Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) In this Chapter—
"accredit" in relation to a course of study that leads to an education award or the award of a registered qualification, means recognise that the standard of the course of study, the rules for the combination of the parts of the course and the way of delivering it, are appropriate to the award or qualification;
"accreditation" includes renewed accreditation;
"AQTF" means the policy framework entitled "Australian Quality Training Framework" that defines the criteria and standards for the registration of training organisations and the accreditation of courses in the vocational education and training sector endorsed by the Ministerial Council on 8 June 2001, and that policy framework as amended from time to time by the Ministerial Council;
"assessment process" , in relation to a course, means the methods and criteria used or to be used to determine whether a student has achieved the learning outcomes or competencies specified for that course;
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority;
"condition" means—
(a) a condition or limitation on all or some of the operations of a registered provider; or
(b) a restriction;
"corresponding law" means—
(a) if a regulation prescribes a law of another jurisdiction as the corresponding law for the purposes of this definition, the law prescribed under the regulation; or
(b) otherwise, a law of another jurisdiction that corresponds with this Act or a provision of this Act;
"course" means—
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(a) a course normally undertaken in, or designed to be undertaken in, year 11 or 12 of the school years; or
(b) a course leading to the issue of the VCE or VCAL; or
(c) a vocational education and training course, subject, unit of competency or module; or
(d) a further education course; or
(e) a course leading to a higher education award—
and includes—
(f) a program of study or training leading to the award or issue of a particular qualification; and
(g) a subject or other part of a program, unit of competence or module of study or training leading to the award or issue of a particular qualification; and
(h) any other study or training notified by the Minister in the Government Gazette to be a course for the purposes of this Act;
"Director" means the person employed under this Act to be the Director of the Authority;
"institution" includes person or body;
"jurisdiction" means Victoria or, if it has enacted a corresponding law,
another State or internal Territory;
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"legislative compliance standard" is the standard included in the RTO standards requiring that an RTO ensures that compliance with Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation and regulatory requirements relevant to its operations is integrated into its policies and procedures and that compliance is maintained;
"member" means member of the Authority and includes the Chairperson;
"Ministerial Council" means—
(a) in respect of the period before 24 August 2005, the council consisting of the Ministers from each State and the Commonwealth responsible for vocational education and training operating in accordance with the ANTA agreement;
(b) in respect of the period on or after 24 August 2005, the Ministerial Council within the meaning of the Skilling Australia's Workforce Act 2005 of the Commonwealth;
"National Register" means the National Training Information Service maintained by the Commonwealth to the extent that the Register consists of matters registered in accordance with this Act;
"prohibition" , in relation to an RTO, means a prohibition on all or some of the operations of the RTO;
"qualification" means—
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(a) in relation to vocational education and training or further education, formal certification by an RTO and under the AQF that a person has achieved all the units of competencies or modules comprising learning outcomes stated for the qualification in—
(i) a nationally endorsed training package for which details of the qualification have been registered by the Commonwealth; or
(ii) an accredited course that provides training for the qualification; and
(b) in relation to any other education or training, means the recognition, by the award or issue of a certificate or otherwise, that a student has achieved particular learning outcomes or competencies;
"recognised University" means an institution that is—
(a) established or recognised as a University under an Act; or
(b) established as a University under an Act of the Commonwealth, another State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory;
"registered" , in relation to vocational education and training or further education, means registered on the State Register and National Register;
"registering body" , in relation to vocational education and training or
further education, means the Authority or a body equivalent to the Authority
in another jurisdiction responsible for the registration of training
organisations under that jurisdiction's legislation relating to vocational
education and training;
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"registration" , in relation to an RTO, includes renewed registration;
"restriction" , in relation to an RTO, means a restriction on all or some of the operations of an RTO or a prohibition;
"RTO" means a training organisation registered on the State Register and National Register;
"RTO standards" means the standards for registered training organisations adopted on 8 June 2001 by the Ministerial Council under the Australian Quality Training Framework endorsed by the Council on that date as amended from time to time by the Ministerial Council;
"senior secondary qualifications" means qualifications described under the senior secondary certificate of education in the AQF;
"statement of attainment" , in relation to vocational education and training or further education, means formal certification by an RTO under the AQF that a person has achieved—
(a) part of a qualification; or
(b) one or more units of competency from a nationally endorsed training package; or
(c) all the units of competency or
modules comprising learning outcomes for an accredited course that does not
meet the requirements for a qualification;
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"unit of competency" , in relation to vocational education and training or further education, means a specification of knowledge and skill and their application to a specified standard of performance.
(2) In this Chapter, a reference to an institution operating as a University includes a reference to an institution operating as a University in or from Victoria by means of any of the following telecommunication devices—
(a) a computer adapted for communicating by way of the internet or another communications network; or
(b) a television receiver adapted to allow the viewer to transmit information by way of a cable television network or another communications network; or
(c) a telephone; or
(d) any other electronic device.
(3) In this Chapter, a reference to a course of
study includes a reference to a course of study offered in or from Victoria by
means of any of the telecommunication devices referred to in sub-section (2).
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