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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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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.