Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA)

Western Australia Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 Western Australia Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Application to Crown 1 4. Objects 1 5. Terms used 1 6. Vocational education and training provided by a school or university 1 Part 2 — Coordination of the State vocational education and training system Division 1A — VET (WA) Ministerial Corporation 7A. Body corporate continued 1 7B. Status and purpose 1 7. Execution of documents 1 Division 1 — The Minister 8. Functions of the Minister 1 9. Powers of the Minister 1 10. Delegation by Minister 1 11. Minister may give directions 1 12. Directions to schools and universities providing vocational education and training 1 13. Minister may issue guidelines 1 14. Minister to have access to information 1 Division 2 — Financial matters 17. Minister may lend money 1 17A. Borrowing by the Minister 1 17B. Moneys to be credited and charged to agency special purpose account 1 17C. Guarantee by the Treasurer 1 17D. Payments under guarantee 1 Part 3 — The State Training Board 18. Establishment of Board 1 19. Constitution of the Board 1 20. Further provisions relating to the Board 1 21. Functions of the Board 1 22. Powers of the Board 1 23. Committees of the Board 1 24. Annual report of Board 1 Part 4 — The Training Accreditation Council 25. Establishment of Council 1 26. Further provisions relating to Council 1 27. Functions of the Council 1 28. Delegation by the Council 1 29. Committees of the Council 1 30. Annual report of Council 1 31. Council may provide information to others 1 Part 5 — Colleges Division 1 — Establishment and functions of colleges 35. Establishment of colleges 1 36. Constitution of colleges 1 37. Functions of a college 1 38. Vacation periods 1 Division 2 — Governing councils 39. Governing council 1 40. Further provisions relating to governing councils 1 41. Interim governing councils 1 42. Functions of a governing council 1 43. Strategic plans 1 44A. Annual business plans 1 44. By‑laws 1 45. Delegation by governing council 1 46. Managing director 1 47. College employees 1 Division 3 — Financial provisions 48. Funds of a college 1 49. Use of a college's funds 1 50. College accounts 1 51. Power to borrow 1 52. Power to invest 1 53. Minister may direct transfer of college's funds 1 54. Application of Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006 1 Division 4 — Failure of governing council to operate efficiently etc. 55. Minister may take action where governing council fails to operate efficiently etc. 1 56. Order assuming functions or appointing administrator 1 Division 5 — Miscellaneous matters 57A. Closure of college, consequences of 1 Part 6 — Other vocational education and training institutions 57. Minister may establish other vocational education and training institutions 1 Part 7A — Regulation of the provision of some vocational education and training Division 1 — General matters 58A. Offences 1 58B. Council may register training providers 1 58C. Council may accredit courses 1 58D. Council may inquire into training providers and courses 1 58E. Council may cancel certain qualifications 1 58F. When Council's decisions have effect 1 Division 2 — Appeals against the Council's decisions 58G. Appeals against the Council's decisions 1 58H. Board to establish review panels 1 58I. Reference back to Council 1 58J. Determination of appeal 1 Division 3 — Miscellaneous matters 58. Regulations for this Part 1 Part 7 — Obtaining prescribed VET qualifications and approved VET qualifications Division 1 — Preliminary matters 60A. Terms used 1 60B. Inconsistency with industrial relations laws, awards etc. 1 60C. Classification of prescribed VET qualifications 1 60D. Offences 1 Division 2 — Qualifying by doing an apprenticeship 60E. Training contracts 1 60F. Registration of training contracts 1 60G. Terminating training contracts 1 60H. Consequences of training contracts ceasing to have effect 1 Division 3 — Qualifying by demonstrating competence 60I. Conferring prescribed VET qualifications to competent persons 1 Division 4 — Miscellaneous matters 60J. Delegation by chief executive 1 60. Regulations for this Part 1 Part 8A — Enforcement matters 61A. VET inspectors, appointment of 1 61B. VET inspectors' powers 1 61C. Entry warrant for a place 1 61D. Consequences of investigations 1 61. Evidentiary matters 1 Part 8 — Miscellaneous 63. Remuneration of members of Board, Council etc. 1 64. Protection from liability 1 67. Regulations 1 68. Transitional provisions (Sch. 2) 1 69. Transitional regulations 1 70. Review of Act 1 Schedule 1 — Provisions relating to the board, the council and governing councils 1. Vacation of office 1 2. Leave of absence 1 3. Meetings 1 4. Disclosure of interests 1 5. Voting by interested members 1 6. Clause 5 may be declared inapplicable 1 Schedule 2 — Transitional provisions 1. Provisions relating to repeal of Industrial Training Act 1975 1 2. Provisions relating to Vocational Education and Training Amendment Act 2024 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Uncommenced provisions table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms Western Australia Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 An Act to establish a vocational education and training system for the State, to constitute the State Training Board of Western Australia and the Training Accreditation Council, to provide for the establishment of colleges and other vocational education and training institutions, to provide for the training of people, such as apprentices, under training contracts with employers, and for related purposes. [Long title amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 4.] Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996. 2. Commencement The provisions of this Act come into operation on such day as is, or days as are respectively, fixed by proclamation. 3. Application to Crown This Act binds the Crown in right of the State. 4. Objects The main objects of this Act are as follows — (a) to establish a State training system for the effective and efficient provision of vocational education and training to meet the immediate and future needs of industry and the community; (b) to provide for the registration of some providers of vocational education and training and the accreditation of some vocational education and training courses; (c) to provide a means by which the State is able to meet its obligations under national arrangements relating to vocational education and training; (d) to promote equality of opportunity to undertake vocational education and training; (e) to provide for research and development for the purposes of vocational education and training; (f) to allow for the operation of an open and competitive training market in this State; (g) to provide for people, such as apprentices, to be trained for some occupations under training contracts with employers. [Section 4 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 5.] 5. Terms used (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — account, of a college, means the college's account established under section 50; approved VET course means a VET course that — (a) is accredited by the Council under Part 7A; or (b) is accredited under a corresponding law; or (c) is prescribed by the regulations; approved VET qualification means a document, other than a prescribed VET qualification, that certifies that a person has successfully completed an approved VET course or a part of an approved VET course; Board means the State Training Board established by section 18; chief executive means the chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister to administer the provision in which the term chief executive is used; college means a college established under section 35; corresponding law means a law of another State or a Territory that relates to vocational education and training and that is prescribed to be a corresponding law; Council means the Training Accreditation Council established by section 25(1); educational institution means an institution providing education of any kind and includes a training provider; governing council means a governing council provided for by section 39(1); industry training advisory body means an association, whether incorporated or not, which is conversant with, and capable of giving advice in relation to, the vocational education and training requirements of a particular industry; interim governing council means an interim governing council appointed under section 41(3); member means a member of the Board, the Council, a governing council or an interim governing council as the context requires and includes, where appropriate, the chairperson or deputy chairperson of any of those bodies; other vocational education and training institution means a vocational education and training institution established under section 57(2); prescribed VET qualification means a document that certifies that a person has a qualification of a prescribed type; private training provider means a training provider who or which is not a public training provider; public training provider means — (a) a college or other vocational education and training institution; or (b) a school or university that provides a VET course under an approval given under section 6; registered training provider means a training provider registered — (a) by the Council under Part 7A; or (b) under a corresponding law; school has the meaning given to that term in the School Education Act 1999 section 4; State Training Plan means a plan, approved by the Minister, that sets out for a period — (a) the training needs of the State's various industries in the period; and (b) how those needs should be met in the period by registered training providers, using funds provided under this Act; and (c) any other matters required in the plan by any direction given under section 11; State training system means the vocational education and training system operating under this Act; training provider means a person who or which provides vocational education and training; university means a university established under a written law; VET course means a course of study or training or both study and training in which vocational education and training is provided; VET inspector means a person appointed under section 61A(2); vocational education and training means education, instruction, training or experience that encompasses the development of skills, knowledge and attitudes in any vocation, or in any academic or practical discipline relevant to a particular occupation, business, employment or trade, but, subject to section 6, does not include education, instruction, training or experience provided by a school or a university. (2) A reference in this Act to the training market is a reference to the market in which the vocational education and training required by a State Training Plan may be purchased by the State from either public or private training providers. [Section 5 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 6.] 6. Vocational education and training provided by a school or university (1) The Minister may, for the purposes of this Act, approve a specified course or programme, or class of course or programme, provided by a specified school or university. (2) Any course or programme so approved is within the definition of vocational education and training in section 5(1). (3) The power conferred by subsection (1) may only be exercised with the concurrence of — (a) in the case of a school — the Minister administering the School Education Act 1999; (b) in the case of a university — the Minister administering the written law that establishes the university. [Section 6 inserted: No. 44 of 2008 s. 7.] Part 2 — Coordination of the State vocational education and training system Division 1A — VET (WA) Ministerial Corporation [Heading inserted: No. 44 of 2008 s. 8.] 7A. Body corporate continued (1) The body corporate called the "Minister for Training", established previously under this Act, continues under the name "VET (WA) Ministerial Corporation". (2) VET (WA) Ministerial Corporation is a body corporate with perpetual succession. (3) Proceedings may be taken by or against VET (WA) Ministerial Corporation in its corporate name. (4) VET (WA) Ministerial Corporation is to be governed by the Minister. [Section 7A inserted: No. 44 of 2008 s. 8.] 7B. Status and purpose (1) VET (WA) Ministerial Corporation (the corporation) is an agent of the State and has the status, immunities, and privileges of the State. (2) The corporation has power — (a) to enter into any contract that the Minister, under this Act, has power to enter into; and (b) to acquire, hold and dispose of any property that the Minister, under this Act, has power to acquire, hold and dispose of. (3) Despite the employment under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 of ministerial officers for the purpose of assisting the Minister to perform functions that the Minister performs through the corporation, the corporation and those officers are not an organisation for the purposes of that Act. [Section 7B inserted: No. 44 of 2008 s. 8.] 7. Execution of documents (1) VET (WA) Ministerial Corporation (the corporation) is to have a common seal. (2) A document is duly executed by the corporation if — (a) the corporation's common seal is affixed to it in accordance with subsections (3) and (4); or (b) it is signed on behalf of the corporation by the Minister; or (c) it is signed on behalf of the corporation by the chief executive, or another person, authorised under subsection (5). (3) The corporation's common seal is not to be affixed to a document except as authorised by the corporation. (4) The corporation's common seal is to be affixed to a document in the presence of the Minister, and the Minister is to sign the document to attest that the common seal was so affixed. (5) The corporation, in writing under its common seal, may authorise the chief executive or other person to sign documents on its behalf, either generally or subject to conditions or restrictions specified in the authorisation. (6) A document executed by the chief executive or other person under this section without the common seal of the corporation is not to be regarded as a deed unless it is executed as a deed as authorised under subsection (5). (7) A document purporting to be executed in accordance with this section is to be presumed to be duly executed until the contrary is shown. (8) If a document bears a seal purporting to be the common seal of the corporation, it is to be presumed that the seal is the common seal of the corporation until the contrary is shown. [Section 7 inserted: No. 44 of 2008 s. 8.] Division 1 — The Minister 8. Functions of the Minister (1) The main functions of the Minister are as follows — (a) to control, direct and coordinate the State training system; (b) to ensure as far as practicable that the needs set out in the State Training Plan are provided by a combination of — (i) public training providers, whether or not under contracts with the Minister; and (ii) private training providers under contracts with the Minister; (c) to promote the development of a competitive training market and to facilitate commercial activities that are authorised by or under this Act; (d) to enter into commercial activities both within Australia and overseas, to generate revenue for, and otherwise benefit, the State training system. (2) The Minister from time to time must require the Board to give the Minister a draft State Training Plan for a period specified by the Minister. (3) The Minister may approve any draft State Training Plan or refuse to approve it and require the Board to prepare another or an amended draft. [Section 8 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 10.] 9. Powers of the Minister (1) The Minister may do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of the functions specified in section 8 and any other functions conferred on the Minister by this Act. (2) Without limiting subsection (1) the Minister may for the purpose of performing any function — [(a) deleted] (b) determine and coordinate arrangements for — (i) the curriculum; (ii) student selection, admission and enrolment procedures; and (iii) other administrative procedures, to be used or followed by public training providers; (c) acquire, hold, improve, develop and dispose of land and other property of any kind, for and on account of the State, for the purposes of this Act; (d) after publicly inviting tenders or expressions of interest to provide vocational education and training, enter into contracts with training providers under which the training providers provide vocational education and training or services related to vocational education and training; (e) provide funds, by way of grants and otherwise, and make other resources available to training providers and other persons for and for purposes related to vocational education and training; (f) authorise, by lease, licence or other arrangement, the use for commercial, community or any other purpose of any land, buildings, equipment, facilities or services used or provided for, or in connection with, the provision of vocational education and training as long as the use for such a purpose does not detract from the provision of vocational education and training; (g) enter into contracts or other arrangements to provide products, consultancy or other services in the course of, or incidental to, the provision of vocational education and training; (h) turn to account the vocational education and training expertise of the State by means of the sale of services and the commercial exploitation of intellectual property, including the assignment and licensing of such property; (i) enter into contracts and arrangements with overseas organisations for the provision of vocational education and training and related services; (j) engage in applied research and development related to vocational education and training in conjunction with industry, research organisations, other educational institutions and other bodies; (k) assist the development of industry and commerce and the community in relation to the application of new technology related to vocational education and training and the skills and knowledge needed for that application; and (l) on terms and conditions approved by the Treasurer, participate in any business arrangement and acquire, hold and dispose of shares, units or other interests in, or relating to, a business arrangement. (3) The powers referred to in subsection (2)(d), (e), (j), (k) and (l) are not subject to, and may be exercised despite, the Procurement Act 2020. (4) In subsection (2)(l) — business arrangement means a company, a partnership, a trust, a joint venture, or an arrangement for sharing profits; participate includes form, promote, establish, enter, manage, dissolve, wind up, and do anything incidental to participating in a business arrangement. [Section 9 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 11. No. 24 of 2020 s. 69.] 10. Delegation by Minister (1) Subject to subsection (2) the Minister may, by instrument of delegation, and either generally or as otherwise provided in the instrument, delegate to — (a) the chief executive; (b) a governing council or an interim governing council; or (c) the managing director of a college or a person in charge of any other vocational education and training institution, the performance of any of the Minister's functions under this Act. (2) The Minister cannot delegate any of the Minister's powers in relation to the appointment of members of the Board or the Council. (3) A person to whom a power has been delegated under subsection (1) may subdelegate that power to another person with the approval of the Minister but not otherwise. 11. Minister may give directions (1) This section applies to the Board, the Council, colleges, and an institution established under Part 6. (2) Subject to subsection (4), the Minister may give directions to a body to which this section applies with respect to the performance by that body of its functions under this Act either generally or in relation to a particular matter, and the body is to give effect to those directions. (3) A direction may be given under subsection (2) requiring a body to have regard to a particular policy or principle. (4) The Minister may not give directions to — (a) the Board, with respect to the performance of its functions under Part 7A Division 2; or (b) the Council, with respect to the performance of its functions under Part 7A Division 1. (5) The text of any direction given to — (a) the Board or the Council is to be included in the annual report presented to the Minister under section 24 or 30; or (b) a college or other institution is to be included in the annual report submitted by the accountable authority of the college or other institution under Part 5 of the Financial Management Act 2006. [Section 11 amended: No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 174(1); No. 44 of 2008 s. 12.] 12. Directions to schools and universities providing vocational education and training (1) The Minister may give directions as to matters coming within subsection (2) to a school or university that — (a) provides vocational education and training by virtue of an approval under section 6; and (b) is funded or partly funded under this Act. (2) The matters as to which directions may be so given are — (a) the preparation, scope and form of management plans; (b) the fees to be charged; (c) the standard and general form of accounts to be kept; and (d) reporting requirements, in relation to the relevant vocational education and training. [Section 12 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 13.] 13. Minister may issue guidelines (1) This section applies to the Board, the Council and a public training provider. (2) The Minister may, from time to time, issue guidelines, not inconsistent with this Act, to a body to which this section applies relating to — (a) the functioning of the State training system; and (b) the policy to be implemented and the procedures to be followed, under this Act. (3) The Minister may not issue guidelines to — (a) the Board, with respect to the performance of its functions under Part 7A Division 2; or (b) the Council, with respect to a particular application or matter that is to be determined by the Council. (4) Guidelines issued under this section are to be followed by the body to which they are directed. [Section 13 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 14.] 14. Minister to have access to information (1) This section applies to the Board, the Council and colleges. (2) The Minister is entitled — (a) to have information in the possession of a body to which this section applies; and (b) where the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies of, that document. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1) the Minister may — (a) request a body to which this section applies to furnish information to the Minister; or (b) request a body to which this section applies to give the Minister access to information. (4) A body to which this section applies is to comply with a request under subsection (3). (5) In this section — document includes any tape, disc or other device or medium on which information is recorded or stored; information means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of a body to which this section applies. Division 2 — Financial matters [15, 16. Deleted: No. 44 of 2008 s. 15.] 17. Minister may lend money (1) The Minister may lend money for approved purposes to a private training provider which does not operate for the purpose of private gain by its members, provided the purposes relate to the provision of vocational education and training. (2) Any such loan is to be made out of moneys borrowed by the Minister under section 17A. (3) The terms and conditions of any such loan, including the interest to be paid — (a) may be less onerous than those that might reasonably apply to such a loan made commercially; and (b) are to be approved by the Treasurer. (4) In subsection (1) — approved purposes means the acquisition of land, the construction, modification and renovation of buildings and the purchase or lease of plant and equipment, or any of those things. [Section 17 inserted: No. 27 of 1998 s. 7.] 17A. Borrowing by the Minister (1) The Minister may borrow moneys for the purpose of lending under section 17 — (a) from the Treasurer on such terms and conditions relating to repayment and payment of interest as the Treasurer imposes; or (b) with the prior written approval of the Treasurer and on such terms and conditions as the Treasurer approves, from persons other than the Treasurer. (2) Any moneys borrowed by the Minister under subsection (1)(b) may be raised — (a) as one loan or as several loans; and (b) in such manner as the Treasurer approves. (3) The total amount of the moneys borrowed by the Minister under subsection (1)(b) in any one financial year is not to exceed such amount as the Treasurer approves. [Section 17A inserted: No. 27 of 1998 s. 7.] 17B. Moneys to be credited and charged to agency special purpose account (1) The following moneys are to be credited to an agency special purpose account established under the Financial Management Act 2006 section 16 — (a) repayments of moneys loaned under section 17; and (b) moneys borrowed under section 17A. (2) The following moneys are to be charged to that account — (a) moneys loaned under section 17; and (b) repayments of moneys borrowed under section 17A. [Section 17B inserted: No. 27 of 1998 s. 7; amended: No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 174(6); No. 44 of 2008 s. 16.] 17C. Guarantee by the Treasurer (1) The Treasurer may, in the name and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State, guarantee the payment of any moneys payable by the Minister in respect of moneys borrowed by the Minister under section 17A(1)(b). (2) A guarantee is to be in such form and contain such terms and conditions as the Treasurer determines. (3) Before a guarantee is given — (a) the Minister is to give to the Treasurer such security as the Treasurer requires; and (b) all instruments that are necessary for the purpose are to be executed. (4) The Treasurer may fix charges to be paid by the Minister to the credit of the Consolidated Account in respect of a guarantee given under this section. [Section 17C inserted: No. 27 of 1998 s. 7; amended: No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.] 17D. Payments under guarantee (1) The due payment of moneys under a guarantee given under section 17C is to be — (a) made by the Treasurer; and (b) charged to, and paid out of, the Consolidated Account, and this subsection appropriates that Account accordingly. (2) The Treasurer is to cause to be credited to the Consolidated Account any amounts received or recovered from the Minister or otherwise in respect of any payment made by the Treasurer under a guarantee given under section 17C. [Section 17D inserted: No. 27 of 1998 s. 7; amended: No. 77 of 2006 s. 4 and 5(1).] Part 3 — The State Training Board 18. Establishment of Board There is established a body called the State Training Board. 19. Constitution of the Board (1) The Board is to consist of — (a) 7 persons appointed by the Minister, of whom one is to be appointed by the Minister to be the chairperson; and (b) the persons appointed under subsection (2), if any. (2) The members appointed under subsection (1)(a) may submit to the Minister a panel of names from which the Minister may appoint 2 other persons to be members of the Board. (3) The members are to be appointed by the Minister for their experience and expertise in education and training, industry or community affairs and for their ability to contribute to the strategic direction of the State training system. (4A) The Board's members must include — (a) at least one person experienced in employers' interests; and (b) at least one person experienced in workers' interests. (4B) For the purpose of complying with subsection (4A)(a), the Minister, in writing, may request the body called the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (Inc.) to give the Minister in accordance with the request the name of one or more (as is specified in the request) persons each of whom has the required experience and is willing to act as a member. (4C) For the purpose of complying with subsection (4A)(b), the Minister, in writing, may request the body called UnionsWA to give the Minister in accordance with the request the name of one or more (as is specified in the request) persons each of whom has the required experience and is willing to act as a member. (4) A member is to hold office — (a) in the case of the chairperson for such period not exceeding 5 years; and (b) in the case of any other member for such period not exceeding 3 years, as is specified in the instrument appointing that member, and a member is eligible for re‑appointment. (5) The appointment of a member is to be published in the Gazette. [Section 19 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 17.] 20. Further provisions relating to the Board (1) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the Board. (2) Subject to this Act, the Board may determine its own procedures. 21. Functions of the Board (1) The functions of the Board are as follows — (a) to give the Minister a draft State Training Plan as and when required by the Minister; (b) to recognise various industry training advisory bodies as bodies from which the Board takes advice for the purpose of drafting a State Training Plan or making recommendations to the Minister under Part 7; (ca) to make recommendations that are required or permitted to be made by it to the Minister under Part 7; (c) to prepare, for consideration by the Minister, policy which aims to improve the links between specific industry developments and vocational education and training so as to gain optimum employment opportunities for people, and ensure the availability of appropriately skilled labour, in the State; (d) to perform the functions it has under Part 7A Division 2; (e) to provide advice to the Minister on the matters set out in subsection (2). (2) The Board is to provide advice to the Minister on — (a) the existing and anticipated supply and demand for skills in various industries, particularly expanding industries and industries which are experiencing or are expected to experience a shortage of skilled labour, and on proposed strategies to support such industries; (b) strategic directions, policies and priorities for the State training system; (c) emerging international, national and State training issues; (d) the extent to which training services meet the current and future requirements of industry and the community, including the requirement for equal opportunity of access to those services; and (e) any other matters, as directed by the Minister. [Section 21 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 18.] 22. Powers of the Board (1) The Board may do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions. (2) For the purposes of section 21(1)(b) the Board may issue guidelines to industry training advisory bodies in relation to — (a) the criteria to be met for an industry training advisory body to be recognised by the Board; and (b) the matters in relation to which the advice of a recognised industry training advisory body may be sought or given. 23. Committees of the Board (1) The Board may appoint committees to assist it to perform its functions, and may abolish or alter any committee it has appointed. (2) A committee may include people who are not members of the Board but must include at least one member of the Board. (3) The Board may by resolution delegate to a committee, either generally or as otherwise provided in the resolution, any of the Board's functions under this Act other than this power of delegation. (4) A committee may determine its own procedures but they must be consistent with any directions of the Board and the terms of any delegation under which the committee is acting. [Section 23 inserted: No. 44 of 2008 s. 19.] 24. Annual report of Board (1) The Board, on or before 30 September in each year, is to prepare and present to the Minister a report on the operations of the Board during the period of 12 months ending on the preceding 30 June. (2) The Minister is to cause the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after its receipt by the Minister. Part 4 — The Training Accreditation Council [Division heading deleted: No. 44 of 2008 s. 20.] 25. Establishment of Council (1) There is establish