Training and Skills Development Act 2016

(1) The object of this Act is to enable the provision in the Territory of nationally recognised vocational education and training that:

(a) meets the present and future needs of government, industry and the community; and

(a) recognises that the providers of vocational education and training, and the courses they provide, are regulated in the Territory under a Commonwealth Act that seeks to provide for national consistency in that regulation; and

(b) recognises the importance of protecting and enhancing quality, flexibility, innovation, transparency, access, equity, efficiency, effectiveness and responsiveness in vocational education and training in the Territory; and

(c) recognises the importance for the economic prosperity of the Territory of a strong vocational education and training sector that grows and develops; and

(d) seeks to ensure that the delivery of vocational education and training in the Territory is kept under continuous review so that any necessary reforms to it can be quickly implemented.