATOR ACT 2011 - SECT 2A

    The objects of this Act are:

  (a)   to provide for national consistency in the regulation of vocational education and training ( VET ); and

  (b)   to regulate VET using:

  (i)   a standards - based quality framework; and

  (ii)   risk assessments, where appropriate; and

  (c)   to protect and enhance:

  (i)   quality, flexibility and innovation in VET; and

  (ii)   Australia's reputation for VET nationally and internationally; and

  (d)   to provide a regulatory framework that encourages and promotes a VET system that is appropriate to meet Australia's social and economic needs for a highly educated and skilled population; and

  (e)   to protect students undertaking, or proposing to undertake, Australian VET by ensuring the provision of quality VET; and

  (f)   to facilitate access to accurate information relating to the quality of VET.

Note 1:   The standards - based quality framework mentioned in paragraph   (b) consists of instruments made by the Ministerial Council, the Minister or the National VET Regulator.

Note 2:   These objects are subject to the constitutional basis for this Act (see Division   3).