Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 106 of 2005 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 3 March 2010
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 8 of 2010
The text of any of those
amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may
be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and
Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra
Contents
Part 1--Preliminary 1
1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement .................................................................................. 1
3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 2
4............ Objects ................................................................................................ 5
Part 2--Grants to States: capital expenditure and recurrent expenditure 6
Division 1--General provisions 6
5............ Minister may make determinations authorising payments ................ 6
6............ Allocation of financial assistance by Ministerial Council .................. 6
7............ Agreements with States in relation to vocational education and training a precondition for payment of financial assistance ............................................................................................ 7
8............ Payments subject to conditions .......................................................... 8
Division 2--Statutory conditions 9
9............ Conditions of grants--general ............................................................ 9
10.......... Condition of grant--payments to be spent for vocational education and training 9
10A....... Condition of grant--skilling Indigenous Australians .......................... 9
11.......... Condition of grant--maximising choice for employers and new apprentices 9
12.......... Condition of grant--workplace reforms ........................................... 10
13.......... Condition of grant--competence‑based training .............................. 11
14.......... Condition of grant--increased utilisation of publicly funded training infrastructure 11
15.......... Condition of grant--payments for capital expenditure .................... 12
16.......... Condition of grant--role of State Training Authorities .................... 12
17.......... Condition of grant--providing advice about vocational education and training 12
18.......... Condition of grant--overseas students ............................................ 12
19.......... Condition of grant--recreational pursuits ........................................ 13
Division 3--Conditions of the Skilling Australia's Workforce Agreement 14
20.......... Matters to which conditions of the Skilling Australia's Workforce Agreement must relate 14
Division 4--Conditions of bilateral agreements 16
21.......... When an agreement complies with this Division .............................. 16
22.......... Certifying that payments duly spent or committed ......................... 16
23.......... Reports about financial expenditure ................................................. 16
24.......... Reporting on performance ................................................................ 17
25.......... Conditions about reporting ............................................................... 17
26.......... Agreement may specify other conditions ......................................... 17
Part 3--Grants for strategic national initiatives 18
27.......... Minister may make determinations authorising payments .............. 18
28.......... Allocation of financial assistance by Ministerial Council ................ 18
29.......... Precondition of payments for strategic national initiatives .............. 18
30.......... Conditions of payment ..................................................................... 19
31.......... Application of this Part to notional payments ................................ 19
Part 4--Repayments 20
32.......... Statutory condition or condition of agreement not fulfilled ............. 20
33.......... Overpayments .................................................................................. 20
34.......... Minister's power if amount repayable ............................................. 21
35.......... Amount payable to the Commonwealth is a debt ............................ 21
36.......... Determinations requiring repayments .............................................. 21
Part 5--Amounts of payments 22
37.......... Limit on payments ........................................................................... 22
Part 6--Miscellaneous 23
38.......... Minister may determine amounts and times of payment of financial assistance 23
39.......... Payment reduced for false or misleading statement .......................... 23
40.......... Appropriation .................................................................................. 24
41.......... Authority to borrow ......................................................................... 24
42.......... Determinations etc. ........................................................................... 24
43.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 24
44.......... Annual national report ...................................................................... 25
45.......... Presentation of agreement to Parliament .......................................... 25
46.......... Publication of agreement on internet ................................................ 26
47.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 26
Notes 27
Notes to
the
Skilling Australia's Workforce Act 2005 Note 1 The
Skilling Australia's Workforce Act 2005 as shown in
this compilation comprises Act No. 106, 2005
amended
as indicated in the Tables below. The
Skilling Australia's
Workforce Act 2005 was amended by the Workplace Relations
Amendment (Work Choices) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006
(No. 1) (SLI 2006 No. 50). The amendments are incorporated in this
compilation. Table of Acts
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Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
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106, 2005 |
24 Aug 2005 |
24 Aug 2005 |
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Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Act 2005 |
149, 2005 |
14 Dec 2005 |
Schedule 1 (item 4): Royal Assent |
-- |
|
Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008 |
8, 2008 |
20 Mar 2008 |
Schedules 1-7: 28 Mar 2008 (see F2008L00959) |
-- |
|
8, 2010 |
1 Mar 2010 |
Schedule 5 (item 137): (a) |
-- |
(a) Subsection 2(1) (items 31 and 38) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2010 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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31. Schedule 5, items 1 to 51 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
1 March 2010 |
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38. Schedule 5, Parts 2 and 3 |
Immediately after the provision(s) covered by table item 31. |
1 March 2010 |
Table of Amendments
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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Part 1 |
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S. 3.................................... |
am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 8, 2008 |
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Part 2 |
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Division 2 |
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S. 10A................................ |
ad. No. 149, 2005 |
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S. 12.................................. |
am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 8, 2008 |
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Part 6 |
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Heading to s. 46 ................ |
am. No. 8, 2010 |