TasTAFE (Skills and Training Business) Act 2021 (Tas)

TasTAFE (Skills and Training Business) Act 2021

An Act to continue TasTAFE as an organisation to provide vocational education and training that benefits the Tasmanian community by contributing to the Tasmanian economy and providing skilled workers for the Tasmanian workforce [Royal Assent 16 December 2021]

Be it enacted by Her 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 TasTAFE (Skills and Training Business) Act 2021 .

2. Commencement The provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act – accounting standards means the accounting standards, and other requirements, issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board continued in existence under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; annual report, in relation to a financial year, means the annual report of TasTAFE prepared under section 30 in respect of the financial year; Australian Qualifications Framework has the same meaning as in the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 ; by-laws means the by-laws made under section 32 and in force; child safe code of conduct means the code of conduct prepared under section 20 and in force; corporate plan means the corporate plan of TasTAFE approved under section 19(4)(a) and in force; Ministerial direction means a direction of the Minister in force under section 18 ; regulations means the regulations made under this Act; statement of expectations means a statement of expectations provided by the Minister under section 17 and in force; TasTAFE means TasTAFE as continued under section 4(1) ; TasTAFE Board means the board of directors appointed by the Minister under section 6(1) ; TasTAFE CEO means the person appointed as chief executive officer of TasTAFE under section 10 ; TasTAFE director includes – (a) a person appointed as a director on the TasTAFE Board under section 6 ; and (b) a person appointed under section 8(1) to act as a TasTAFE director; TasTAFE employee means a person appointed under section 11 ; TasTAFE student means a person who is undertaking vocational education and training, or another course of education and training, with TasTAFE; vocational education and training means the vocational education and training, and attainment of associated qualifications or statements of attainment, under levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Australian Qualifications Framework.