Education and Training Legislation

Amendment Act 1996

No. 13, 1996

An Act to repeal the Training Guarantee Act 1990

and the Training Guarantee (Administration) Act

1990, to amend certain other Acts, and for related

purposes

Education and Training Legislation

Amendment Act 1996

No. 13, 1996

An Act to repeal the Training Guarantee Act 1990 and the Training Guarantee (Administration) Act 1990, to amend certain other Acts, and for related purposes

[Assented to 14 June 1996]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Education and Training Legislation Amendment Act 1996.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on 1 July 1996.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1— Repeal of Acts

Training Guarantee Act 1990

1 The whole of the Act

Repeal the Act.

Training Guarantee (Administration) Act 1990

2 The whole of the Act

Repeal the Act.

3 Saving

If an employer was liable to pay training guarantee charge for the year beginning on 1 July 1993 under paragraph 15D(3)(f), (4)(b) or (6)(b) of the Training Guarantee (Administration) Act 1990 as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, section 42A of that Act continues to apply in relation to that employer as if that section had not been repealed.

4 Saving

Despite the repeal of the Training Guarantee (Administration) Act 1990 by this Act, Division 3 of Part 6 of that Act continues to apply in relation to an assessment of training guarantee charge as if that Division had not been repealed.

5 Saving

Despite the repeal of the Training Guarantee (Administration) Act 1990 by this Act, Parts 8 and 9 of that Act continue to apply in relation to any amount of training guarantee charge that remains or becomes due and payable by an employer on or after 30 June 1996 as if those Parts had not been repealed.

Schedule 2—Amendment of other Acts

Higher Education Funding Act 1988

1 Subsection 22A(3)

Omit “and 1995”, substitute “, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998”.

States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education

Assistance) Act 1992

2 Schedule 3 (Column 2)

Omit “92,296,000”, substitute “113,002,000".

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 9 May 1996

Senate on 23 May 1996]