What this regulation does
The federal government has made the Student Identifiers Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2026, registered on 7 September 2026. The regulation is made under the Student Identifiers Act 2014 and is administered by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
The regulation amends the Student Identifiers Regulation 2014 and makes two sets of changes:
- Changes relating to how Unique Student Identifiers (USIs) can be collected, used, or disclosed.
- Changes relating to authorisations for the VET (vocational education and training) data system.
The source does not specify the exact details of each change or the commencement date of the amended provisions.
Key actions
- Registered training organisations (RTOs) that collect or handle USIs for students are able to check the full text of the regulation at https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026L01163 to understand what has changed around collection, use, or disclosure of student identifiers.
- Schedule 2 of the regulation sets out the VET data system authorisation changes - the full text is available at https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026L01163 to confirm whether reporting or data-sharing obligations have changed.
- An alert for further updates to this regulation is available via the "Set up an alert" function on the Federal Register of Legislation page at https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026L01163.
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