VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No.4) 2018 (Cth)

VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2018

I, Michaelia Cash, Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education, make the following legislative instrument.

Dated        16 December 2018

Michaelia Cash

Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education

1  Name

This instrument is the VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Amendment Determination (No.4) 2018.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	1 January 2019

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under the VET Student Loans Act 2016.

4  Schedule

The VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Determination 2016 is amended as set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument.

5  Transitional arrangements

For the avoidance of doubt, if before the commencement of this instrument:

(a)  the Secretary approved a VET student loan for a student for a course of study listed in items 11 or 14 of Schedule 1 to this instrument; and

(b)  the student had not completed the course of study,

the Secretary may continue to pay loan amounts in respect of that loan under section 19 of the VET Student Loans Act 2016 on or after the commencement of this instrument, in relation to that course for that student.

Schedule 1 — Amendments

1.Subsection 5(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) For paragraph 14(2)(a) of the VET Student Loans Act 2016, the courses for which VET student loans may be approved are:

(a)   the VET courses with the course codes specified in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to this instrument (each a ‘specified course’);

(b)   any course identified in the National Register as a later version of, or superseding course to, a specified course (‘later version of a specified course’).

2.Subsection 5(1) (note)

Omit “Note” substitute “Note 1”.

3.At the end of subsection 5(1) (after the note)

Add:

Note 2: Course mapping information about current and earlier versions of VET courses is included in the National Register.

4.Subsection 5(2)

After “Schedule 3 to this instrument” insert “or any later version of a specified course”.

5.Paragraph 5(3)(a)

After “Part 1 of Schedule 1” insert “or any later version of a specified course”.

6.Paragraph 5(3)(b)

After “Part 2 of Schedule 1” insert “or any later version of a specified course”.

7.Paragraph 5(3)(c)

After “Part 3 of Schedule 1” insert “or any later version of a specified course”.

8.Paragraph 5(3)(d)

After “Schedule 2 or 3” insert “or any later version of a specified course”.

9.Schedule 1, Part 1 – Courses in loan cap band 1, table

Add the following rows to the table in ascending numerical order by course code:

20A	CPP50511	Diploma of Property Services (Asset and Facility Management)
21A	CSC60115	Advanced Diploma of Correctional Management
23A	FNS50417	Diploma of Payroll Services
25A	FNS51215	Diploma of Insurance Broking
26A	FNS51915	Diploma of Personal Injury and Disability Insurance Management
33A	SIR50217	Diploma of Visual Merchandising
33B	SIR50317	Diploma of Retail Merchandise Management
41A	TLI50816	Diploma of Customs Broking

10.Schedule 1, Part 1 – Courses in loan cap band 1, table

Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1.

11.Schedule 1, Part 2 – Courses in loan cap band 2, table

Omit the following rows from the table:

8	10408NAT	Diploma of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Advocacy
13	10702NAT	Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development

12.Schedule 1, Part 2 – Courses in loan cap band 2, table

Add the following rows to the table in ascending numerical order by course code:

13A	10732NAT	Diploma of Forensic Identification (Biometrics) (Document Examination)
15A	22477VIC	Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural)
20A	AMP50115	Diploma of Meat Processing (Meat Retailing)
47A	CUA50213	Diploma of Musical Theatre
65A	HLT52215	Diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies
66A	HLT55118	Diploma of Dental Technology
90A	MSL50118	Diploma of Laboratory Technology
91A	MSL60118	Advanced Diploma of Laboratory Operations
92A	PSP50216	Diploma of Court Operations
96A	PSP60916	Advanced Diploma of Interpreting (LOTE-English)

13.Schedule 1, Part 2 – Courses in loan cap band 2, table

Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1.

14.Schedule 1, Part 3 – Courses in loan cap band 3, table

Omit the following rows from the table:

2	10219NAT	Diploma of Holistic Management - Sustainable Rural Lands, Business and Communities
147	RGR50408	Diploma of Racing Services (Track Management)

15.Schedule 1, Part 3 – Courses in loan cap band 3, table

Add the following rows to the table in ascending numerical order by course code:

12A	10702NAT	Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development
12B	10717NAT	Diploma of Holistic Management-Sustainable Rural Lands, Business and Communities
22A	22466VIC	Diploma of Ecology
106A	MEA50118	Diploma of Aeroskills (Avionics)
107A	MEA50218	Diploma of Aeroskills (Mechanical)
108A	MEA50318	Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Avionics)
109A	MEA50418	Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical)
110A	MEA50518	Diploma of Aeroskills (Non-Destructive Testing)
111A	MEA50618	Diploma of Aeronautical Engineering
112A	MEA50718	Diploma of Avionic Engineering
113A	MEA60118	Advanced Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Avionics)
114A	MEA60218	Advanced Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical)
115A	MEA60318	Advanced Diploma of Aviation Non-Destructive Testing
116A	MEA60418	Advanced Diploma of Aeronautical Engineering
117A	MEA60518	Advanced Diploma of Avionic Engineering
125A	MSS50118	Diploma of Sustainable Operations
126A	MSS50218	Diploma of Environmental Monitoring and Technology
129A	MSS80118	Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Operations
130A	MSS80218	Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management
148A	RGR50118	Diploma of Racing (Racehorse Trainer)
171A	TLI50618	Diploma of Rail Operations Management
200A	UEG50118	Diploma of Gas Supply Industry Operations
201A	UEG60118	Advanced Diploma of Gas Supply Industry Operations

16.Schedule 1, Part 3 – Courses in loan cap band 3, table

Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1.

17.Schedule 3 – Approved courses for specific providers, table

Add the following row to the table in alphabetical order by approved course provider:

2A	Bendigo Kangan Institute	22091VIC	Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing	$10,000
2B	Bendigo Kangan Institute	22321VIC	Advanced Diploma of Justice	$10,000
3A	Edith Cowan University	10068NAT	Diploma of Screen Performance	$10,000
3B	Edith Cowan University	10294NAT	Diploma of Acting	$10,000
9A	Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Limited	10448NAT	Graduate Certificate in Applied Pharmacy Practice	$10,000
15A	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	22451VIC	Diploma of Teacher Education Preparation	$10,000
18B	Swinburne University of Technology	22091VIC	Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing	$10,000
18C	Swinburne University of Technology	22320VIC	Diploma of Justice	$10,000
18D	Swinburne University of Technology	22321VIC	Advanced Diploma of Justice	$10,000
24A	The Australian Ballet School	10296NAT	Graduate Diploma of Classical Ballet	$10,000
24B	The National Institute of Dramatic Art	10196NAT	Diploma of Stage and Screen Performance	$10,000
26A	Victoria University	22276VIC	Advanced Diploma of Legal Practice	$10,000
26B	Victoria University	22451VIC	Diploma of Teacher Education Preparation	$10,000

18.Schedule 3 – Approved courses for specific providers, table

Renumber all item numbers in the table, starting at 1