Technical and Further Education Commission Act 1990

Without limiting any other functions conferred or imposed on it, the TAFE Commission may—

establish and maintain TAFE establishments, and

provide courses of study at TAFE establishments and at other places, and

confer educational awards on students who have completed technical or further education courses (and determine the eligibility of students to receive those awards), and

provide student support services, including library, counselling, course information, student activities and child care services, and

make loans and grants to students of TAFE establishments, and

impose penalties (including pecuniary penalties) for breaches of discipline by students of TAFE establishments, and

enter into credit transfer arrangements with other education and training providers (including government agencies, higher education institutions and private agencies), and

impose fees and charges (and grant exemptions from payment of fees and charges), including fees and charges to be paid in respect of the following—

enter into commercial arrangements for the provision of technical and further education services and for the payment of appropriate fees and charges for those services (including arrangements with employers for the provision of services to their employees), and

with the approval of the Minister, conduct any business which is related to technical and further education or which makes use of the facilities, staff or services of the TAFE Commission.

The exercise of the functions of the TAFE Commission under this section is subject to—

in the case of the provision of accredited courses of study and the conferring of educational awards or statements of attainment in connection with those courses—the provisions of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 of the Commonwealth, and

in any case—any requirements of the regulations.

The TAFE Commission may, with the approval of the Minister—

form, or participate in the formation of, private corporations, and

acquire, sell or otherwise dispose of interests in private corporations, and

enter into partnerships, joint ventures or other profit-making arrangements,

A private corporation in which the TAFE Commission has a controlling or other interest is not, and does not represent, the Crown.

The Minister may give an approval under this section that is limited to a particular case or that applies generally.

The TAFE Commission may exercise its functions under this Act within or outside the State, including outside Australia. The TAFE Commission is taken always to have had the powers conferred by this subsection.