Vocational Education and Training Amendment Regulations 1999 (WA)

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TRAINING

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Vocational Education and Training Act 1996

Education and Training Regulations 1996*.

Vocational Education and Training Amendment

Regulations 1999

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Vocational Education and
Training Amendment Regulations 1999.

2.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Vocational

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[* Published in Gazette 27 December 1996, pp. 7167-84.

For amendments 1025 February 1999 see 1997 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 279 and
Gazette 14 August and 4 December 1998.]

3.            Regulation 12 amended

Regulation 12 is amended by deleting "The" and inserting instead -

Subject to regulation 15A, the ".

4.            Regulation 13 amended

Regulation 13 is amended by deleting "No" and inserting instead -

Subject to regulation 15A, no

5.            Regulation 14 amended

Regulation 14 is amended by deleting "The" and inserting instead -

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Subject to regulation 15A, the ".

6.            Regulation 15 replaced

Regulation 15 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted instead -

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15.          Tuition fees for category D courses

Subject to regulation iSA, the tuition fee for a category D course is to be an amount calculated in

accordance with item 7 of Schedule 1.

7.            Regulation 15A inserted

After regulation 15 the following regulation is inserted in Part 3
Division 2-

iSA. Tuition fees for overseas students

(1) The tuition fee for any course for a student who is not

an Australian resident is -

(a)	if there is a relevant determination in force under this regulation, the fee specified in that determination; or
(b)	otherwise, the fee calculated in accordance with regulation 12, 13, 14 or 15, as the case requires.

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(2) The Minister may by instrument issued to the relevant

college or colleges determine the tuition fee for a

course for a student who is not an Australian resident.

(3) The Minister may determine different fees for different

courses or different students based on -

(a)	the categories of the course;
(b)	the subject matter of the course;
(c)	which college provides the course;
(d)	the country of origin of the student;
(e)	the level and extent of the student's previous vocational education, training and experience; or
(f)	any other criteria the Minister considers relevant to the cost of providing the course,

or any combination of those criteria.

(4) In this regulation -

"Australian resident" means a person who -

(a)	is an Australian citizen within the meaning of the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 of the Commonwealth; or
(b)	holds a permanent visa within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.