Higher Education Support Act 2003

Schedule 1A - VET FEE-HELP Assistance Scheme  

Note:

See section 6-1 .

PART 3 - Administration  

Division 14 - Management of information  

Subdivision 14-A - (Repealed by No 156 of 2012)  

SECTION 74   Meanings of VET officer etc and official employment  

Meaning of VET officer

74(1)    
A person is a VET officer if:

(a) the person is or was a *Commonwealth officer (see subsection 179-15(2) ); or

(aa) the person is or was an *officer of a Tertiary Admission Centre (see subsection 179-15(3B) ); or

(b) the person is or was an *officer of a *VET provider (see subclause (2)).

74(2)    
A person is an officer of a VET provider if the person is:

(a) an officer or employee of the provider; or

(b) a person who, although not an officer or employee of the provider, performs services for or on behalf of the provider.

Meaning of official employment

74(3)    
Official employment of a *VET officer is:

(a) for a *Commonwealth officer - the performance of duties or functions, or the exercise of powers:

(i) under, or for the purposes of, this Schedule; or

(ii) conferred as described in clause 39GB (about functions and powers under the Regulatory Powers Act); or

(aa) for an *officer of a Tertiary Admission Centre - service as such an officer; or

(b) for an *officer of a VET provider - service as such an officer.