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Vocational Education and Training (TAFE
Qualifications) Bill
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Clause 1 sets out the main purposes of the Bill, which are to amend the
Vocational Education and Training Act 1990 to enable TAFE
Colleges to conduct courses in higher education and issue higher
education awards and the Victorian Qualifications Authority
Act 2000 to make further provision for delegations to registered
providers.
Clause 2 specifies that the Act will come into operation on 30 June 2003.
Clause 3 amends section 6 of the Vocational Education and Training
Act 1990 to authorise the Minister to issue written directions to
TAFE College councils in relation to offering higher education
courses and awards.
Clause 4 amends section 25 of the Vocational Education and Training
Act 1990 and the functions of a TAFE College council to include
offering higher education courses and awards, if the council first
obtains approval to do so under the Tertiary Education Act
1993.
Clause 5 inserts a new 16(3) in the Victorian Qualifications Authority
Act 2000 to enable the Victorian Qualifications Authority to
delegate by instrument under its common seal powers to
registered education and training organisations to investigate
courses for accreditation.
Clause 6 is a statute law revision clause updating references in the
Vocational Education and Training Act 1990 and the
Victorian Qualifications Authority Act 2000.
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