Trade Support Loan Rules 2014
I, IAN MACFARLANE, Minister for Industry, make these Rules under subsection 106(1) of the Trade Support Loans Act 2014.
Dated 17 July 2014
IAN MACFARLANE
Minister for Industry
Contents
1 Name of Rules 3
2 Commencement 3
3 Authority 3
4 Definitions 3
5 Other conditions for qualification (the Act, ss 8(1)(d)) 3
6 Level of qualification (the Act, ss 8(2)(a)(i)) 3
7 Other requirements for a qualifying apprenticeship (the Act, ss 8(2)(b)) 4
8 Circumstances where a person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship (the Act, ss 8(3)) 4
9 Other circumstances where a person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship (the Act, ss 8(4)) 4
10 Instalment period (the Act, ss10(2)) 4
11 Application of special case qualification and payability (the Act, ss 11(2)) 4
12 Manner of lodgement for applications for trade support loan (the Act, ss 13(2) 5
13 Periods to be specified in a determination for trade support loan (the Act, ss 16(3)) 5
14 Year of an apprenticeship a person is undertaking (the Act, ss 24(2)) 5
15 Designated State/Territory training authority (the Act, ss 40(3)) 5
1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the Trade Support Loan Rules 2014.
2 Commencement
These Rules commence on the day after registration.
3 Authority
These Rules are made under the Trade Support Loans Act 2014.
4 Definitions
In these Rules, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Trade Support Loans Act 2014.
commencement date means the date confirmed by the relevant State Training Authority, as the date that the training contract for the apprenticeship is taken to have commenced. Commenced has a corresponding meaning.
imprisoned means a person serving a period of full time custodial imprisonment, home detention, weekend detention, temporary detention or otherwise in the custody of a law enforcement agency or correctional facility.
recommencement date means the date confirmed by the relevant State Training Authority, as the date the apprentice has commenced in an apprenticeship with the same or another employer, to continue working towards an incomplete apprenticeship. rural or regional area means a suburb with the postcode listed in Schedule 1.
State Training Authority means the State or Territory government body with responsibility for the regulation of apprenticeships within that State or Territory, and for the purposes of subsection 40(3) of the Act, is the designated State/Territory training authority for an apprentice who is employed within that State or Territory.
training contract means the form which evidences the:
(a) agreement between an employer and apprentice to enter into an apprenticeship; and
(b) approval of the apprenticeship, including the approval of any relevant training plan, by the designated State/Territory training authority.
TSL Priority List means has the same meaning as in section 105 of the Act.
5 Other conditions for qualification (the Act, ss 8(1)(d))
In addition to paragraphs 8(1)(a) to (c) of the Act, the following conditions must also be met in order for a person to qualify for a trade support loan:
(a) the person is not imprisoned in Australia or any external Territory.
(b) where a person is concurrently undertaking more than one qualifying apprenticeships, the person will only be able to qualify for trade support loan in relation to one of the qualifying apprenticeships.
6 Level of qualification (the Act, ss 8(2)(a)(i))
For the purposes of subparagraph 8(2)(a)(i) of the Act, a qualifying apprenticeship is one that is at the following levels:
(a) Certificate level III or IV for occupations in Schedule 1 of the TSL Priority List.
(b) Certificate level II, III or IV for qualifications leading to occupations on the TSL Priority List.
7 Other requirements for a qualifying apprenticeship (the Act, ss 8(2)(b))
Where a person is undertaking a qualification in the horticulture sector, as prescribed in the TSL Priority List, the person must also be working in a rural or regional area.
8 Circumstances where a person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship (the Act, ss 8(3))
(a) For the purposes of subsection 8(3) of the Act, a person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship:
(i) from the date a fully completed training contract has been submitted for approval by the State Training Authority (but only if the apprentice has started in the apprenticeship); or
(ii) on or after the commencement date or recommencement date of the apprenticeship (if this date precedes the date in rule 8(a)(i)); and
(iii) until notice of successful completion of the apprenticeship has been received by the Secretary from State Training Authority;
(b) If a training contract submitted under rule 8(a)(i) is not approved by the State Training Authority, the person is taken to have been undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship for the period up until the State Training Authority so notifies the Department of Industry.
9 Other circumstances where a person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship (the Act, ss 8(4))
A person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship during the period from when the person successfully completed their qualifying apprenticeship to the date a designated State/Territory training authority notifies the Secretary that the person has completed their qualifying apprenticeship.
10 Instalment period (the Act, ss10(2))
(a) For the purposes of paragraph 10(2)(a) of the Act, the instalment period for a person starts on the anniversary of the commencement (or recommencement) date of the person’s qualifying apprenticeship.
(b) For the purposes of paragraph 10(2)(b) of the Act, the duration of a person’s instalment period is one calendar month.
11 Application of special case qualification and payability (the Act, ss 11(2))
Subsection 11(1) of the Act is taken to apply to a person where:
(a) before the end of the final instalment period specified in a determination made for the person under section 16 of the Act, the person has notified the Secretary of a change of circumstances which would affect payability of trade support loan, but payments of trade support loan have continued to be made to the person for that period; or
(b) the person has successfully completed a qualifying apprenticeship but the Secretary has not received notice from the designated State/Territory training authority, or from the person, of this completion and the person has continued to receive instalments of trade support loan.
12 Manner of lodgement for applications for trade support loan (the Act, ss 13(2)
For the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act, a person may lodge:
(a) the application form (Form 1289):
(i) in person; or
(ii) by mail.
(b) the opt-in form (Form 1290):
(i) in person; or
(ii) by mail; or
(iii) by fax; or
(iv) by email.
13 Periods to be specified in a determination for trade support loan (the Act, ss 16(3))
The determination must specify up to six instalment periods.
14 Year of an apprenticeship a person is undertaking (the Act, ss 24(2))
(a) For the purposes of subclause 24(2) of the Act, the year of an apprenticeship that a person is taken to be undertaking on any particular day is to be determined, in accordance with rule 14(b), by first calculating the total number of calendar months the person has completed of their qualifying apprenticeship
(b) For the purpose of rule 14(a), the total number of calendar months in Column A will mean that the person is taken to be in the year of an apprenticeship as specified in Column B.
Column A
Column B
1 – 12 completed calendar months
1st year
13 – 24 completed calendar months
2nd year
25 – 36 completed calendar months
3rd year
37 + completed calendar months
4th year
15 Designated State/Territory training authority (the Act, ss 40(3))
A designated State/Territory training authority is an authority of a State or Territory.
Schedule 1 – List of postcodes in rural or regional areas
State/Territory
Postcodes
Australian Capital Territory
0200
0221
2619
2620
Northern Territory
All
New South Wales
2264
2265
2267
2278
2280
2281
2282
2283
2284
2285
2286
2287
2289
2290
2291
2292
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2300
2302
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2325
2326
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2330
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2339
2415
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2439
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2476
2477
2478
2479
2480
2481
2482
2483
2484
2485
2486
2487
2488
2489
2490
2898
2899
2500
2502
2505
2506
2508
2515
2516
2517
2518
2519
2520
2521
2522
2525
2526
2527
2528
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2530
2533
2534
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2551
2575
2576
2577
2578
2579
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2583
2584
2585
2586
2587
2588
2589
2619
2620
2621
2622
2623
2624
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2626
2627
2628
2630
2631
2632
2633
2726
2590
2640
2641
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2649
2650
2651
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2666
2675
2678
2680
2681
2700
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2720
2722
2725
2727
2729
2730
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2733
2734
2735
2736
2737
2738
2739
3500
3585
3644
2786
2340
2341
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2411
2475
2594
2668
2669
2671
2672
2721
2787
2790
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2793
2794
2795
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2797
2798
2799
2800
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2864
2865
2866
2867
2868
2869
2870
2871
2873
2874
2875
2876
2877
2878
2879
2880
Queensland
4209
4210
4211
4212
4213
4214
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4216
4217
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4220
4221
4223
4224
4225
4226
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4230
4270
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4272
4275
4280
4285
4287
4300
4309
4310
4311
4312
4313
4341
4342
4343
4344
4345
4347
4514
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4550
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4569
4571
4572
4573
4574
4575
9727
9728
9729
4472
4478
4481
4482
4677
4678
4680
4694
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4699
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4454
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4570
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4600
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4605
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4608
4610
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4620
4621
4625
4626
4627
4630
4650
4655
4659
4660
4662
4670
4671
4673
4674
4676
4719
South Austrlaia
5312
5455
5486
5653
5660
0872
5131
5132
5133
5139
5201
5202
5203
5204
5210
5211
5212
5213
5214
5220
5221
5222
5223
5231
5232
5233
5234
5235
5236
5237
5238
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5242
5243
5244
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5250
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5259
5260
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5263
5264
5265
5266
5267
5268
5269
5270
5271
5272
5273
5275
5276
5277
5278
5279
5280
5290
5291
5301
5302
5303
5304
5306
5307
5308
5309
5310
5311
5320
5321
5322
5330
5331
5332
5333
5340
5341
5342
5343
5344
5345
5346
5350
5351
5352
5353
5354
5355
5356
5357
5360
5371
5372
5373
5374
5381
5400
5401
5410
5411
5412
5413
5414
5415
5416
5417
5418
5419
5420
5421
5422
5431
5432
5433
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5440
5451
5452
5453
5454
5460
5461
5462
5464
5470
5471
5472
5473
5480
5481
5482
5483
5485
5490
5491
5493
5495
5501
5502
5510
5520
5521
5522
5523
5540
5550
5552
5554
5555
5556
5558
5560
5570
5571
5572
5573
5575
5576
5577
5580
5581
5582
5583
5600
5601
5602
5603
5604
5605
5606
5607
5608
5609
5630
5631
5632
5633
5640
5641
5642
5650
5651
5652
5654
5655
5661
5670
5671
5680
5690
5700
5710
5720
5722
5723
5724
5725
5730
5731
5732
5733
5734
Tasmania
7026
7027
7030
7109
7112
7113
7116
7117
7119
7120
7139
7140
7150
7155
7162
7163
7172
7173
7174
7175
7176
7177
7178
7179
7180
7182
7183
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7185
7186
7187
7190
7209
7210
7211
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7214
7215
7216
7248
7249
7250
7252
7253
7254
7255
7256
7257
7258
7259
7260
7261
7262
7263
7264
7265
7267
7268
7270
7275
7276
7277
7290
7291
7292
7300
7301
7302
7303
7304
7305
7306
7307
7310
7315
7316
7320
7321
7322
7325
7330
7331
7466
7467
7468
7469
7470
Victoria
3212
3213
3214
3215
3216
3217
3218
3219
3220
3221
3222
3223
3224
3225
3226
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3249
3250
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3260
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3289
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3294
3300
3301
3302
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3309
3310
3311
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3315
3321
3322
3323
3324
3325
3328
3329
3330
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3333
3351
3360
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3407
3816
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3831
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3979
3987
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3990
3991
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3995
3996
3335
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3427
3428
3429
3984
3312
3317
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3319
3334
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Western Australia
6041
6042
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6044
6302
6304
6346
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6368
6369
6380
6383
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6386
6401
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