23BEntry procedure for students

23B  Entry procedure for students  (1) A *VET provider must make and publish a *student entry procedure in accordance with the *VET Guidelines.  (2) A *VET provider must comply with its *student entry procedure.  (3) A student entry procedure is a written procedure that specifies, in accordance with the *VET Guidelines:  (a) when a student is academically suited to undertake a *VET course of study; and  (b) how to assess whether a student is so suited; and  (c) how to report to the *Secretary about the results of such assessments; and  (d) how long the *VET provider must retain those results. Note: The VET Guidelines could, for example, require a student entry procedure to: (a) set out the literacy, numeracy and general academic skills needed by a student to undertake a VET course of study; and (b) provide for assessments of those skills to be conducted online.  (4) For the purposes of subclause (3), the *VET Guidelines may empower:  (a) a person or body:  (i) to decide whether to approve a particular tool for use when assessing whether a student is academically suited to undertake a *VET course of study; and  (ii) to charge a fee for making such a decision; and  (b) a person or body to charge a fee for the use of a tool for such an assessment. A fee so charged must not be such as to amount to taxation.