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NATIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING REGULATOR ACT 2011 - SECT 6

Meaning of referred VET matters

  (1)   In this Act, referred VET matters means:

  (a)   the registration and regulation of vocational education and training organisations; and

  (b)   the accreditation or other recognition of vocational education and training courses or programs; and

  (c)   the issue and cancellation of vocational education and training qualifications or statements of attainment; and

  (d)   the standards to be complied with by a vocational education and training regulator; and

  (e)   the collection, publication, provision and sharing of information about vocational education and training; and

  (f)   the investigative powers, sanctions and enforcement in relation to any of the above.

  (2)   However, referred VET matters does not include the matter of making a law that excludes or limits the operation of a law of a referring State or a Territory to the extent that the law of the referring State or Territory makes provision with respect to:

  (a)   primary or secondary education (including the education of children subject to compulsory school education); or

  (b)   tertiary education that is recognised as higher education and not vocational education and training; or

  (c)   the rights and obligations of persons providing or undertaking apprenticeships or traineeships; or

  (d)   the qualifications or other requirements to undertake or carry out any business, occupation or other work (other than that of a vocational education and training organisation); or

  (e)   the funding by referring States or Territories of vocational education and training; or

  (f)   the establishment or management of any agency of the State or Territory that provides vocational education and training.



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