11Condition of grant—maximising choice for employers and new apprentices

#### 11 Condition of grant—maximising choice for employers and new apprentices (1) The State must comply with the user choice policy and take action to maximise choice for employers and new apprentices, including: (a) by implementing arrangements to introduce genuine competition in the vocational education and training sector; and (b) by implementing arrangements to ensure that employers and new apprentices have greater choice and flexibility in relation to their VET provider and the method and location of the training provided; and (c) by participating, in accordance with the Skilling Australia’s Workforce Agreement, in the establishment of a national unit price band for each apprenticeship or traineeship under the New Apprenticeships Scheme; and (d) by consulting with the State Training Authority and employer groups in the State to decide which apprenticeships and traineeships, and which employers and new apprentices, are to be eligible to receive user choice funding under the New Apprenticeships Scheme; and (e) by increasing, by 5 per cent each year, the proportion of apprenticeships and traineeships that are eligible for user choice funding under the New Apprenticeships Scheme; and (f) in consultation with the other States and the Commonwealth and before 1 January 2007, by developing a template for a national contract setting out the standard terms and conditions that will apply to VET providers that are eligible to receive user choice funding under the New Apprenticeships Scheme. (2) In this section: > user choice policy means the policy relating to vocational education and training agreed to by the Commonwealth and the States in 1997, and includes any amendments of that policy.