Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00020:reg:37
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00020
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 37
Character Range: 68626–70054

37    When a student is academically suited

        (1)    A VET provider's student entry procedure must specify that a student is academically suited to undertake a particular VET course of study if:
(a)    the student satisfies one of the requirements in subsection (2); and
(b)    the student satisfies any other specified entry requirements for the VET course of study; and
(c)    the VET provider reasonably believes that the student is academically suited to undertake the VET course of study.

             Note 1: The other specified entry requirements could include any prior education qualifications the provider considers are needed for a student to be academically suited to undertake the course.

             Note 2: A VET provider must comply with its student entry procedure (see subclause 23B(2) of Schedule 1A to the Act).

        (2)    For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the requirements are that:
(a)    the VET provider obtains a copy of a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education that has been awarded to the student by an agency or authority of a State or Territory for the student's completion of year 12; or
(b)    both:
              (i)    the student is assessed as displaying competence at or above Exit Level 3 in the Australian Core Skills Framework in both reading and numeracy; and

              (ii)    the VET provider reasonably believes that the student displays that competence.