Requirements and responsibilities

Before applying to ASQA to become a registered training organisation (RTO), you must be prepared to meet certain requirements.

As an RTO, you must continue to comply with these same requirements.

Lapse of Registration

An RTO’s registration will automatically lapse if it does not deliver any training and/or assessment to VET students for a consecutive period of 12 months or more (the ‘measurement period’). This applies to any consecutive 12-month period after 1 January 2023. 

ASQA will notify providers that they have lapsed and require them to return their certificate of registration within 10 days of notification. 

RTOs can request an extension to the measurement period for non-delivery. The request must be made 90 days prior to the RTO’s lapse date.

Find out more information on the Lapse of registration page.