Vocational and Industrial Training Board Act · 1985 Revised Edition · Part V* · Registration of Vocational Training Institutions
27. Powers of Registrar to register a vocational training institution and to impose conditions
Feedback & supportUpon an application being made under section 26 the Registrar shall, after such inquiry as may be necessary —
register the institution;
inform the applicant in writing of the conditions, if any, under which the institution may be registered; or
if the application is refused specify the provision of this Act under which the application was refused.
The conditions which may be imposed by the Registrar under subsection (1)(b) may specify —
the training or education and the standards thereof to be provided by the institution;
the syllabi to be adopted by the institution;
the minimum qualifications of the teachers of the institution;
the ratio of trainees and teachers;
the minimum conditions to ensure the health and safety of the persons receiving training at the institution; and
the fees to be charged for any training course provided by the institution.
Where conditions are imposed under this section in respect of the registration of a vocational training institution the proprietor thereof shall comply with those conditions.
vocational training institution
“vocational training institution” means any of the following:(a)an institution at which instruction or training in any subject, skill or trade for employment in commerce or industry or in any vocation therein is provided for 10 or more persons;(b)in the case of an institution providing such instruction or training for 10 or more persons by correspondence, the place where lessons or instructions are prepared or where answers are examined or corrected.
The proprietor of a vocational training institution who fails to comply with any of the conditions under which the institution is registered under this Part shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
proprietor
“proprietor”, in relation to any vocational training institution, means the person or body of persons responsible for the management of the institution, and for the purposes of the provisions of this Part relating to applications for registration of vocational training institutions, includes any person or body of persons proposing to be so responsible;
Any person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Registrar under this section may appeal to an Appeals Board constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
Board
“Board” means the Vocational and Industrial Training Board established under section 3;