Bill
National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment Bill 2019
passed, as at 2020-02-26. Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-12-04
- second reading — 2019-12-04
- second reading — 2020-02-05
- second reading — 2020-02-06
- second reading — 2020-02-06
- third reading — 2020-02-06
- introduced — 2020-02-10
- second reading — 2020-02-12
- second reading — 2020-02-12
- second reading — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-02-13
- third reading — 2020-02-13
- passed — 2020-02-13
- royal assent — 2020-02-26
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-12-04.
This bill changes the main law for regulating vocational education and training to make the regulator more efficient and effective.
It would give the Australian Skills Quality Authority stronger powers to oversee training organisations and courses, including new requirements for registration and reporting.
The changes respond to recommendations from reviews by Valerie Braithwaite and Steven Joyce, and the bill's explanatory memorandum says it would not add to the financial burden on the Commonwealth or on registered training organisations.
- Training organisations would need to show they are committed and able to deliver quality education to be registered.
- Training organisations would have to tell the regulator about major changes to their operations or events that could affect their compliance.
- The regulator could issue general directions on how course owners meet accreditation standards.
- The regulator would have to prepare and publish an audit report.
- The regulator could use enforceable undertakings for all purposes under the Act and cancel qualifications or statements of attainment when there is a risk to people or the community.
- The regulator could stay a decision while it reconsiders that decision.
Registered training organisations, course owners, students, employers, and the Australian Skills Quality Authority.
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