Bill
Student Identifiers Amendment (Enhanced Student Permissions) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2020-05-25. Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-11-28
- second reading — 2019-11-28
- second reading — 2020-02-10
- second reading — 2020-02-10
- third reading — 2020-02-10
- introduced — 2020-02-11
- second reading — 2020-02-11
- second reading — 2020-05-14
- second reading — 2020-05-14
- third reading — 2020-05-14
- passed — 2020-05-14
- royal assent — 2020-05-25
Divisions
- Student Identifiers Amendment (Enhanced Student Permissions) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Support vocational education — 2020-02-10, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 66, noes 77
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the Bills Digest; not the record, as at 2019-11-28.
The bill would expand who can access a student's authenticated VET transcript and create new civil penalties for misuse of the Unique Student Identifier (USI).
It would allow the Registrar to disclose transcript information to 'other entities' such as employers, employment agencies and licensing bodies, while keeping the existing access control system.
A new civil penalty of 60 penalty units ($12,600) would apply to someone who already has a USI and applies for another one or authorises another application.
- The bill adds 'other entity' to the list of bodies that can be given access to a VET transcript.
- It inserts a new civil penalty regime for conduct related to applying for student identifiers or altering a transcript.
- It creates a penalty of 60 penalty units for a person who already has a USI and applies for a second one.
Individuals with a USI, registered training organisations, VET-related bodies, and other entities such as employers and licensing bodies.
Sources
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digest
billhome
frl act