6Functions of the Authority

##### 6 Functions of the Authority (1) The Authority has the following functions: (a) to assist the Ministerial Council in the performance of the Council’s functions under the Agreement; and (b) to do anything required by this or another Act to be done by the Authority; and (c) to administer national programs. (2) Without limiting paragraph (1)(a), the functions conferred on the Authority by that paragraph include the following: (a) to prepare a draft national strategy for approval by the Ministerial Council; (b) to give advice, and make recommendations, to the Ministerial Council regarding the amounts of funds that will be needed for allocation by the Authority in respect of each year; (c) to recommend to the Ministerial Council the principles to be applied by the Authority in the allocation of funds; (d) to provide reports to the Ministerial Council on request by the Council; (e) to join with State training agencies in the development, according to guidelines determined by the Ministerial Council, of State annual VET plans for submission by the Authority to the Council in accordance with the Agreement; (f) after consultation with State training agencies, to make recommendations to the Ministerial Council for more effective and efficient means of delivering vocational education and training; (g) to promote and facilitate the maintenance of comprehensive national data on vocational education and training; (h) subject to the directions of the Ministerial Council, to give advice, and make recommendations, to the Council in relation to matters within the functions of the Council. (3) The Authority also has: (a) functions that are, with the consent of the Ministerial Council, expressed to be conferred on the Authority by or under a law of a State; and (b) functions that are, with the consent of the Ministerial Council, conferred on the Authority by the Minister in writing; and (c) functions that are, with the consent of the Ministerial Council, expressed to be conferred on the Authority by a State Minister in writing. (4) The Authority is to perform its functions according to the Agreement.