171Staff to be made available to the National VET Regulator

#### 171 Staff to be made available to the National VET Regulator (1) The National VET Regulator may be assisted by: (a) officers and employees of Agencies (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999), and of authorities of the Commonwealth, whose services are made available to the Regulator in connection with the performance of the Regulator’s functions or the exercise of the Regulator’s powers; and (b) persons whose services are made available under arrangements made under subsection (2). (2) The National VET Regulator may arrange with the appropriate State or Territory authority or officer of a State or Territory authority to make officers or employees available to the Regulator to perform services in connection with the performance of the Regulator’s functions or the exercise of the Regulator’s powers. (3) An arrangement under subsection (2) may provide for the Commonwealth to reimburse a State or Territory with respect to the services of a person or persons to whom the arrangement relates. (4) When performing services for the National VET Regulator under this section, a person is subject to the directions of the Regulator.