Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans (Australian Apprenticeships Priority List) Determination 2025

I, Andrew Giles, Minister for Skills and Training, make the following determination.

Dated 29/1/2025   

Andrew Giles

Minister for Skills and Training

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary 1

1  Name...................................................1

2  Commencement............................................1

3  Authority................................................1

4  Definitions...............................................1

5  Schedules................................................1

Part 2—Australian Apprenticeships Priority List 1

6  Purpose of this Part..........................................1

7  Australian Apprenticeships Priority List..............................1

Part 3—Transitional provisions 5

8  Purpose of this Part..........................................5

9  Transitional—pre-commencement apprenticeships........................6

Schedule 1—Consequential Amendments 7

Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Rules 2023 7

Schedule 2—Repeals 8

Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans (Australian Apprenticeships Priority List) Determination 2023 8

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

  This instrument is the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans (Australian Apprenticeships Priority List) Determination 2025.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences at the start of the day after this instrument is registered.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under sections 105 and 106 of the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014.

4  Definitions

Note:  A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 5 of the Act, including the following:

1.      Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; and
2.      Australian apprenticeship support loan.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014.

OSCA means the “Occupation Standard Classification for Australia”, which was released on 6 December 2024.

Note: In 2025, the Occupation Standard Classification for Australia could be accessed at https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/osca-occupation-standard-classification-australia/2024-version-1-0

5  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Part 2—Australian Apprenticeships Priority List

6  Purpose of this Part

  This Part is made for the purposes of subsection 105(1) of the Act.

7  Australian Apprenticeships Priority List

  For the purposes of paragraph 105(1)(a) of the Act, the occupations in the following table are specified:

Part 3—Transitional provisions

8  Purpose of this Part

  This Part is made for the purposes of subsection 105(4) of the Act.

9  Transitional—pre-commencement apprenticeships

 (1) This section applies to a person if:

 (a) immediately before the commencement of this section, the person was undertaking an apprenticeship through which the person was undertaking a qualification;

 (i) at a level prescribed by the Trade Support Loans Rules 2014 or the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Rules 2023; and

 (ii) leading to an occupation or qualification specified on the Trade Support Loans Priority List 2014 or the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans (Australian Apprenticeships Priority List) Determination 2023; and

 (iii)  which met any other requirements prescribed by the Trade Support Loans Rules 2014 or the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Rules 2023; and

 (b) immediately after the commencement of this section, the occupation or qualification being undertaken by the person is not specified in this instrument; and

 (c) before the commencement of this section, a determination granting the person’s application for trade support loan or Australian apprenticeship support loan had ceased to have effect.

 (2) The Act has effect, in relation to the person, as if the occupation or qualification referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) of this section were specified in this instrument.

Schedule 1—Consequential Amendments

Note:  The amendments in this Schedule are made under subsection 106(2) of the Act.

Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Rules 2023

1  Subsection 29(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (1) This section applies to a person if:

 (a) before the commencement of this subsection, the person was undertaking, on the person’s commencement date, an apprenticeship through which the person was undertaking a qualification:

 (i) at a level prescribed by the Trade Support Loans Rules 2014 or this instrument; and

 (ii) leading to an occupation or qualification specified on the Trade Support Loans Priority List 2014 or the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans (Australian Apprenticeships Priority List) Determination 2023; and

 (iii)  which met any other requirements prescribed by the Trade Support Loans Rules 2014 or this instrument; and

 (b) immediately after the commencement of this section, the occupation or qualification is not specified on the Australian Apprenticeships Priority List.

Schedule 2—Repeals

Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans (Australian Apprenticeships Priority List) Determination 2023

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument