Vocational Education and Training (Colleges) Amendment Regulations 2009 (WA)

26 June 2009 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2565

EDUCATION

ED:301*

Vocational Education and Training Act 1996

Vocational Education and Training (Colleges)

Amendment Regulations 2009

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Vocational Education and Training (Colleges) Amendment Regulations 2009.
2.	Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2009.

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3.            Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Vocational Education and
Training (Colleges) Regulations 1996.

4.            Regulation 3 amended

In regulation 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

Centrelink has the meaning given in regulation 20(1);

5.            Regulation 12 amended

(1) In regulation 12(1):

(a) delete "regulations 13" and insert:

regulations 13. 14

(b) in paragraph (b) delete "item 4:" and insert:

item 3:

(c) in paragraph (c) delete "item 5;" and insert:

item 4;

(2) In regulation 12(3) delete "is provided to the person in" and

insert:

the person is enrolled in for

(3) In regulation 12(4) delete "item 2 or 3, as the case requires."

and insert: 

item 2. 

6.            Regulation 14 inserted

After regulation 13 insert:

14.          Unemployed persons exempt from course fees

(1) In this regulation -

Job Services Australia provider

means an organisation seekers;
contracted by the Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations of the

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unemployed person means a person who holds -

(a)	a Health Care Card issued by Centrelink that identifies the person as being in receipt of the Newstart Allowance; or
(b)	a Health Care Card issued by Centrelink that identifies the person as being in receipt of the Youth Allowance - Jobseeker; or
(c)	a Job Services identification card issued by Centrelink or by a Job Services Australia provider that includes a job seeker identification number.

(2)	Subject to subregulation (3), no course fee is payable by an unemployed person for a category A course.
(3)	Subregulation (2) does not apply if the unemployed person was -

(a)	exempt in a previous semester from the payment of course fees under subregulation (2) for a category A course that was wholly completed in that semester; or
(b)	exempt in any 2 previous semesters from the payment of course fees under subregulation (2) for a category A course where both exemptions were for the same course.

7.            Schedule 1 replaced

Delete Schedule 1 and insert:

Schedule 1 - Fees

[r.9and 12]

Item

Fee for Fee ($)

Late application (r. 9(2)) 75.00

2.         Category A course (r. 12(4))

(a) Unit per semester, for a person who is not a concessional student' and is enrolled to undertake the unit -

(i) for a band 1 unit 14.00

(ii) for a band 2 unit	31.00
(iii) for a band 3 unit	60.00
(iv) for a band 4 unit	124.00

(b)	Unit per semester, for a person who is a concessional student' and is enrolled to undertake the unit -
(i) for a band 1 unit 7.00

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Item Fee for Fee ($)

(ii) for a band 2 unit 15.50

(iii) for a band 3 unit	30.00
(iv) for a band 4 unit	62.00

(c)

Unit per semester, for a person who is not a concessional student' and is enrolled for the purpose of assessment of skills and

competency2 -

(i)	for a band 1 unit	7.00
(ii)	for a band 2 unit	15.50

(iii) for a band 3 unit	30.00
(iv) for a band 4 unit	62.00

(d)

Unit per semester, for a person who is a concessional student' and is enrolled for the purpose of an assessment of skills and

competency2 -

(i)	fora band! unit	3.50
(ii)	for a band 2 unit	7.75

(iii) for a band 3 unit	15.00
(iv) for a band 4 unit	31.00

3.	Category B course, per semester (r. 12(1))	25.00
4.	Category C course, per hour or part of an hour,
for the course (r. 12(1))	4.15

A concessional student is a person who is, under regulation 20(2) or 21, entitled to the concessional rate of course fee.

Assessment of skills and competency is an assessment of whether a

person who has not undertaken or successfully completed a unit

nevertheless has the skills and competency required for the unit.

By Command of the Governor,

R. KENNEDY, Clerk of the Executive Council.