8 Calculation Formulas

(1) For the purpose of subsection 9(1) of the Act, a charge under Part 2 of the Act is to be calculated according to the following formula: (a) the amount of $275 per Auditor per hour to conduct a compliance audit; and (b) if any part of a compliance audit is conducted outside Australia, requiring the National VET Regulator to send an Auditor overseas, then in addition to the costs and expenses determined in accordance with paragraph 8(1)(a), the costs and expenses that the National VET Regulator: (i) would have incurred under the Regulator’s International Travel Policy had the Auditor been an official of the National VET Regulator; or (ii) has actually incurred under the Regulator’s International Travel Policy because the Auditor is an official of the National VET Regulator. (2) For the purpose of subsection 12(1) of the Act, where a complaint is found to have been substantiated, a charge under Part 3 of the Act is to be calculated according to the following formula: (a) the amount of $275 per Complaint Officer per hour to conduct an investigation into the complaint; and (b) the amount of $275 per Auditor per hour to conduct a compliance audit as a part of the investigation; and (c) if any part of the investigation or compliance audit is conducted outside Australia, requiring the National VET Regulator to send an Auditor or a Complaint Officer overseas, then in addition to the costs and expenses determined in accordance with paragraph 8(2)(a), the costs and expenses that the National VET Regulator: (i) would have incurred under the Regulator’s International Travel Policy had the Auditor or Complaint Officer been an official of the National VET Regulator; or (ii) has actually incurred under the Regulator’s International Travel Policy because the Auditor or Complaint Officer is an official of the National VET Regulator.