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action taken or decision made under that instrument. A decision made under the Standards for VET Regulators 2011 is taken to continue to have effect as if it were made under the Standards for VET Regulators 2015.

6.2 The Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) and those RTOs regulated by the VRQA are not bound to comply with this instrument until such time as the Victorian Parliament passes an Act to amend the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) to incorporate appropriate references to the Standards, and that Act has commenced.

6.3 The Western Australian Training Accreditation Council (TAC) and RTOs regulated by TAC will not be bound by this instrument until such time as the Vocational Education and Training (General) Regulations 2009 (WA) have been amended to incorporate appropriate references to the Standards, and those amendments have commenced.

Contents

Part 1  Preliminary
  Name of Standards       5
    Purpose        5
    Structure        5
    Glossary        6

Part 2  Regulator Standards
  Standard 1        9
  Standard 2        10
  Standard 3        11
  Standard 4        13
  Standard 5        13
  Standard 6        14

Schedules
  Schedule 1        15

PART 1 – Preliminary

Name of Standards

These Standards are the Standards for VET Regulators 2015. These Standards should be read in conjunction with the:

       * VET Quality Framework
       * Standards for Registered Training Organisations
       * Standards for Training Packages
       * Standards for VET Accredited Courses

Purpose

The purpose of these Standards is to ensure:

       * the integrity of nationally recognised training by regulating RTOs and VET accredited courses using a risk-based approach that is consistent, effective, proportional, responsive and transparent;
       * consistency in the VET Regulator's implementation and interpretation of the RTO Standards and Standards for VET Accredited Courses; and
       * the accountability and transparency of the VET Regulator in undertaking its regulatory functions.

Context:

The Standards require a risk-based approach to the regulation of RTOs that is informed by assessments of RTO compliance with the Standards for RTOs on an ongoing basis. This risk management approach enables VET Regulators to more actively and regularly apply strategies to reduce the regulatory burden for high-performing RTOs with a history of strong compliance and to increase regulatory action for those RTOs considered as higher risk. This is achieved through regulatory strategies that can include:

       * an active and dynamic risk assessment process that is based on compliance history, performance data, outcomes of complaints against RTOs, and industry and learner intelligence;
       * varying the type and regularity of audits, based on risk assessments;
       * recognising and not duplicating the decisions of other relevant regulators; and
       * delegating regulatory powers to low-risk RTOs, such as the ability to amend their scope of registration.

Regulation must be sufficient to assure the quality outcomes of