Summary Authority Rules 2008

1 Name of Rules

These Rules are the Trade Support Loan Rules 2014.

2 Commencement

These Rules commence on the day after registration.

3 Authority

These Rules are made under the Trade Support Loans Act 2014.

4 Definitions

In these Rules, unless the contrary intention appears:

Act means the Trade Support Loans Act 2014.

commencement date means the date confirmed by the relevant State Training Authority, as the date that the training contract for the apprenticeship is taken to have commenced. Commenced has a corresponding meaning.

imprisoned means a person serving a period of full time custodial imprisonment, home detention, weekend detention, temporary detention or otherwise in the custody of a law enforcement agency or correctional facility.

recommencement date means the date confirmed by the relevant State Training Authority, as the date the apprentice has commenced in an apprenticeship with the same or another employer, to continue working towards an incomplete apprenticeship. rural or regional area means a suburb with the postcode listed in Schedule 1.

State Training Authority means the State or Territory government body with responsibility for the regulation of apprenticeships within that State or Territory, and for the purposes of subsection 40(3) of the Act, is the designated State/Territory training authority for an apprentice who is employed within that State or Territory.

training contract means the form which evidences the:

(a) agreement between an employer and apprentice to enter into an apprenticeship; and

(b) approval of the apprenticeship, including the approval of any relevant training plan, by the designated State/Territory training authority.

TSL Priority List means has the same meaning as in section 105 of the Act.

5 Other conditions for qualification (the Act, ss 8(1)(d))

In addition to paragraphs 8(1)(a) to (c) of the Act, the following conditions must also be met in order for a person to qualify for a trade support loan:

(a) the person is not imprisoned in Australia or any external Territory.

(b) where a person is concurrently undertaking more than one qualifying apprenticeships, the person will only be able to qualify for trade support loan in relation to one of the qualifying apprenticeships.

6 Level of qualification (the Act, ss 8(2)(a)(i))

For the purposes of subparagraph 8(2)(a)(i) of the Act, a qualifying apprenticeship is one that is at the following levels:

(a) Certificate level III or IV for occupations in Schedule 1 of the TSL Priority List.

(b) Certificate level II, III or IV for qualifications leading to occupations on the TSL Priority List.

7 Other requirements for a qualifying apprenticeship (the Act, ss 8(2)(b))

Where a person is undertaking a qualification in the horticulture sector, as prescribed in the TSL Priority List, the person must also be working in a rural or regional area.

8 Circumstances where a person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship (the Act, ss 8(3))

(a) For the purposes of subsection 8(3) of the Act, a person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship:

(i) from the date a fully completed training contract has been submitted for approval by the State Training Authority (but only if the apprentice has started in the apprenticeship); or

(ii) on or after the commencement date or recommencement date of the apprenticeship (if this date precedes the date in rule 8(a)(i)); and

(iii) until notice of successful completion of the apprenticeship has been received by the Secretary from State Training Authority;

(b) If a training contract submitted under rule 8(a)(i) is not approved by the State Training Authority, the person is taken to have been undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship for the period up until the State Training Authority so notifies the Department of Industry.

9 Other circumstances where a person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship (the Act, ss 8(4))

A person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship during the period from when the person successfully completed their qualifying apprenticeship to the date a designated State/Territory training authority notifies the Secretary that the person has completed their qualifying apprenticeship.

10 Instalment period (the Act, ss10(2))

(a) For the purposes of paragraph 10(2)(a) of the Act, the instalment period for a person starts on the anniversary of the commencement (or recommencement) date of the person’s qualifying apprenticeship.

(b) For the purposes of paragraph 10(2)(b) of the Act, the duration of a person’s instalment period is one calendar month.

11 Application of special case qualification and payability (the Act, ss 11(2))

Subsection 11(1) of the Act is taken to apply to a person where:

(a) before the end of the final instalment period specified in a determination made for the person under section 16 of the Act, the person has notified the Secretary of a change of circumstances which would affect payability of trade support loan, but payments of trade support loan have continued to be made to the person for that period; or

(b) the person has successfully completed a qualifying apprenticeship but the Secretary has not received notice from the designated State/Territory training authority, or from the person, of this completion and the person has continued to receive instalments of trade support loan.

12 Manner of lodgement for applications for trade support loan (the Act, ss 13(2)

For the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act, a person may lodge:

(a) the application form (Form 1289):

(i) in person; or

(ii) by mail.

(b) the opt-in form (Form 1290):

(i) in person; or

(ii) by mail; or

(iii) by fax; or

(iv) by email.

13 Periods to be specified in a determination for trade support loan (the Act, ss 16(3))

The determination must specify up to six instalment periods.

14 Year of an apprenticeship a person is undertaking (the Act, ss 24(2))

(a) For the purposes of subclause 24(2) of the Act, the year of an apprenticeship that a person is taken to be undertaking on any particular day is to be determined, in accordance with rule 14(b), by first calculating the total number of calendar months the person has completed of their qualifying apprenticeship

(b) For the purpose of rule 14(a), the total number of calendar months in Column A will mean that the person is taken to be in the year of an apprenticeship as specified in Column B.

Column A	Column B
1 – 12 completed calendar months	1st year
13 – 24 completed calendar months	2nd year
25 – 36 completed calendar months	3rd year
37 + completed calendar months	4th year

15 Designated State/Territory training authority (the Act, ss 40(3))

A designated State/Territory training authority is an authority of a State or Territory.

Schedule 1 – List of postcodes in rural or regional areas

State/Territory	Postcodes
Australian Capital Territory	0200
	0221
	2619
	2620
Northern Territory	All
New South Wales	2264
	2265
	2267
	2278
	2280
	2281
	2282
	2283
	2284
	2285
	2286
	2287
	2289
	2290
	2291
	2292
	2293
	2294
	2295
	2296
	2297
	2298
	2299
	2300
	2302
	2303
	2304
	2305
	2306
	2307
	2308
	2309
	2310
	2311
	2312
	2314
	2315
	2316
	2317
	2318
	2319
	2320
	2321
	2322
	2323
	2324
	2325
	2326
	2327
	2328
	2329
	2330
	2331
	2333
	2334
	2335
	2336
	2337
	2338
	2339
	2415
	2420
	2421
	2422
2423
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2425
2426
2427
2428
2429
2430
2431
2439
2440
2441
2442
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2460
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2483
2484
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2486
2487
2488
2489
2490
2898
2899
2500
2502
2505
2506
2508
2515
2516
2517
2518
2519
2520
2521
2522
2525
2526
2527
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2575
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2586
2587
2588
2589
2619
2620
2621
2622
2623
2624
2625
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2628
2630
2631
2632
2633
2726
2590
2640
2641
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2649
2650
2651
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2653
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2678
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3500
3585
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2786
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2475
2594
2668
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2671
2672
2721
2787
2790
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2797
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2800
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2864
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2873
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2877
2878
2879
2880
Queensland	4209
	4210
	4211
	4212
	4213
	4214
	4215
	4216
	4217
	4218
	4219
	4220
	4221
	4223
	4224
	4225
	4226
	4227
	4228
	4229
	4230
	4270
	4271
	4272
	4275
	4280
	4285
	4287
	4300
	4309
	4310
	4311
	4312
	4313
	4341
	4342
	4343
	4344
	4345
	4347
	4514
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	4519
	4550
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	4568
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9727
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4472
4478
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4677
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4454
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	4492
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	4570
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	4600
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	4605
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	4610
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	4625
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	4630
	4650
	4655
	4659
	4660
	4662
	4670
	4671
	4673
	4674
	4676
	4719
South Austrlaia	5312
	5455
	5486
	5653
	5660
	0872
	5131
	5132
	5133
	5139
	5201
	5202
	5203
	5204
	5210
	5211
	5212
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	5220
	5221
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	5231
	5232
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	5259
	5260
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	5264
	5265
	5266
	5267
	5268
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	5270
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	5273
	5275
	5276
	5277
	5278
	5279
5280
5290
5291
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5302
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5309
5310
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5320
5321
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5333
5340
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5345
5346
5350
5351
5352
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5354
5355
5356
5357
5360
5371
5372
5373
5374
5381
5400
5401
5410
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5431
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5451
5452
5453
5454
5460
5461
5462
5464
5470
5471
5472
5473
5480
5481
5482
5483
5485
5490
5491
5493
5495
5501
5502
5510
5520
5521
5522
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5540
5550
5552
5554
5555
5556
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5580
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5600
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5606
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5609
5630
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5642
5650
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5654
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5661
5670
5671
5680
5690
5700
5710
5720
5722
5723
5724
5725
5730
5731
5732
5733
5734
Tasmania	7026
	7027
	7030
	7109
	7112
	7113
	7116
	7117
	7119
	7120
	7139
	7140
	7150
	7155
	7162
	7163
	7172
	7173
	7174
	7175
	7176
	7177
	7178
	7179
	7180
	7182
	7183
	7184
	7185
	7186
	7187
	7190
	7209
	7210
	7211
	7212
	7213
	7214
	7215
	7216
	7248
	7249
	7250
	7252
	7253
	7254
	7255
	7256
	7257
	7258
	7259
	7260
	7261
	7262
	7263
	7264
	7265
	7267
	7268
	7270
	7275
	7276
	7277
	7290
7291
7292
7300
7301
7302
7303
7304
7305
7306
7307
7310
7315
7316
7320
7321
7322
7325
7330
7331
7466
7467
7468
7469
7470
Victoria	3212
	3213
	3214
	3215
	3216
	3217
	3218
	3219
	3220
	3221
	3222
	3223
	3224
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	3249
	3250
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	3260
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	3300
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3351
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3407
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3984
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Western Australia	6041
	6042
	6043
	6044
	6302
	6304
	6346
	6348
	6368
	6369
	6380
	6383
	6384
	6385
	6386
	6401
	6403
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	6409
	6410
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