Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013

Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority Act 2003 .

4 November 2013

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

NICK MCKIM

Minister for Education and Skills

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations are taken to have taken effect on 1 January 2013.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (Fees) Regulations 2003 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of Act and substituting the following definitions:

Act means the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority Act 2003 ;

Assistant Chief Marking Examiner means the person holding an appointment as Assistant Chief Marking Examiner with the Authority;

basic-level setting task means the task of setting an examination paper, including the accompanying answers and solutions or marking guide, that has been determined by the chief executive officer to be a task of a basic level;

Chief Marking Examiner means the person holding an appointment as Chief Marking Examiner with the Authority;

complex-level setting task means the task of setting an examination paper, including the accompanying answers and solutions or marking guide, that has been determined by the chief executive officer to be a task of a complex level;

critic means a person holding an appointment as a critic, by whatever term described, with the Authority to review and report on one or both of the following:

(a) draft examination papers, including the accompanying answers and solutions or marking guides;

(b) draft texts for aural examinations for senior secondary courses, including the accompanying answers and solutions or marking guides;

examination answer paper means –

(a) the written paper of an examinee containing his or her answers or solutions to an examination paper, whether those answers or solutions are on or combined with the examination paper or in a separate document; or

(b) the written paper of an examinee containing his or her answers or solutions to an aural examination for a senior secondary course;

examination paper means a written examination paper for a senior secondary course containing questions to which the examinee is required to provide written answers or solutions;

expert-level 1 examination paper means an examination paper that has been determined by the chief executive officer to have a medium level of marking complexity and risk;

expert-level 2 examination paper means an examination paper that has been determined by the chief executive officer to have the highest level of marking complexity and risk;

folio means a folio of a student's original written, artistic or other work or product;

marker means a person who has accepted an appointment as examiner, written marker or marking examiner, or any combination of those positions, with the Authority to mark one or more of the following:

(a) an examination answer paper;

(b) a folio;

(c) an oral examination;

(d) a practical examination;

professional-level examination paper means an examination paper that has been determined by the chief executive officer to have the lowest level of marking complexity and risk;

setting examiner means a person who has accepted an appointment as a setting examiner, by whatever term described, with the Authority to set or compose one or more of the following:

(a) an examination paper, accompanied by answers and solutions or marking guides;

(b) the text for an aural examination for a senior secondary course, accompanied by answers and solutions or marking guides.

5.    Regulation 5 inserted

After regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:

5.   Fees payable in relation to examinations

(1)  Each of the following persons is entitled to be paid a fee for the task performed by the person, as specified:

(a) Chief Marking Examiner for organising and coordinating the external assessment program for an accredited senior secondary course for the Authority;

(b) Assistant Chief Marking Examiner for assisting the Chief Marking Examiner, as determined by the Chief Marking Examiner;

(c) setting examiner for setting an examination paper, including the accompanying answers and solutions or marking guide or the text for an aural examination;

(d) critic for reviewing and reporting on an examination paper, including the accompanying draft answers and solutions or draft marking guide, and the draft text for an aural examination;

(e) marker for marking any, or any part of any, of the following:

(i) an examination answer paper;

(ii) a folio;

(iii) an oral examination;

(iv) a practical examination.

(2)  The fee payable to a person under subregulation (1) is that percentage of the fee specified in Schedule 2 that corresponds to the percentage of the task performed by the person.

Note

For example, the fee payable to a marker who marks only 25% of an examination answer paper is 25% of the relevant fee specified in Schedule 2 .

(3)  Despite subregulation (2) , the fee payable to a person under subregulation (1) for a task performed in the year 2013 is to be calculated as if the relevant fee specified in Schedule 2 were 70% of it.

Note

For example, the fee payable to a marker who marks only 25% of an examination answer paper in 2013 is 25% of the 70% fee specified in Schedule 2 .

(4)  Despite subregulation (2) , the fee payable to a person under subregulation (1) for a task performed in the year 2014 is to be calculated as if the relevant fee specified in Schedule 2 were 80% of it.

(5)  Despite subregulation (2) , the fee payable to a person under subregulation (1) for a task performed in the year 2015 is to be calculated as if the relevant fee specified in Schedule 2 were 90% of it.

6.    Schedule 1 amended (Fees generally)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting in the heading to that Schedule "GENERALLY" after "FEES".

7.    Schedule 2 inserted

After Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations , the following Schedule is inserted:

SCHEDULE 2 - Fees relating to examinations

Regulation 5

Person and task	Fee units
Chief Marking Examiner
For each senior secondary course externally assessed –
(a) if 100 or fewer candidates	250
(b) if more than 100 candidates	250 plus 1.7 for each extra candidate
Assistant Chief Marking Examiner
For each senior secondary course externally assessed	200
Setting examiner
For each examination paper, including the accompanying answers and solutions or marking guide, set –
(a) for a 2.5 – 3-hour examination and a basic-level setting task	700
(b) for a 3-hour examination and a complex-level setting task	1 000
(c) for a 2-hour examination and a basic-level setting task	500
(d) for a 2-hour examination and a complex-level setting task	700
(e) for a 2-hour examination plus the text for an aural examination, and a basic-level setting task	800
Critic
For each examination paper, including the accompanying answers and solutions or marking guide, reviewed and reported on –
(a) for a 2.5 – 3-hour examination and a basic-level setting task	200
(b) for a 3-hour examination and a complex-level setting task	300
(c) for a 2-hour examination and a basic-level setting task	150
(d) for a 2-hour examination and a complex-level setting task	220
(e) for a 2-hour examination plus the text for an aural examination, and a basic-level setting task	250
Marker
For marking an examination answer paper for a professional-level examination paper –
(a) for a 3-hour examination	7
(b) for a 2.5-hour examination	6
(c) for a 2-hour examination	5
For marking an examination answer paper for an expert-level 1 examination paper –
(a) for a 3-hour examination	8
(b) for a 2.5-hour examination	7
(c) for a 2-hour examination	6
For marking an examination answer paper for an expert-level 2 examination paper –
(a) for a 3-hour examination	9
(b) for a 2.5-hour examination	8
(c) for a 2-hour examination	7
For marking a folio when marking alone (per folio) –
(a) for a large folio containing 3 or more pieces of work	16
(b) for a medium folio containing 2 pieces of work	11
(c) for a small folio containing 1 piece of work	7
For the marking of folios when marking as a member of a panel tasked with marking the folios	36 for each hour or part of an hour
For marking oral or practical examinations	36 for each hour or part of an hour

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 13 November 2013

These regulations are administered in the Department of Education.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (Fees) Regulations 2003 to include the fees payable to persons who set or mark examinations or work for senior secondary courses.