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Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
14DMinister may suspend processing of applications to add courses to registration
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#### 14D Minister may suspend processing of applications to add courses to registration
ESOS agency is not required to do any processing activity
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that an ESOS agency for a registered provider is not required to deal with applications made under section 10H until after a day specified in the instrument.
> Note: Section 10H provides that a registered provider may apply to add one or more courses at one or more locations to the provider’s registration.
(2) Between the day an instrument made under subsection (1) commences and the day specified in the instrument, the ESOS agency for the provider is not required to do any processing activity in relation to an application to which the instrument applies.
ESOS agency must not do any processing activity
(3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that an ESOS agency for a registered provider must not deal with applications made under section 10H until after a day specified in the instrument.
(4) Between the day an instrument made under subsection (3) commences and the day specified in the instrument, the ESOS agency for the provider must not do any processing activity in relation to an application to which the instrument applies.
Instruments under this section
(5) The day specified in an instrument made under subsection (1) or (3) must not be more than 12 months after the day the instrument commences.
(6) An instrument made under subsection (1) or (3) of this section may be expressed to apply to:
(a) all applications made under section 10H or one or more classes of applications made under that section; and
(b) applications under that section made before or after the commencement of the instrument (or both); and
(c) applications under that section made before or after the commencement of this section (or both).
> Note: For specification by class, see subsection 13(3) of the Legislation Act 2003.
(7) Despite subsection 14(2) of the Legislation Act 2003, an instrument made under subsection (1) or (3) of this section may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in an instrument or other writing as in force or existing from time to time.
(8) Section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to a legislative instrument made under subsection (1) or (3).