{"id":"F2011L01252","name":"Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 - ELICOS Standards (19/06/2011)","slug":"education-services-for-overseas-students-act-2000-elicos-standards-19-06-2011","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":125491,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2011L01252-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 - ELICOS Standards (19/06/2011)","content":"Commonwealth of Australia\n\nEducation Services for Overseas Students Act 2000\n\nELICOS Standards\n\nI, Chris Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, make the attached ELICOS Standards under subsection 176B(1) of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000.\n\nDated this 19th day of June 2011\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCHRIS EVANS\n\nMinister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations\n\n  \n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nEducation Services for Overseas Students Act 2000\n\nELICOS Standards\n\n1. CITATION\n\nThis legislative instrument may be cited as the ELICOS Standards.\n\n2. AUTHORITY\n\nThe ELICOS Standards are made under subsection 176B(1) of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (the ESOS Act).\n\n3. DATE OF EFFECT\n\nThe ELICOS Standards take effect on the commencement of item 7 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011.\n\n4. ELICOS STANDARDS\n\n(a) For subsection 176B(1) of the ESOS Act, the document known as the National Standards for ELICOS Providers and Courses is the ELICOS Standards.\n\n(a) In accordance with paragraph 176B(2)(b) of the ESOS Act, the document known as the National Standards for ELICOS Providers and Courses is incorporated into the ELICOS Standards as it exists from time to time.\n\nNote 1 The document, National Standards for ELICOS Providers and Courses will be made available on the Australian Education International website at [http://aei.gov.au/AEI/ESOS/default.htm](http://aei.gov.au/AEI/ESOS/default.htm). Refer Attachment F for the ELICOS Standards.\n\nNote 2 ELICOS means English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2507},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This 2011 instrument establishes the original ELICOS Standards framework under section 176B of the ESOS Act. It implements the intended scope of regulating English language intensive courses for overseas students without apparent deviation from or expansion beyond that original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Incorporation by reference of external standards 'as it exists from time to time' (dynamic law-making)","Dependencies on two separate Commonwealth Acts for interpretation (ESOS Act and National VET Regulator Act commencement provisions)","Zero defined terms within the instrument itself—all substantive content resides in external document","Acronym density requiring external knowledge (ELICOS, ESOS, VET)"],"plain_english_summary":"This law makes the National Standards for ELICOS providers and courses legally enforceable under the ESOS Act, so rules about class sizes, teacher qualifications and student welfare bind English-language colleges for overseas students. By incorporating the external standards \"as they exist from time to time,\" regulators and providers are subject to updates on the standards website without new parliamentary legislation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/education-services-for-overseas-students-act-2000-elicos-standards-19-06-2011","history":"/api/acts/education-services-for-overseas-students-act-2000-elicos-standards-19-06-2011/history","analysis":"/api/acts/education-services-for-overseas-students-act-2000-elicos-standards-19-06-2011/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/education-services-for-overseas-students-act-2000-elicos-standards-19-06-2011/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/education-services-for-overseas-students-act-2000-elicos-standards-19-06-2011/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/education-services-for-overseas-students-act-2000-elicos-standards-19-06-2011/documents"}}