Training and Workforce Development (Transitional Provisions) Act 2013 (Tas)

Training and Workforce Development (Transitional Provisions) Act 2013

An Act to provide for matters of a savings and transitional nature, and to provide for the avoidance of doubt in respect of certain matters, consequent on the enactment of the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 and the repeal of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1994 , the Education and Training (Tasmanian Polytechnic) Act 2008 and the Education and Training (Tasmanian Skills Institute) Act 2008 [Royal Assent 13 June 2013]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Training and Workforce Development (Transitional Provisions) Act 2013 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on 1 July 2013.

PART 2 - Transitional Matters for TasTAFE

3. Interpretation of Part In this Part – commencement day means 1 July 2013; Education Department means the department responsible to the Minister to whom the administration of the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 , other than Part 5 , is assigned; Polytechnic means the Tasmanian Polytechnic continued as a State educational institution by section 5 of the Polytechnic Act; Polytechnic Act means the Education and Training (Tasmanian Polytechnic) Act 2008 as in force immediately before the commencement day; Polytechnic contract means any contract in force immediately before the commencement day and entered into in the name of the Polytechnic or by the Crown in relation to the performance of the functions of the Polytechnic, other than a contract of employment or a contract determined under section 4(3) not to be a Polytechnic contract; Polytechnic liability means any liability or obligation (whether actual, prospective or contingent) belonging, immediately before the commencement day, to the Polytechnic or the Crown in relation to the performance of the functions of the Polytechnic, other than a liability or obligation determined under section 4(3) not to be a Polytechnic liability; Polytechnic property means any property or right held, immediately before the commencement day, in the name of the Polytechnic or by the Crown in relation to the performance of the functions of the Polytechnic, other than any property or right determined under section 4(3) not to be Polytechnic property; Secretary means the Secretary of the Education Department; Skills Institute means the Tasmanian Skills Institute established under section 5 of the Skills Institute Act; Skills Institute Act means the Education and Training (Tasmanian Skills Institute) Act 2008 as in force immediately before the commencement day; Skills Institute audit committee means the audit committee established under section 18 of the Skills Institute Act, as constituted immediately before the commencement day; Skills Institute Board means the Board of Directors of the Skills Institute established under section 8 of the Skills Institute Act, as constituted immediately before the commencement day; Skills Institute contract means any contract in force immediately before the commencement day and entered into by the Skills Institute, other than a contract of employment, or a contract determined under section 4(3) not to be a Skills Institute contract; Skills Institute liability means any liability or obligation (whether actual, prospective or contingent) belonging, immediately before the commencement day, to the Skills Institute, other than a liability or obligation determined under section 4(3) not to be a Skills Institute liability; Skills Institute property means any property or right vested, immediately before the commencement day, in the Skills Institute, other than any property or right determined under section 4(3) not to be Skills Institute property; TasTAFE means TasTAFE created under section 56 of the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 ; TasTAFE Act means Part 5 of the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 .