7Miscellaneous functions
(1)
Without limiting any other functions conferred or
imposed on it, the TAFE Commission may—
(a)
establish and maintain TAFE establishments,
and
(b)
provide courses of study at TAFE establishments
and at other places, and
(c)
confer educational awards on students who have
completed technical or further education courses (and determine the
eligibility of students to receive those awards), and
(d)
provide student support services, including
library, counselling, course information, student activities and child care
services, and
(e)
make loans and grants to students of TAFE
establishments, and
(f)
impose penalties (including pecuniary penalties)
for breaches of discipline by students of TAFE establishments,
and
(g)
enter into credit transfer arrangements with
other education and training providers (including government agencies, higher
education institutions and private agencies), and
(h)
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—
•
entrance to a TAFE
establishment,
•
tuition,
•
examinations,
•
the conferring of educational
awards,
•
residence,
•
the provision of amenities and services, whether
or not of an educational nature, and
(i)
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
(j)
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.
(2)
The exercise of the functions of the TAFE
Commission under this section is subject to—
(a)
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
(b)
in any case—any requirements of the
regulations.
(3)
The TAFE Commission may, with the approval of the
Minister—
(a)
form, or participate in the formation of, private
corporations, and
(b)
acquire, sell or otherwise dispose of interests
in private corporations, and
(c)
enter into partnerships, joint ventures or other
profit-making arrangements,
for the purpose of the exercise of the functions of the
TAFE Commission referred to in subsection (1) (j) or such other of its
functions of a commercial nature as the Minister may
approve.
(4)
A private corporation in which the TAFE
Commission has a controlling or other interest is not, and does not represent,
the Crown.
(5)
The Minister may give an approval under this
section that is limited to a particular case or that applies
generally.
(6)
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.
s 7: Am 2001 No 56,
Sch 1.20; 2005 No 100, Sch 3.15; 2010 No 131, Sch 2.8.