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Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001
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#### 35 Recognition of Defence Force trade training
35 Recognition of Defence Force trade training
> > (1) In this section—
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> > Defence Force means the Defence Force of the Commonwealth.
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> > service adult trade training means training undertaken by a member of the Defence Force under a scheme (not involving apprenticeship) for the trade training of persons who are of or above the age of 17 years.
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> > service apprenticeship means an apprenticeship served by a person as a member of the Defence Force.
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> > (2) The Commissioner may confer with representatives of the Defence Force, on any matter concerning service apprenticeships or service adult trade training, with a view to ensuring that a person who has completed a service apprenticeship or a period of service adult trade training in a recognised trade vocation will be accorded recognition in that vocation.
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> > (3) The Commissioner may determine that the course of training provided for a class of service apprenticeship or service adult trade training in a recognised trade vocation is such that a person—
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> > > (a) who satisfactorily completes the course, and
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> > > (b) who complies with such further conditions as to experience or otherwise as the Commissioner may determine,
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> > is adequately trained to pursue that vocation.
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> > (4) A determination under this section must be set out in an instrument signed by the Commissioner, and a copy of the instrument must be sent by the Commissioner to the relevant Defence Force authority.
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> > (5) The Commissioner must issue a certificate of proficiency to a person who satisfies the Commissioner that the person—
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> > > (a) has satisfactorily completed the course of training to which such a determination relates, and
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> > > (b) has complied with any other conditions prescribed by the determination.
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> **s 35:** Am 2017 No 42, Sch 1 \[41\] \[42\].