Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00461:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00461
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 24835–27669

3  Definitions
  In this Act:
acquisition of property has the same meaning as in paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.
Advisory Council means the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Advisory Council established by section 174.
Advisory Council member means a member of the Advisory Council and includes the Chair.
audit report rules has the meaning given by section 231B.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian Qualifications Framework has the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
authorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer under section 89.
Chair means the Chair of the Advisory Council.
civil penalty provision means a subsection, or a section that is not divided into subsections, that has set out at its foot the words "civil penalty" and one or more amounts in penalty units.
committee of management of an unincorporated association means a body (however described) that governs, manages or conducts the affairs of the association.
Commonwealth authority means:
 (a) a Department of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) a body, whether incorporated or not, established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth.
compliance audit means an audit carried out under subsection 35(1).
corporate plan means a corporate plan prepared by the National VET Regulator under section 35 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
corresponding State law means a law of a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory declared by the regulations to correspond to particular provisions of this Act or the regulations, including such a law as amended from time to time.
course means a course of vocational education and training.
Data Provision Requirements has the meaning given by section 187.
Education Minister, in relation to a State or Territory, means the relevant Minister of the State or Territory with responsibility for vocational education and training.
enforcement powers has the meaning given by section 68.
enforcement warrant means:
 (a) a warrant issued under section 86; or
 (b) a warrant signed by an issuing officer under section 87.
evidential material means:
 (a) in relation to an offence against this Act or an offence against the Crimes Act 1914 or the Criminal Code that relates to this Act:
 (i) a thing with respect to which the offence has been committed or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, of having been committed; or
 (ii) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting will afford evidence as to the commission of the offence; or
 (iii) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting is intended to be used for the purpose of committing the offence; and
 (b) in relation to a contravention of a civil penalty provision: