It has been incorporated into the Education and Training Act 2020 and enables the Minister of Education to issue a code of practice for the pastoral care of domestic tertiary students. The Act:

• Enables an interim code to be put in place for the 2020 academic year.
• Brings together a new regulatory regime for the pastoral care of domestic tertiary students with the existing regime for the pastoral care of international students.
• Sets out arrangements relating to code administration, monitoring, compliance and enforcement, offences and penalties, and dispute resolution.