Australian Capital Territory
Training and Tertiary Education (National Code of Good Practice for Australian Apprenticeships) Approval 2015
Disallowable Instrument DI2015-331
made under the  
Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003 s13 (Code of Practice)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 13 of the Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003 provides that the Minister may approve a code of practice relating to work related training under an approved training contract.

The National Code of Good Practice for Australian Apprenticeships was developed by the Australian Government in 2012, in consultation with jurisdictions. The Code of Practice provides information to the parties of the Apprenticeship/Traineeship Training Contract; namely the employer and Australian Apprentice with obligations and expectations of each party to the contract.

All states and territories apply the Code of Practice within their jurisdictions, and the Code of Practice was adopted in the ACT effective 2 July 2013 through the Training and Tertiary Education (National Code of Good Practice for Australian Apprenticeships) Approval 2013 DI2013-167.

In July 2015, the Code of Practice was amended by the Australian Government following changes to the Australian Apprenticeships Centre Network and the introduction of the Australian Apprenticeships Support Network. The amendments reflect the nomenclature changes, and provide up to date contact details for State Training Authorities.

This instrument approves the National Code of Good Practice for Australian Apprenticeships (Code of Practice) as an approved Code of Practice under the Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003, and revokes the Training and Tertiary Education (National Code of Practice for Australian Apprenticeships) approval 2013 DI2013-167.

The Training and Tertiary Education (National Code of Good Practice for Australian Apprenticeships), DI2013-167 was adopted at a point in time, with the document notified and attached to the Disallowable Instrument.
By adopting this Code of Practice from time to time, the Legislation Act, section 47 (6) will disapply and alleviate the on-going notification requirements of a new Disallowable Instrument each time the Code of Practice text is amended. 

The instrument takes effect the day after it is notified on the ACT Legislation Register.