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Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
101Effect of certificate: offence
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#### 101 Effect of certificate: offence
(1) A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) makes an offer to an overseas student, an intending overseas student or any other prescribed non‑citizen for him or her to be provided with a course at any location by a registered provider; or
(b) invites an overseas student, an intending overseas student or a prescribed non‑citizen to undertake, or apply to undertake, a course at any location offered by a registered provider; or
(c) holds a registered provider out as able or willing to provide a course at any location to overseas students or prescribed non‑citizens;
while an Immigration Minister’s suspension certificate is in effect for that registered provider.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
> Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
(2) The provider is still registered for all other purposes.
(3) In this section:
> prescribed non‑citizen means a non‑citizen (within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958) who is of a kind prescribed for the purposes of this section in regulations made under that Act.