Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2006B00125
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Details: C2006B00125
- C2006B00125
A Bill for an Act to amend the law about education services for overseas students, and for related purposes
Schedule 1—Membership of tuition assurance scheme as prerequisite for registration 3
Schedule 2—Reporting by registered provider 4
Part 1—Early termination of studies 4
Part 2—Breach of prescribed conditions of student visa 5
Schedule 3—Refunds to students etc. 6
Schedule 4—National code 9
This Act may be cited as the Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (2006 Measures No. 2) Act 2006.
Schedule 1—Membership of tuition assurance scheme as prerequisite for registration
1 After paragraph 9(2)(b)
Paragraph 9(2)(ba) of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 applies in relation to the registration of providers on and after the commencement of this Schedule.
Schedule 2—Reporting by registered provider
Part 1—Early termination of studies
1 Paragraph 19(1)(d)
Omit “studies by an accepted student”, substitute “an accepted student’s studies (whether as a result of action by the student or the provider or otherwise)”.
Part 2—Breach of prescribed conditions of student visa
2 Subsections 19(2) and 20(1)
Omit “student visa condition relating to attendance or satisfactory academic performance”, substitute “prescribed condition of a student visa”.
The amendment of subsections 19(2) and 20(1) of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 made by this Part applies to breaches of conditions of visas that occur on or after the commencement of this Part.
4 Subsection 104(1) (penalty)
Omit “60”, substitute “50”.
5 Subsection 104(3) (penalty)
6 Subsection 104(4) (penalty)
7 Subsection 137J(1) (note)
Omit “relating to attendance or satisfactory academic performance”, substitute “that is prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of that Act”.
Schedule 3—Refunds to students etc.
1 At the end of subsection 27(2)
; or (c) the registered provider of the course refuses to provide, or continue providing, the course to the student because of one or more of the following events:
2 Subsection 27(3) (at the end of the definition of default day)
; or (d) the day on which the registered provider of the course refuses to provide, or continue providing, the course to the student, if paragraph (2)(c) applies.
The amendments of section 27 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 by this Schedule apply to refusals because of acts and omissions by overseas students and intending overseas students occurring on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
(4) Despite subsection (1), this section does not apply if:
(b) the refusal was a reason for one or more of the following acts or omissions by the student that directly or indirectly caused subsection 27(2) to apply:
(i) the student’s failure to start the course on the agreed starting day;
(ii) the student’s withdrawal from the course;
(iii) the student’s failure to pay an amount he or she was liable to pay the provider, directly or indirectly, in order to undertake the course.
Section 28 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 as amended by this Schedule applies in relation to agreements made on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
6 After subsection 76(1)
(1A) The Fund Manager must not make a determination under subsection (1) if the time when the Fund Manager becomes aware that the circumstances described in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c) may exist is more than 12 months after the default day relevant to the requirement mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).
Subsection 76(1A) of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 applies in relation to default days that are on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
8 Subsection 76(2)
Omit “However”, substitute “Despite subsection (1)”.
9 After subsection 77(1)
(1A) However, the amount that the Fund Manager must pay out of the Fund under paragraph (1)(b) is reduced by the amount worked out under the regulations if:
(a) the student undertook (but did not complete) the course (the old course) to which the call made on the Fund relates; and
(b) since undertaking the old course, the student has been enrolled in another course (the new course); and
(c) the work required of the student in undertaking the new course is reduced on account of the student’s work in undertaking the old course.
10 After section 77
77A Fund Manager may ask provider of new course about academic credit or recognition of prior learning
(1) This section applies for the purposes of enabling the Fund Manager to work out:
(a) whether subsection 77(1A) applies to reduce the amount payable out of the Fund because:
(i) since undertaking a course (the old course) to which a call made on the Fund relates, the student concerned has been enrolled in another course (the new course); and
(ii) the work required of the student in undertaking the new course is reduced on account of the student’s work in undertaking the old course; and
(b) the amount of any reduction of a payment out of the Fund under subsection 77(1A).
(2) The Fund Manager may request a registered provider whom the Fund Manager believes has enrolled the student in the new course to inform the Fund Manager within a specified reasonable period:
(a) whether the provider has enrolled the student; and
(b) whether the work required of the student in undertaking the new course is reduced on account of the student’s work in undertaking the old course; and
(c) if the work is reduced, the extent and monetary value of the reduction.
(3) The registered provider must comply with the request.
Subsection 77(1A) and section 77A of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 apply in relation to calls made on the Fund on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
Schedule 4—National code
1 Section 5 (definition of national code)
national code means the National Code of Practice for Registration Authorities and Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students in force under Part 4.
2 Subsection 9(8)
(8) Paragraph (2)(ca) does not apply when there is not a national code in force.
3 Subsection 33(1)
(1) The Minister may make a national code by legislative instrument expressed to commence on a day at least 28 days after it is registered in the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Note: The Minister may amend the national code by legislative instrument with that kind of commencement provision, after consultations like those the Minister must undertake under section 36 before making the code. See subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
(3) The Minister must ensure as far as practicable that there is a national code in force at all times.
Omit “establishing the”, substitute “making a”.
7 Sections 37 and 39
8 Subsections 41(1) and (2)
(1) The Secretary must give each registered provider written notice of:
(a) the making or amendment of the national code; and
(b) the day on which the code or amendment takes effect for the provider; and
(c) the way in which the provider can get access to the text of the code in force on that day.
9 At the end of subsection 41(3)
Add “or an amendment of the code”.
The national code that was in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule continues in force after that commencement as if it had been made under Part 4 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 as amended by this Schedule.