CHAPTER 2 SPECIFIED KINDS OF BODIES

2.1 PURPOSE

2.1.1 This chapter sets out, for the purposes of clause 6(1A) of Schedule 1A to the Act:

a) the kinds of bodies the Minister may approve as VET providers under clause 6(1A) of Schedule 1A to the Act;
b) the requirements that a specified body must comply with to be approved under clause 6(1A) of Schedule 1A to the Act.

2.2 SPECIFIED KINDS OF BODIES

2.2.1 The kinds of bodies that may be approved as VET providers in accordance with clause 6(1A) of Schedule 1A to the Act, include those bodies established to provide vocational education and training under the following legislation:

a) Australian Capital Territory: Canberra Institute of Technology Act 1987;
b) New South Wales: Technical and Further Education Commission Act 1990;
c) Queensland: Vocational Educational, Training and Employment Act 2000;
d) South Australia: TAFE SA Act 2012;
e) Victoria: Education and Training Reform Act 2006;
f) Western Australia: Vocational Education and Training Act 1996.

2.3 COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES

2.3.1 A body that is a specified body under paragraph 2.2 of these Guidelines, is for the purposes of these Guidelines taken to be a body corporate for the following provisions:

a) chapter 3 except for subparagraphs 3.3.1(c), 3.4.1(c) and 3.5.2(c)(i);
b) paragraph 4.3.1; and
c) chapter 5.