Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING REGULATOR ACT 2011 (NO. 12, 2011) - SECT 9

Laws of referring States

             (1)  An NVR registered training organisation that operates in a referring State is not subject to a law of the referring State that relates to a referred VET matter (other than a law that applies whether or not a person is a training organisation).

Laws of a Territory

             (2)  An NVR registered training organisation that operates in a Territory is not subject to a law of the Territory that relates to a referred VET matter (other than a law that applies whether or not a person is a training organisation).

Laws of non-referring States

             (3)  To the extent that a registered training organisation is an NVR registered training organisation that operates in a non-referring State, the organisation is not subject to a law of the non-referring State that relates to:

                     (a)  the registration and regulation of vocational education and training organisations (other than secondary schools); or

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

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

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

                     (e)  the investigative powers, sanctions and enforcement in relation to any of the above;

other than a law that applies whether or not a person is a training organisation.