Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140:clause:1a_6:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1A cl 6 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 637688–640300

6  Approval by the Minister
 (1) The Minister, in writing, may approve a body as a *VET provider if:
 (aa) the body is a body corporate that is not the trustee of a trust; and
 (a) the body:
 (i) is established under the law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and
 (ii) carries on business in Australia; and
 (iii) has its central management and control in Australia; and
 (b) subject to subclause (2), providing education is, or is taken to be, the body's principal purpose; and
 (c) the body is a *registered training organisation, as listed on the *National Register, that has been a registered training organisation since at least 1 January 2011; and
 (ca) the body has been offering:
 (i) at least one *qualifying VET course continuously since at least 1 January 2011; or
 (ii) one or more series of qualifying VET courses since at least 1 January 2011, with each course in a series superseding the other without interruption; and
 (d) the body either fulfils the *VET tuition assurance requirements or is exempted from those requirements under clause 8; and
 (da) the body offers at least one *VET course of study; and
 (e) the body applies for approval as provided for in clause 9; and
 (f) the Minister is satisfied that the body is willing and able to meet the *VET quality and accountability requirements; and
 (g) the body complies with any requirements set out in the VET Guidelines; and
 (h) the Minister is satisfied that:
 (i) the body; and
 (ii) each person who makes, or participates in making, decisions that affect the whole, or a substantial part, of the body's affairs;
  is a fit and proper person.
 (1A) The Minister, in writing, may also approve a body as a *VET provider if:
 (a) the body is of a kind specified in the *VET Guidelines; and
 (b) the body:
 (i) is established under the law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and
 (ii) carries on business in Australia; and
 (iii) has its central management and control in Australia; and
 (c) subject to subclause (2), providing education is, or is taken to be, the body's principal purpose; and
 (d) the body is a *registered training organisation as listed on the *National Register; and
 (da) the body has been offering:
 (i) at least one *qualifying VET course continuously since at least 1 January 2011; or
 (ii) one or more series of qualifying VET courses since at least 1 January 2011, with each course in a series superseding the other without interruption; and
 (e) the body either fulfils the *VET tuition assurance requirements or is exempted from those requirements under clause 8; and
 (f) the body offers