Victorian Current Acts

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 4.9.4

S. 4.9.4(1) amended by No. 73/2012 s. 16(1)(a), substituted by 7/2015, s. 12(1).

    (1)     The Authority may disclose any information it has obtained in the course of performing its functions or exercising its powers under this Chapter to a prescribed person or body if the information relates to the performance of a function of that person or body.

S. 4.9.4(1AAA) inserted by 7/2015, s. 12(1), amended by No. 33/2020 s. 10.

    (1AAA)     The Authority may ask a prescribed person or body to give the Authority information that may assist the Authority in determining whether or not a school, a school boarding premises or the school boarding services provided at that premises comply with any of the prescribed minimum standards for registration of schools or the prescribed minimum standards for registration of school boarding premises.

S. 4.9.4(1AA) inserted by No. 73/2012 s. 16(2), amended by Nos 76/2013 s. 19(2), 4/2017 s. 17(1)(d).

    (1AA)     The Secretary may disclose to the Authority, a department of the Commonwealth Government or another registering body information he or she has about, or arising from, the breach of, or failure to comply with, a government training contract by an RTO.

S. 4.9.4(1A) inserted by No. 70/2008 s. 31(1), substituted by No. 39/2012 s. 48(1), amended by No. 73/2012 s. 16(3).

    (1A)     Without limiting subsection (1), the Authority or the Secretary may disclose information or give a document in its or his or her custody to any of the following persons upon a written request from that person—

S. 4.9.4(1A)(a) amended by No. 73/2012 s. 109(2).

        (a)     the National VET Regulator known as the Australian Skills Quality Authority established under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 of the Commonwealth;

        (b)     the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency established under the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 of the Commonwealth;

        (c)     the Secretary or a designated authority within the meaning of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 of the Commonwealth.

S. 4.9.4(2) amended by Nos 70/2008 s. 31(2), 39/2012 s. 48(2), 7/2015 s. 12(2).

    (2)     A person disclosing information or giving a document under subsection (1) or (1A) or under a law of another jurisdiction corresponding to subsection (1) or (1A) does not contravene an obligation not to disclose the information or give the document, whether imposed by an Act or by another rule of law.

S. 4.9.4(3) inserted by No. 73/2012 s. 16(4), substituted by No. 7/2015 s. 12(3).

    (3)     In this section—

"government training contract" has the same meaning as in section 4.1.1(1);

S. 4.9.4(3) def. of prescribed person or body amended by No. 4/2017 s. 17(1)(e).

"prescribed person or body" means any of the following—

        (a)     the Secretary;

        (b)     the Secretary to a Department (within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Public Administration Act 2004 );

        (c)     a public sector body;

        (d)     a municipal council;

        (e)     a registering body;    

        (f)     a school registering body;

        (g)     a department of the Commonwealth Government or of another State or Territory Government;

        (h)     an agency of the Commonwealth;

"school registering body" means a body equivalent to the Authority in another jurisdiction that is responsible for the registration of schools.

Chapter 5—General

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