The Act came into effect on 1 January 1998.
The purpose of this Act is to establish TAFE Tasmania as an independent
statutory authority with body corporate powers. TAFE Tasmania provides
vocational and further education, including adult education, and
provides services for students in relation to vocational and further
education.
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enables the creation of TAFE
Tasmania as a body corporate
with perpetual succession,
which is able to sue and be
sued in its own name. The authority
is an instrumentality of the
Crown; |
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outlines functions and powers
of TAFE Tasmania. The organisation
is required to develop and
maintain communication with
employees and students and
to advise the Minister of any
significant development relating
to the provision of vocational
and further education. TAFE
Tasmania is able to undertake
commercial activities incidental
to the provision of vocational
and further education; undertake
research incidental to its
provision; form companies and
participate in a trust with
approval of the Minister and
the Treasurer; and participate
in a partnership, joint venture
or other arrangement for the
sharing of profits, with approval
of the Minister; |
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provides for the appointment
of a Board, which will be responsible
to the Minister for the performance
of the functions of TAFE Tasmania,
the achievement of the objectives
specified in its corporate
plan and for ensuring that
its business and affairs are
conducted in accordance with
sound business practice; |
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provides for the appointment of a chief executive officer to be responsible
to the Board for the general administration and management of TAFE Tasmania; |
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outlines accountability, financial and reporting requirements. The Minister
is required to give the Board written policy expectations for TAFE Tasmania
and may give it written directions from time to time; |
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allows the Minister to designate
and name organisational units
of TAFE Tasmania as institutes
for the purpose of providing
vocational and further education.
The Minister will also have
the power to abolish and amalgamate
institutes; |
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enables TAFE Tasmania to
establish advisory committees.
It is required to establish
an audit committee; |
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provides for employment of
staff. In the main, employment
of staff will be under the
Tasmanian State Service Act
1984; |
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gives TAFE Tasmania the power
to determine fees and charges
payable for goods and services,
and to determine exemptions.
Money collected will be retained
by TAFE; |
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gives power to TAFE Tasmania
to issue guidelines in relation
to access to any facilities
and equipment owned or managed
by it, the conditions of access,
and any fees payable for access;
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provides the Minister will
have the power to transfer
Crown land to TAFE Tasmania,
if the Treasurer, the Minister
administering the Crown Lands
Act 1976 and TAFE Tasmania
agree. Other assets and liabilities
can be transferred by ministerial
order published in the Gazette. |
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The full text of TAFE Tasmania
Act 1997 is available at the Tasmanian
Legislation web site. Click
on 'Search the legislation
database' and enter 'TAFE'
in the title field of the online
form. |
