53Inquiries

53 Inquiries

(1)  Any person may apply to the Secretary to carry out an inquiry into the process followed by the TTAC in making a decision in relation to –

(a) the approval of a training contract or vocational placement agreement; or

(b) the conditions to which the approval of a training contract is subject; or

(c) the amendment, transfer, suspension or termination of a training contract; or

(d) the amendment or termination of a vocational placement agreement; or

(e) whether or not an employer is a fit and proper person for the purposes of entering into training contracts or vocational placement agreements.

(2)  An application under subsection (1)  –

(a) may not relate to the merit of the decision; and

(b) is to be –

(i) in writing; and

(ii) lodged with the Secretary within 14 days after the decision is notified or made known to the person; and

(iii) accompanied by any fee prescribed in the regulations.

(3)  The Secretary, on his or her own motion, may carry out an inquiry into –

(a) a matter referred to in subsection (1) ; or

(b) a contravention, or suspected contravention, of –

(i) a provision of this Act; or

(ii) a provision of a training contract or vocational placement agreement.

(4)  The Secretary is to –

(a) commence an inquiry within 2 months after an application under subsection (1) is lodged; and

(b) complete the inquiry within 6 months after commencing it.

(5)  and , , , and apply to the carrying out of an inquiry, and for that purpose the Secretary is taken to be a Commission established under that Act.