31BBoard may approve course of competency-based training

31B Board may approve course of competency-based training (1) The Board may for the purposes of section 31A approve a course of competency-based training.

Agents Licensing Act 1979 24 (2) In deciding whether to approve a course of competency-based training, the Board must consult with and consider the advice, if any, of: (a) the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency responsible for the administration of the Training and Skills Development Act 2016; and (b) an occupational association or body that represents the interests of conveyancing agents. (3) The Board: (a) must approve a course of competency-based training if the Board is reasonably satisfied that an agent who satisfactorily completes the course will be competent to provide a service of a conveyancing agent specified in section 31A to which the course relates; and (b) must not refuse to approve a course of competency-based training on the ground that a person who satisfactorily completes the course may not have attained the standard of best practice in the relevant industry in relation to a service of a conveyancing agent specified in section 31A to which the course relates. (4) The Board must publish any approval made under subsection (1) in