Legislative framework

Legislation administered by the Department of Education:

Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts Agreement Act 1966

(Subordinate legislation: Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts Regulations 2002)

This Act approves an agreement for the management of collections in the fields of literature and art of the late Henry Allport.

Archives Act 1983

(Subordinate legislation: Archives Regulations 2004)

This Act provides for the custody of State and other records and to repeal the provisions of the Archives Act 1965.

Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Act 1990

(Subordinate legislation: Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Regulations 1991 and Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Orders 1999 and 2001)

An Act to improve the quality of training in the building and construction industry.

Child Care Act 2001

(Subordinate legislation: Child Care (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2004)
An Act to provide for the regulation of child care services and child care workers and for related purposes

Tasmanian Early Years Foundation Act 2005

This Act establishes the Tasmanian Early Years Foundation, the Foundation’s board and operating arrangements

Education Act 1994

(Subordinate legislation: Education Regulations 2005)

The Act provides for and regulates education in the State.

Education Providers Registration (Overseas Students) Act 1991

(Subordinate legislation: Education Providers Registration (Overseas Students) Regulations 1992)
An Act to regulate the provision of educational services offered to certain overseas students, to provide for the registration of persons and bodies offering those educational services and to provide for the registration of courses and services offered to certain overseas students

Libraries Act 1984

(Subordinate legislation: Libraries Regulations 2002)
An Act to provide for the establishment, maintenance, and management of library services in Tasmania and to repeal the Libraries Act 1943

Tasmanian Qualifications Authority Act 2003
An Act to establish the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority, to provide for the development and management of qualification processes, to abolish certain qualifications bodies, to repeal the Universities Registration Act 1995 and related Acts, to amend certain Acts and for related purposes

(Subordinate legislation: Teachers Registration Regulations 2001)

An Act to provide for the registration of teachers in Tasmania

(Subordinate legislation: Universities Registration Regulations 1996)

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the University of Tasmania

(Subordinate legislation: Vocational Education and Training Regulations 2005)
An Act to provide for the administration of a vocational education and training system and to oversee the provision of post-Year 10 education and training in Tasmania Universities Registration Regulations 1996

An Act to provide for the continuing participation of young persons in education and training after they attain the age of 16 years and for related purposes

Legislation administered by TAFE Tasmania

TAFE Tasmania Act 1997
An Act to provide for the establishment of TAFE Tasmania as a provider of vocational and further education

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