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Education Act 1990
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#### 31A Overseas students
31A Overseas students
> > (1) The Secretary may, by order published in the Gazette, fix the fees to be paid by overseas students, or classes of overseas students, at government schools.
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> > (2) The Secretary is to cause an order under this section to be placed on the Department’s website.
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> > (3) The Secretary may exempt an overseas student, or class of overseas students, from the requirement to pay a fee in accordance with this section, or refund all or any part of such a fee, in such circumstances as the Secretary considers appropriate.
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> > (4) An overseas student is not entitled to receive instruction, or to participate in school activities, at a government school, unless any fee payable by the student under this section has been paid.
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> > (5) The Secretary may terminate the enrolment of an overseas student at a government school if a fee that is required to be paid under this section in relation to the overseas student has not been paid.
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> > (6) Any fee that is due but not paid under this section may be recovered by the Secretary as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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> > (7) This section has effect despite anything to the contrary in the [Anti-Discrimination Act 1977](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1977-048).
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> **s 31A:** Ins 2008 No 12, Sch 1 \[6\]. Am 2018 No 3, Sch 4 \[2\].