{"id":"qld:sl-2024-0168","name":"Further Education and Training Regulation 2024","slug":"further-education-and-training-regulation-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"qld","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"168 of 2024","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173711,"registerId":"qld-sl-2024-0168-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"pt.1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"sec.1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### sec.1 Short title\n\nThis regulation may be cited as the Further Education and Training Regulation 2024 .","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"sec.2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### sec.2 Commencement\n\nThis regulation commences on 1 September 2024.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"pt.2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Requirements for apprenticeship or traineeship","content":"# Requirements for apprenticeship or traineeship","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"sec.3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirements for apprenticeship or traineeship— Act , s 8","content":"### sec.3 Requirements for apprenticeship or traineeship— Act , s 8\n\nFor section 8 (3) (c) of the Act , a declaration of an apprenticeship or traineeship under section 8 (2) of the Act may include the following prescribed requirements for the apprenticeship or traineeship—\nthe level of education a person must have reached before starting the apprenticeship or traineeship;\nthat a person can not start the apprenticeship or traineeship without prior written approval of a nominated entity for the apprenticeship or traineeship;\nthat a person completing the apprenticeship or traineeship (the relevant apprentice or trainee ) must be supervised;\nif the relevant apprentice or trainee must be supervised—\nthe qualifications and experience the supervisor must have; and\nthat the supervisor—\nmay also, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; or\nmust not, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; and\nfor a supervisor who may supervise other apprentices or trainees under subparagraph (ii) (A) —the number of other apprentices or trainees the supervisor may supervise;\nother requirements relating to the nature and quality of the supervision of the apprenticeship or traineeship that the chief executive considers relevant.\nIn this section—\nnominated entity , for an apprenticeship or traineeship, means an employer group, industry body or regulatory authority nominated in the declaration of the apprenticeship or traineeship under section 8 (2) of the Act .\n(sec.3-ssec.1) For section 8 (3) (c) of the Act , a declaration of an apprenticeship or traineeship under section 8 (2) of the Act may include the following prescribed requirements for the apprenticeship or traineeship— the level of education a person must have reached before starting the apprenticeship or traineeship; that a person can not start the apprenticeship or traineeship without prior written approval of a nominated entity for the apprenticeship or traineeship; that a person completing the apprenticeship or traineeship (the relevant apprentice or trainee ) must be supervised; if the relevant apprentice or trainee must be supervised— the qualifications and experience the supervisor must have; and that the supervisor— may also, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; or must not, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; and for a supervisor who may supervise other apprentices or trainees under subparagraph (ii) (A) —the number of other apprentices or trainees the supervisor may supervise; other requirements relating to the nature and quality of the supervision of the apprenticeship or traineeship that the chief executive considers relevant.\n(sec.3-ssec.2) In this section— nominated entity , for an apprenticeship or traineeship, means an employer group, industry body or regulatory authority nominated in the declaration of the apprenticeship or traineeship under section 8 (2) of the Act .\n- (a) the level of education a person must have reached before starting the apprenticeship or traineeship;\n- (b) that a person can not start the apprenticeship or traineeship without prior written approval of a nominated entity for the apprenticeship or traineeship;\n- (c) that a person completing the apprenticeship or traineeship (the relevant apprentice or trainee ) must be supervised;\n- (d) if the relevant apprentice or trainee must be supervised— (i) the qualifications and experience the supervisor must have; and (ii) that the supervisor— (A) may also, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; or (B) must not, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; and (iii) for a supervisor who may supervise other apprentices or trainees under subparagraph (ii) (A) —the number of other apprentices or trainees the supervisor may supervise;\n- (i) the qualifications and experience the supervisor must have; and\n- (ii) that the supervisor— (A) may also, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; or (B) must not, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; and\n- (A) may also, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; or\n- (B) must not, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; and\n- (iii) for a supervisor who may supervise other apprentices or trainees under subparagraph (ii) (A) —the number of other apprentices or trainees the supervisor may supervise;\n- (e) other requirements relating to the nature and quality of the supervision of the apprenticeship or traineeship that the chief executive considers relevant.\n- (i) the qualifications and experience the supervisor must have; and\n- (ii) that the supervisor— (A) may also, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; or (B) must not, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; and\n- (A) may also, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; or\n- (B) must not, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; and\n- (iii) for a supervisor who may supervise other apprentices or trainees under subparagraph (ii) (A) —the number of other apprentices or trainees the supervisor may supervise;\n- (A) may also, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; or\n- (B) must not, at a place the apprenticeship or traineeship is being completed, supervise other apprentices or trainees; and","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"pt.3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Training records","content":"# Training records","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"sec.4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prescribed training records","content":"### sec.4 Prescribed training records\n\nFor section 41 of the Act , definition misconduct , paragraph (b) (i) , a record of the apprentice’s or trainee’s progress towards, and achievement of, the competencies outlined in the apprentice’s or trainee’s training plan, is prescribed as a training record.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"sec.5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirement to give training records","content":"### sec.5 Requirement to give training records\n\nThe supervising registered training organisation for the apprentice or trainee must give a training record mentioned in section 4 to the apprentice or trainee within 14 days after all parties sign a training plan for the apprentice or trainee.\nMaximum penalty—20 penalty units.\nThis section does not apply if—\na training plan for the apprentice or trainee is signed because of the permanent, temporary or statutory transfer of the registered training contract; and\nthe apprentice or trainee has a training record for the apprenticeship or traineeship that was provided by the supervising registered training organisation under subsection (1) .\n(sec.5-ssec.1) The supervising registered training organisation for the apprentice or trainee must give a training record mentioned in section 4 to the apprentice or trainee within 14 days after all parties sign a training plan for the apprentice or trainee. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.\n(sec.5-ssec.2) This section does not apply if— a training plan for the apprentice or trainee is signed because of the permanent, temporary or statutory transfer of the registered training contract; and the apprentice or trainee has a training record for the apprenticeship or traineeship that was provided by the supervising registered training organisation under subsection (1) .\n- (a) a training plan for the apprentice or trainee is signed because of the permanent, temporary or statutory transfer of the registered training contract; and\n- (b) the apprentice or trainee has a training record for the apprenticeship or traineeship that was provided by the supervising registered training organisation under subsection (1) .","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"sec.6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Keeping training records","content":"### sec.6 Keeping training records\n\nFor section 41 of the Act , definition misconduct , paragraph (b) (i) , the prescribed way to keep a training record is as follows—\nthe record must be in the form decided by the supervising registered training organisation for the apprentice or trainee;\nthe record must be complete and accurate with the particulars of training completed by the apprentice or trainee;\nthe record must be in the possession of the apprentice or trainee unless the apprentice or trainee has produced it to a person under the Act ;\nthe record must be kept by the apprentice or trainee for the duration of the apprenticeship or traineeship.\nIf training is required to be delivered by the employer, for subsection (1) (b) , the employer must, at reasonable intervals of not more than 3 months, require the apprentice or trainee to produce the training record to the employer to be updated.\nThe chief executive may, by reasonable notice, require the apprentice or trainee to produce the training record to the chief executive for inspection.\nSee also section 41 of the Act , definition misconduct , paragraph (b) (ii) .\n(sec.6-ssec.1) For section 41 of the Act , definition misconduct , paragraph (b) (i) , the prescribed way to keep a training record is as follows— the record must be in the form decided by the supervising registered training organisation for the apprentice or trainee; the record must be complete and accurate with the particulars of training completed by the apprentice or trainee; the record must be in the possession of the apprentice or trainee unless the apprentice or trainee has produced it to a person under the Act ; the record must be kept by the apprentice or trainee for the duration of the apprenticeship or traineeship.\n(sec.6-ssec.2) If training is required to be delivered by the employer, for subsection (1) (b) , the employer must, at reasonable intervals of not more than 3 months, require the apprentice or trainee to produce the training record to the employer to be updated.\n(sec.6-ssec.3) The chief executive may, by reasonable notice, require the apprentice or trainee to produce the training record to the chief executive for inspection. See also section 41 of the Act , definition misconduct , paragraph (b) (ii) .\n- (a) the record must be in the form decided by the supervising registered training organisation for the apprentice or trainee;\n- (b) the record must be complete and accurate with the particulars of training completed by the apprentice or trainee;\n- (c) the record must be in the possession of the apprentice or trainee unless the apprentice or trainee has produced it to a person under the Act ;\n- (d) the record must be kept by the apprentice or trainee for the duration of the apprenticeship or traineeship.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"sec.7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Recording training delivered by supervising registered training organisation","content":"### sec.7 Recording training delivered by supervising registered training organisation\n\nIf training is required to be delivered by the supervising registered training organisation for an apprenticeship or traineeship, the supervising registered training organisation must, at reasonable intervals of not more than 3 months—\nrequire the apprentice or trainee to produce a training record mentioned in section 4 ; and\nif the training record is produced—update and keep the record complete and accurate with the particulars of training completed by the apprentice or trainee.\nMaximum penalty—20 penalty units.\n- (a) require the apprentice or trainee to produce a training record mentioned in section 4 ; and\n- (b) if the training record is produced—update and keep the record complete and accurate with the particulars of training completed by the apprentice or trainee.","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Prescribed documents and fees","content":"# Prescribed documents and fees","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"sec.8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prescribed documents— Act , s 195","content":"### sec.8 Prescribed documents— Act , s 195\n\nFor section 195 (1) of the Act , a document mentioned in schedule 1 , column 1 is prescribed.\nA reference in schedule 1 to a document includes a same or similar document that was issued under the repealed Act or another repealed Act relating to apprenticeships or traineeships.\nA reference in schedule 1 to an apprenticeship or traineeship includes—\nemployment-based training that was, but is no longer, declared to be an apprenticeship or traineeship under section 8 (2) of the Act ; and\nemployment-based training (however described), of a type similar to an apprenticeship or traineeship, provided for by the repealed Act or another repealed Act relating to apprenticeships or traineeships.\n(sec.8-ssec.1) For section 195 (1) of the Act , a document mentioned in schedule 1 , column 1 is prescribed.\n(sec.8-ssec.2) A reference in schedule 1 to a document includes a same or similar document that was issued under the repealed Act or another repealed Act relating to apprenticeships or traineeships.\n(sec.8-ssec.3) A reference in schedule 1 to an apprenticeship or traineeship includes— employment-based training that was, but is no longer, declared to be an apprenticeship or traineeship under section 8 (2) of the Act ; and employment-based training (however described), of a type similar to an apprenticeship or traineeship, provided for by the repealed Act or another repealed Act relating to apprenticeships or traineeships.\n- (a) employment-based training that was, but is no longer, declared to be an apprenticeship or traineeship under section 8 (2) of the Act ; and\n- (b) employment-based training (however described), of a type similar to an apprenticeship or traineeship, provided for by the repealed Act or another repealed Act relating to apprenticeships or traineeships.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"sec.9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prescribed fees— Act , ss 195 and 197","content":"### sec.9 Prescribed fees— Act , ss 195 and 197\n\nThe fees payable under the Act are stated in schedule 1 , column 2.\nThe chief executive may waive payment of a fee stated in schedule 1 if the chief executive considers that there are exceptional circumstances to do so.\n(sec.9-ssec.1) The fees payable under the Act are stated in schedule 1 , column 2.\n(sec.9-ssec.2) The chief executive may waive payment of a fee stated in schedule 1 if the chief executive considers that there are exceptional circumstances to do so.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"pt.5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Repeal and transitional provisions","content":"# Repeal and transitional provisions","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"sec.10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definition for part","content":"### sec.10 Definition for part\n\nIn this part—\nrepealed regulation means the repealed Further Education and Training Regulation 2014 .","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"sec.11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Repeal","content":"### sec.11 Repeal\n\nThe Further Education and Training Regulation 2014 , SL No. 103 is repealed.","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"sec.12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirements included in existing declaration","content":"### sec.12 Requirements included in existing declaration\n\nRequirements included in a declaration of an apprenticeship or traineeship under section 8 (2) of the Act that were prescribed under the repealed regulation are taken to be requirements prescribed under this regulation.","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"sec.13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Continuation of training record","content":"### sec.13 Continuation of training record\n\nThis section applies to a training record given to an apprentice or trainee under the repealed regulation for an apprenticeship or traineeship that has not ended.\nThe training record is taken to be a training record under this regulation.\nIf training is required to be delivered by the employer or supervising registered training organisation for the apprenticeship or traineeship, any interval of not more than 3 months, in which a training record must be updated, continues from the date that interval started even if the start date was before the commencement of this regulation.\n(sec.13-ssec.1) This section applies to a training record given to an apprentice or trainee under the repealed regulation for an apprenticeship or traineeship that has not ended.\n(sec.13-ssec.2) The training record is taken to be a training record under this regulation.\n(sec.13-ssec.3) If training is required to be delivered by the employer or supervising registered training organisation for the apprenticeship or traineeship, any interval of not more than 3 months, in which a training record must be updated, continues from the date that interval started even if the start date was before the commencement of this regulation.","sortOrder":17}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"sec.6(1)(c) and sec.6(3)","severity":"low","reasoning":"While not strictly absurd, placing sole custodial responsibility for an official training record on an apprentice (often a minor or young adult) with a penalty regime attached creates a structural risk. There is no provision for duplicate records, replacement records, or who bears responsibility if the record is lost. The apprentice could theoretically face misconduct findings under s.41 of the Act for failing to maintain a record that was lost through no fault of their own.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The training record must be 'in the possession of the apprentice or trainee' at all times (unless produced to a person under the Act), yet the chief executive may require the apprentice or trainee to produce the record for inspection. These two provisions are coherent in isolation, but combined with sec.6(1)(d) requiring the apprentice to 'keep' the record, the regulation places the burden of physical custody entirely on the apprentice — a potentially vulnerable junior worker — with no mechanism for what happens if the record is lost, damaged or destroyed."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"sec.5(2)(b)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Section 5(2) disapplies the s.5(1) obligation on transfer if the apprentice already has a record provided under s.5(1). If s.5(1) was complied with, the apprentice has the record and the exception makes sense operationally but adds nothing — the obligation was already discharged. If s.5(1) was never complied with (e.g. a breach occurred), the exception cannot apply, meaning the transferring RTO's non-compliance cannot be remedied by the exception. The drafting is therefore circular and provides no meaningful additional protection or flexibility.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The exception to the obligation to provide a training record on transfer refers back to a record 'provided by the supervising registered training organisation under subsection (1)' — but subsection (1) is the very obligation being excepted. This creates a circular self-referential condition: the exception applies only if the obligation has already been complied with, making the exception redundant in all cases where the obligation was met, and inapplicable in all cases where it was not."},{"type":"other","section":"sec.3(1)(d)(ii)","severity":"low","reasoning":"The binary structure of (A) or (B) assumes every declaration will select one option. If a declaration omits this requirement entirely (since all of s.3(1) is discretionary — it 'may include' requirements), there is no default position on whether a supervisor can supervise multiple apprentices. Sub-paragraph (iii) also only triggers when (A) is chosen, creating an asymmetric structure where permission to supervise multiple people is capped but the prohibition option has no corresponding nuance.","confidence":0.58,"description":"The regulation prescribes that a declaration may include a requirement that a supervisor either MAY supervise other apprentices/trainees OR MUST NOT supervise other apprentices/trainees. These are presented as alternatives (A) or (B). However, subparagraph (iii) then only provides for a maximum number condition when option (A) applies. There is no mechanism to prescribe a minimum number, or to address what happens if a declaration is silent on which option applies — leaving a gap where neither (A) nor (B) is selected."},{"type":"other","section":"sec.6(2) and sec.7","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Section 6(1)(c) requires the record to be in the apprentice's possession. Section 6(2) requires the employer to demand production of the record at least every 3 months. Section 7 requires the supervising RTO to also demand production at least every 3 months. In an apprenticeship where the employer delivers some training and the RTO delivers some training, both obligations apply. There is no coordination mechanism, no provision for concurrent demands, and no clarity on what happens if the apprentice produces the record to the employer exactly when the RTO demands it. The physical single-copy custody model collapses under dual concurrent obligations.","confidence":0.78,"description":"Both sec.6(2) and sec.7 impose a 3-month maximum interval obligation for updating training records, but they impose it on different parties — the employer (sec.6(2)) and the supervising registered training organisation (sec.7) — without specifying what happens when both obligations apply simultaneously to the same apprenticeship. Both parties would independently be demanding production of the same physical record held by the apprentice."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"sec.6(1)(c)","section_b":"sec.6(2)","confidence":0.82,"description":"Section 6(1)(c) requires the training record to be 'in the possession of the apprentice or trainee' at all times (subject to having produced it under the Act). Section 6(2) requires the employer to compel the apprentice to produce the record to the employer for updating. During the period the employer holds the record for updating, the apprentice is not in possession of it, yet no exception to sec.6(1)(c) is created for employer-directed production under sec.6(2), unlike the explicit carve-out for production 'to a person under the Act'."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"sec.6(1)(b)","section_b":"sec.7(b)","confidence":0.75,"description":"Section 6(1)(b) prescribes that the training record 'must be complete and accurate' — an obligation placed on the apprentice or trainee as part of the prescribed keeping requirements. Section 7(b) places the obligation to 'update and keep the record complete and accurate' on the supervising registered training organisation. The same obligation — maintaining completeness and accuracy of the same record — is thus simultaneously imposed on two different parties with no mechanism to resolve conflicts, disagreements about accuracy, or allocation of responsibility when the record is inaccurate."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"sec.5(1)","section_b":"sec.7(a)","confidence":0.7,"description":"Section 5(1) requires the supervising RTO to give the training record to the apprentice within 14 days of signing a training plan. Section 7(a) then requires the supervising RTO to, at intervals of not more than 3 months, 'require the apprentice or trainee to produce' that same training record back to the RTO. This creates an ongoing cycle where the RTO issues the record, demands it back, updates it, and presumably returns it — yet the regulation contains no obligation on the RTO to return the record to the apprentice after each production under sec.7, potentially leaving the apprentice indefinitely without possession in breach of sec.6(1)(c)."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"sec.8(3)(a)","section_b":"sec.8(3)(b)","confidence":0.55,"description":"Section 8(3)(a) extends the definition of 'apprenticeship or traineeship' in schedule 1 to include training that 'was, but is no longer, declared to be an apprenticeship or traineeship under section 8(2) of the Act.' Section 8(3)(b) extends it to include training 'of a type similar to an apprenticeship or traineeship' under repealed Acts. These two extensions have different scope and boundary conditions but no hierarchy or conflict resolution rule. Training that was formerly declared (s.8(3)(a)) and training that is merely 'similar' (s.8(3)(b)) may overlap or conflict in their application to document production obligations under s.195 of the Act, with no guidance on which characterisation prevails."}]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation appears to be a straightforward replacement and modernisation of the 2014 regulation. It maintains the same core focus — apprenticeship/traineeship entry requirements, training record-keeping obligations, fees, and prescribed documents — without materially expanding or narrowing its scope. Transitional provisions confirm continuity of purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple layers of cross-references to a parent Act (the Further Education and Training Act) requiring that Act to be consulted for full context","Nested conditional provisions — particularly around supervision rules (who can supervise, how many, under what conditions)","Multiple duty-holders with overlapping obligations (apprentice, employer, RTO, chief executive), which can make it hard to identify which rule applies to whom","Transitional provisions require understanding of both the old 2014 regulation and the new one to determine what obligations continue","Broad discretionary powers given to the chief executive with limited specifics, creating uncertainty about practical application","References to a schedule (schedule 1) for fees and documents not reproduced in the text, limiting a standalone reading"],"plain_english_summary":"This Queensland regulation, effective 1 September 2024, updates practical rules for apprenticeships and traineeships—covering who can start, supervision limits, record-keeping, fees and recognised documents. It applies to apprentices/trainees, employers, RTOs and supervisors.\n\nIts key practical effect is requiring timely, accurate training records (RTOs must provide records within 14 days; parties must keep and regularly update them), establishes inspection and penalty powers, and preserves existing arrangements from the 2014 rules."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward remake of the 2014 regulation with no significant expansion beyond the original scope. It maintains the same structure covering apprenticeship requirements, training records, and administrative matters. The transitional provisions confirm this is a replacement rather than an expansion."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple nested subparagraphs in section 3 creating conditional logic (supervision requirements depend on prior conditions)","Cross-references to the parent Act (Further Education and Training Act 2014) throughout, requiring dual reading","Defined terms used but not all defined in this instrument (e.g., 'misconduct', 'competencies', 'training plan' rely on Act definitions)","Transitional provisions requiring comparison with repealed 2014 regulation","Penalty provisions (20 penalty units) embedded within procedural sections","Dual obligations split between employers and supervising registered training organisations requiring careful parsing"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets out the operational rules for apprenticeships and traineeships in Queensland (under the Further Education and Training Act 2014). It covers four main areas:\n\n**1. Who can start an apprenticeship and how they're supervised**\n- Sets minimum education requirements for starting an apprenticeship or traineeship\n- Allows industry bodies or regulators to approve who can start\n- Requires apprentices/trainees to be supervised by qualified people\n- Limits how many apprentices one supervisor can look after at once (prevents overcrowding)\n\n**2. Training records**\n- Apprentices must keep a record of their progress and competencies (skills learned)\n- The supervising training organisation must give them this record within 14 days of signing a training plan\n- Records must be updated every 3 months\n- Employers or training organisations can demand to see these records\n- It's an offence (misconduct) not to keep proper records\n\n**3. Fees and documents**\n- Lists what documents are officially recognised and what fees apply (details in a schedule not shown here)\n- The chief executive can waive fees in exceptional circumstances\n\n**4. Transition from old rules**\n- Replaces the 2014 regulation\n- Existing apprenticeships continue under the new rules\n- Old training records remain valid\n\n**Who it affects:** Apprentices, trainees, employers, supervising training organisations, and industry bodies involved in vocational education."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation repeals the 2014 regulation but expressly preserves requirements and training records that existed under the repealed instrument (secs 11–13). It clarifies procedural detail (supervision, record format, update intervals, who may approve starts, and fees) and extends continuity to employment-based training previously declared under repealed Acts (sec 8), rather than expanding the regulated population."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to multiple Act provisions (eg. s 8, s 41, ss 195/197) require reading primary Act alongside this regulation","Multiple parties bear duties (apprentices/trainees, employers, supervising registered training organisations, nominated entities, chief executive)","Discretions for the chief executive (eg. prescribe additional supervision requirements, waive fees, require inspections) create interpretive and implementation uncertainty (secs 3, 6, 9)","Fixed timeframes and penalties (14 days; 3-month update intervals; 20 penalty units) impose operational compliance burdens (secs 5–7)","Prescriptive supervision rules include quantitative limits (number of supervisees) and supervisor qualifications, adding administrative oversight","Transitional and repealed-regulation continuity provisions preserve prior declarations and records, requiring reconciliation of legacy documentation (secs 11–13)","Repetitive and duplicated drafting in the text increases risk of ambiguity and interpretive disputes"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets how apprenticeships and traineeships are declared and run: it allows declarations to require entry education, prior written approval by a nominated entity, and mandatory supervision with specified supervisor qualifications and limits; it also prescribes training‑record content, timing for giving and updating records, inspection, and small penalties for non‑compliance (secs 3–7, 41). Fees payable are listed in schedule 1 and the chief executive may waive them (sec 9). Registered training organisations, employers and apprentices must produce and keep records on fixed timetables."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/further-education-and-training-regulation-2024","history":"/api/acts/further-education-and-training-regulation-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/further-education-and-training-regulation-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/further-education-and-training-regulation-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/further-education-and-training-regulation-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/further-education-and-training-regulation-2024/documents"}}