Education and Training Reform Amendment Act 2021 (Vic)

Education and Training Reform Amendment Act 2021

No. 9 of 2021

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Powers of Authority

4Secretary's powers of employment

5Definition

6Repeal of this Act

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Endnotes

1      General information

Education and Training Reform Amendment Act 2021

No. 9 of 2021

[Assented to 16 March 2021]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Education and Training Reform Act 2006—

(a)to provide that the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority has a limited power to employ persons for specific purposes; and

(b)to make a technical amendment arising out of amendments made to the Children's Services Act 1996.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Powers of Authority

After section 2.5.5(1) of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 insert—

"(1A)The Authority may employ staff for a fixed period or on a casual or sessional basis—

(a)for the purposes of developing and conducting assessments under section 2.5.3(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d); and

(b)for any purpose specified in a Ministerial Order.

(1B)For the purposes of subsection (1A), sections 5.10.4 and 5.10.5 and clause 8 of Schedule 6 apply to and in relation to the determination of salaries and allowances to be paid to and to the terms and conditions of employment of staff employed by the Authority as if those employees were employees of the teaching service.".

4Secretary's powers of employment

For section 5.3.1(2) of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 substitute—

"(2)Subject to section 2.5.5(1A), any staff employed for the purposes of the following provisions must be employed by the Secretary under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004—

(a)Part 2.5;

(b)Division 1 of Part 3.1;

(c)Division 2 of Part 3.3;

(d)Chapter 4;

(e)this Chapter.

Note

Section 2.5.5(1A) allows the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority to employ staff for limited purposes.".

5Definition

In section 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, in the definition of early childhood teacher, for paragraph (b) substitute—

"(b)does not include an educator (within the meaning of section 5 of the Education and Care Services National Law (Victoria) or within the meaning of section 3 of the Children's Services Act 1996) who does not hold an approved early childhood teaching qualification; and".

6Repeal of this Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its commencement.

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Endnotes

1   General information

See for Victorian Bills, Acts and current authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 17 June 2020

Legislative Council: 29 October 2020

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 and for other purposes."