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Department administered by the Education Minister.
Education Minister means the Minister administering the Australian Education Act 2013.
education provider, for a registered course in a location, means each institution, body or person that is a registered provider of the course in that location, for the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000.
electronic communication has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act 1999.
ELICOS means an English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students that is a registered course.
eligible business has the meaning given to it in subsection 134(10) of the Act.
eligible New Zealand citizen means a New Zealand citizen who is a protected SCV holder within the meaning of section 7 of the Social Security Act 1991.
Employment Minister means the Minister responsible for employment policy, including employment services.
entertainment sponsor means a person who:
 (a) is an approved work sponsor; and
 (b) is approved as a work sponsor in relation to the entertainment sponsor class by the Minister under subsection 140E(1) of the Act, on the basis of an application made before 19 November 2016.
entry permit has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the Act as in force immediately before 1 September 1994, and includes an entry visa operating as an entry permit.
entry visa has the meaning given by subsections 4(1) and 17(5) of the Act as in force immediately before 1 September 1994.
ETA‑eligible passport has the meaning given in regulation 1.11B.
eVisitor eligible passport has the meaning given by regulation 1.11C.
financial institution means a body corporate that, as part of its normal activities, takes money on deposit and makes advances of money:
 (a) under a regulatory regime:
 (i) governed by the central bank (or its equivalent) of the country in which the body corporate operates; and
 (ii) that the Minister is satisfied provides effective prudential assurance; and
 (b) in a way that the Minister is satisfied complies with effective prudential assurance requirements.
fiscal year, in relation to a business or investment, means:
 (a) if there is applicable to the business or investment by law an accounting period of 12 months—that period; or
 (b) in any other case—a period of 12 months approved by the Minister in writing for that business or investment.
Foreign Affairs means the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Foreign Affairs recipient: see subregulation 1.04A(2).
Foreign Affairs student: see subregulation 1.04A(3).
foreign armed forces dependant means a person who:
 (a) is the spouse or de facto partner of, or a dependent relative of:
 (i) an Asia‑Pacific forces member; or
 (ii) a Commonwealth forces member; or
 (iii) a SOFA forces member, other than one who is, for the purposes of a Status of Forces Agreement between Australia