(1) The staff required to assist the National VET Regulator in the performance of the Regulator's functions must be persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 .
(2) For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999 :
(a) the National VET Regulator and the staff referred to in subsection (1) together constitute a Statutory Agency; and
(b) the National VET Regulator is the Head of that Statutory Agency.