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TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION COMMISSION ACT 1990 - SECT 7
Miscellaneous functions
7 Miscellaneous functions
(1) Without limiting any other functions conferred or imposed on it, the
TAFE Commission may: (a) establish and maintain TAFE establishments, and
(b)
provide courses of study at TAFE establishments and at other places, and
(c)
confer educational awards on students who have completed technical or further
education courses (and determine the eligibility of students to receive those
awards), and
(d) provide student support services, including library,
counselling, course information, student activities and child care services,
and
(e) make loans and grants to students of TAFE establishments, and
(f)
impose penalties (including pecuniary penalties) for breaches of discipline by
students of TAFE establishments, and
(g) enter into credit transfer
arrangements with other education and training providers (including government
agencies, higher education institutions and private agencies), and
(h) impose
fees and charges (and grant exemptions from payment of fees and charges),
including fees and charges to be paid in respect of the following: •
entrance to a TAFE establishment,
• tuition,
• examinations,
• the conferring of educational awards,
• residence,
• the
provision of amenities and services, whether or not of an educational nature,
and
(i) enter into commercial arrangements for the provision of
technical and further education services and for the payment of appropriate
fees and charges for those services (including arrangements with employers for
the provision of services to their employees), and
(j) with the approval of
the Minister, conduct any business which is related to
technical and further education or which makes use of the facilities, staff or
services of the TAFE Commission.
(2) The exercise of the functions of the
TAFE Commission under this section is subject to: (a) in the case of the
provision of accredited courses of study and the conferring of educational
awards or statements of attainment in connection with those courses--the
provisions of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act
2011 of the Commonwealth, and
(b) in any case--any requirements of the
regulations.
(3) The TAFE Commission may, with the approval of the Minister:
(a) form, or participate in the formation of, private corporations, and
(b)
acquire, sell or otherwise dispose of interests in private corporations, and
(c) enter into partnerships, joint ventures or other profit-making
arrangements,
for the purpose of the exercise of the functions of the
TAFE Commission referred to in subsection (1) (j) or such other of its
functions of a commercial nature as the Minister may approve.
(4) A private
corporation in which the TAFE Commission has a controlling or other interest
is not, and does not represent, the Crown.
(5) The Minister may give an
approval under this section that is limited to a particular case or that
applies generally.
(6) The TAFE Commission may exercise its functions under
this Act within or outside the State, including outside Australia. The
TAFE Commission is taken always to have had the powers conferred by this
subsection.
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