Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00020:reg:32
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00020
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 32
Character Range: 65053–66660

32    Withdrawing from a VET unit of study etc.

        (1)    A VET provider must clearly and prominently publish on its website its procedure for:
(a)    a student to withdraw from a VET unit of study undertaken with the VET provider; and
(b)    a student to enrol in a VET unit of study with the VET provider, in a case where the student had earlier withdrawn from a VET unit of study undertaken with the VET provider.

        (2)    A VET provider must not have financial, administrative or other barriers to a student withdrawing from the unit before the unit's census date.

             Note: A consequence of this subsection is that the VET provider's withdrawal procedure published under subsection (1) must not contain any of these barriers.

        (3)    If:
(a)    a student is enrolled in a VET unit of study forming part of a VET course of study with a VET provider; and
        (b)    the student withdraws from the unit; the VET provider:
(c)    must not, after the withdrawal, enrol the student in a further VET unit of study without the student's written permission given after the withdrawal; and
(d)    must confirm with the student whether the student wishes to continue any enrolment in any other VET unit of study forming part of the course.

             Note: A VET provider contravenes a civil penalty provision if it refuses certain withdrawal requests, or charges a fee etc. for doing so (see clauses 39DF and 39DG of
             Schedule 1A to the Act). Contravening a civil penalty provision is also a contravention of the requirement in section 24 of this instrument.