Victorian Numbered Acts

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 (NO 24 OF 2006) - SECT 2.5.1

s. 2.5.1

In this Part—

"Authority" means the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority continued in operation by this Part;

"chairperson" means chairperson of the Authority;

"contravention" , in relation to a rule, includes a failure to comply with the rule;

"course" means—

        (a)     a course normally undertaken in, or designed to be undertaken in a school in the years from the preparatory year to year 12 including a course leading to the issue of the VCE or VCAL; or

        (b)     a program of study or training leading to the award or issue of a particular qualification; or

        (c)     a subject or other part of a program of study or training leading to the award or issue of a particular qualification; or

        (d)     any other study or training notified by the Minister in the Government Gazette and generally through schools to be a course for the purposes of this Act;

"curriculum" means the course design including content, support materials and other learning resources in accordance with course accreditation;

"member" means member of the Authority and includes the chairperson;

"qualification" means the recognition, by the award or issue of a certificate or otherwise, that a student has achieved specified learning outcomes or competencies through the completion of a course;

"review committee" means a committee referred to in Division 3.