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The VET Student Loans Act 2016 and the VET Student Loans Rules 2016 govern the VSL program. The VET Student Loans (Charges) Act 2016 governs annual approved course provider charges.
Key legislation for the VSL program
VET Student Loans (current)
- VET Student Loans Act 2016
- VET Student Loans (Approved Course Provider Application Fee) Determination 2017
- VET Student Loans (Charges) Act 2016
- VET Student Loans (Charges) Regulations 2017
- VET Student Loans (Courses and Loan Caps) Determination 2016
- VET Student Loans (External Dispute Resolution Scheme) Specification 2017
- VET Student Loans Rules 2016
- VET Student Loans (VSL Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020
- VET Student Loans (VSL Tuition Protection Levy) (Administrative Fee) Determination 2020
VET Student Loans (now consolidated/former)
- Education and Other Legislation Amendment (VET Student Loan Debt Separation) Act 2018
- VET Student Loans (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2016
- VET Student Loans (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Rule 2016
- VET Student Payment Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2021
- VET Student Loans (VSL Tuition Protection Levy) (Risk Rated Premium and Special Tuition Protection Components) Determination 2020 (New Instruments will be made for subsequent years).
Other legislation
- Higher Education Support Act 2003
- Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2025
- Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2021
- Standards for VET Regulators 2025
- Student Identifier Act 2014
Other Commonwealth and state and territory legislation
- Privacy Act 1988
- National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011
- Crimes Act 1914
- Competition and Consumer Act 2010
- Corporations Act 2001