Hairdressers Act 2003
4When is an individual “qualified to act as a hairdresser”?
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4 When is an individual “qualified to act as a hairdresser”?
4 When is an individual “qualified to act as a hairdresser”?
(1) For the purposes of this Act, an individual is qualified to act as a hairdresser if any one or more of the following applies to the individual—
(a) the individual has been awarded an authorised qualification by a registered training organisation,
(b) (Repealed)
(c) a determination has been made under section 37 of the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 that the individual is adequately trained to pursue the recognised trade vocation of hairdressing (because the individual has acquired the competencies of the recognised trade vocation),
(d) the individual has at any time held, or been taken to have held, a licence under Part 6 (Regulation of the hairdressing trade) of the Shops and Industries Act 1962, other than a licence limited to carrying out beauty treatment only.
(2) In this section—
authorised qualification means—
(a) the set of nationally endorsed standards and qualifications for recognising and assessing skills known as “Certificate III in Hairdressing”, or
(b) if the Certificate III in Hairdressing is no longer nationally endorsed, the qualifications prescribed by the regulations.
registered training organisation has the same meaning as in the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 of the Commonwealth.
s 4: Am 2005 No 100, Sch 3.8 [1] [2]; 2013 No 95, Sch 9.4; 2017 No 22, Sch 2.17 [1] [2]; 2017 No 42, Sch 2.4; 2018 No 25, Sch 6.