Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00461:section:232a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00461
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 232A
Character Range: 298866–301241

232A  National VET Regulator annual registration charge
 (1) This section applies to a person if:
 (a) the person starts or continues to be registered during a financial year under this Act as an NVR registered training organisation; or
 (b) both:
 (i) the person starts or continues to be registered during a financial year under the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 as a registered provider; and
 (ii) the National VET Regulator is the ESOS agency for the registered provider (within the meaning of that Act).
 (2) The person is liable to pay the National VET Regulator annual registration charge imposed by Part 1A of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Charges) Act 2012, in relation to the person's registration as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) for the financial year.
Note 1: If the person is registered as mentioned in both paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), the person is liable to pay a charge for each registration.
Note 2: Different amounts of charge might be determined in different circumstances under Part 1A of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Charges) Act 2012, for example:
(a) depending on the number of qualifications offered by a person liable to pay the charge; or
(b) for registration under this Act and the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000.
See subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
 (3) An annual National VET Regulator registration charge is due and payable on:
 (a)  a date notified to the person by the National VET Regulator that is no earlier than 30 days after the date of the notification; or
 (b) if the charge is payable by instalments—dates notified to the person by the National VET Regulator, the first of which is no earlier than 30 days after the date of the first notification.
 (4) If the person's registration as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) ends during a financial year, the following proportion of the annual National VET Regulator registration charge payable in relation to that registration for that year is refundable to the person:
 (5) This section also applies in relation to a charge taken to have been imposed on a person under section 6C of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Charges) Act 2012 (which deals with the validation of annual registration fees charged for the purposes of this Act).