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33H Approved foreign qualifications

(1) A provision of section 33E, 33F or 33G requiring that an authority referred to in the provision must not be issued or endorsed unless the applicant has successfully completed a specified VET qualification does not apply to an applicant who has successfully completed--

(a) a qualification issued outside Australia that the Secretary considers is substantially equivalent, or based on similar competencies, to the specified VET qualification, and

(b) a competency assessment conducted by the Secretary, or by a person or body approved by the Secretary, for the purposes of this subsection.

(2) The regulations may make further provision for or in relation to competency assessments for the purposes of this section.

(3) In this section--

"specified VET qualification" means--

(a) for section 33E(1)--a qualification referred to in section 33E(1)(a), or

(b) for section 33E(1A)--a qualification referred to in section 33E(1A)(a), or

(c) for section 33F(1)--a qualification referred to in section 33F(1)(a), or

(d) for section 33F(1A)--a qualification referred to in section 33F(1A)(a), or

(e) for section 33G(1)--a qualification referred to in section 33G(1)(a), or

(f) for section 33G(1A)--a qualification referred to in section 33G(1A)(a).