Education and Care Services Act 2013
sec.119Evidence of staff qualifications or enrolment
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sec.119 Evidence of staff qualifications or enrolment
This section applies if— a person who is a staff member of a QEC approved service— has a particular qualification or competency; or is enrolled in a particular course of study; and the approved provider would contravene this Act if— for a person mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) —the person did not have the qualification or competency; or for a person mentioned in paragraph (a) (ii) —the person was not enrolled in the course. The approved provider must keep a document that is, under subsection (3) , evidence that— for a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) —the person has the qualification of competency; or for a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (ii) —the person is enrolled in the course. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. For this Act— a document is evidence that a person has a particular qualification or competency if it is an original award, or a certified copy of an original award, issued to the person on obtaining the qualification or completing the training for the competency; and a document is evidence that a person is enrolled in a particular course of study if it is a document, or a certified copy of a document, issued to the person by the institution conducting the course, indicating that the person is enrolled in the course. In this section— certified copy , of an original award or a document, is copy certified to be a true copy by a justice, commissioner for declarations, notary public or lawyer. (sec.119-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person who is a staff member of a QEC approved service— has a particular qualification or competency; or is enrolled in a particular course of study; and the approved provider would contravene this Act if— for a person mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) —the person did not have the qualification or competency; or for a person mentioned in paragraph (a) (ii) —the person was not enrolled in the course. (sec.119-ssec.2) The approved provider must keep a document that is, under subsection (3) , evidence that— for a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) —the person has the qualification of competency; or for a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (ii) —the person is enrolled in the course. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. (sec.119-ssec.3) For this Act— a document is evidence that a person has a particular qualification or competency if it is an original award, or a certified copy of an original award, issued to the person on obtaining the qualification or completing the training for the competency; and a document is evidence that a person is enrolled in a particular course of study if it is a document, or a certified copy of a document, issued to the person by the institution conducting the course, indicating that the person is enrolled in the course. (sec.119-ssec.4) In this section— certified copy , of an original award or a document, is copy certified to be a true copy by a justice, commissioner for declarations, notary public or lawyer.