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Annual Declaration on Compliance

The Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015 requires that RTOs must remain compliant with the Standards and all relevant legal requirements at all times.  

RTOs are required to provide an annual declaration on whether they comply with the Standards. Failure to submit this annual declaration is a breach of conditions of registration as an RTO.

An annual declaration confirms you have systematically monitored your RTO’s compliance with the Standards and whether any issues identified have been rectified or otherwise appropriately risk-managed. The declaration must be signed by your RTO’s chief executive officer (CEO), who is responsible for the RTO’s operations.

The declaration requires your CEO to testify that:

• all information about the RTO on training.gov.au is accurate (or, if it is inaccurate, that ASQA has been notified of necessary changes)
• to the best of the CEO’s knowledge, all owners and high managerial agents meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements.

Demonstrating compliance includes, but is not limited to, showing how the RTO complies with (if applicable):

• the NVR Act and the legislative instruments it enables
• the VET Quality Framework
• legislation, regulations and standards related to delivery of training to overseas students
• VET Student Loans legislation and rules
• workplace health and safety legislation and regulations
• anti-discrimination legislation and regulations
• consumer protection requirements

For more information, you can view the:

• Users’ Guide to the Standards for RTOs 2015
• The Standards for RTOs 2015

Date posted Jan 18, 2018