DEF42812 Certificate IV in Defence Paralegal Services

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for DEF42812 ended on 15 August 2017 — 9 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

New enrolments are not permitted from 17 August 2018 — one year from the date the replacement was included on the National Register (s 14(1)(a)(i) of the National VET Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR RTOs and Fit and Proper Person Requirements) Instrument 2025 (F2025L00355, in force 1 July 2025)), or from a later date if ASQA has approved otherwise for your organisation.

Learners already enrolled have no fixed deadline: they complete the product and are issued their AQF certification, or transfer to the replacement, in a timely manner (ASQA guidance, read live 25 August 2026).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. When enrolments stop, the course page advertising it stops being permitted too — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
DEF12 — Defence Training Package
Currency period ends
15 August 2017
Latest release
Release 1 · 24 January 2013
Supersedes
DEF41512
Superseded by
DEF40717 not equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. DEF42812Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Defence Paralegal Services
  2. not equivalent
  3. DEF40717Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Defence Paralegal Services
  4. equivalent
  5. DEF40722CurrentCertificate IV in Defence Paralegal Services

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • DEF41512DEF42812equivalent23 January 2013

    Structure and packaging rules changed

  • DEF42812DEF40717not equivalent16 August 2017

    Core units increased from 5 to 7 Core units changed Qualification packaging rules increased from 11 to 14 units of competency

Is DEF42812 on your scope?

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What DEF42812 is made of

training.gov.au lists 25 units for DEF42812: 5 core and 20 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Core units 5 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCMM402AImplement effective communication strategiesnot current
BSBLEG304AApply the principles of confidentiality and security within the legal environmentnot current
BSBLEG305AUse legal terminology in order to carry out tasksnot current
PSPGOV201BWork in a public sector environmentnot current
PSPPROC303ACarry out basic procurementnot current

Elective units 20 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBADM406BOrganise business travelnot current
BSBADM502BManage meetingsnot current
BSBCMN311BMaintain workplace safetynot current
BSBINM302AUtilise a knowledge management systemnot current
BSBLEG308AAssist in prioritising and planning activities in a legal practicenot current
BSBLEG418AProduce complex legal documentsnot current
BSBSUS201AParticipate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
DEFPL017Provide support in administrative law mattersnot current
DEFPL019Provide support in legal assistance mattersnot current
DEFPL021Obtain information from a clientnot current
DEFPL023Provide support in service discipline law mattersnot current
DEFPL024Provide support in criminal law mattersnot current
PSPGOV303BBuild and maintain internal networksnot current
PSPGOV402BDeliver and monitor service to clientsnot current
PSPGOV406BGather and analyse informationnot current
PSPGOV418ADevelop internal and external networksnot current
PSPLEGN401AEncourage compliance with legislation in the public sectornot current
TAEASS301BContribute to assessmentnot current
TAEDEL301AProvide work skill instructionnot current
TAEDEL404AMentor in the workplacenot current

Core and elective are the register's own flags on the unit grid of the release read here. "Not current" means training.gov.au no longer recommends that unit for use inside this product — it does not say anything about the product itself.

Source: this product on training.gov.au, Australia's national training register — or go straight to the units it requires. The rule itself is item 14 of F2025L00355, and ASQA publishes the extensions it has granted. Read on 28 August 2026 UTC. Every code, title, date, status and equivalence flag on this page is the register's; nothing here is estimated or inferred, and where the register publishes nothing we say so.

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