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Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
15AGuide to this Part
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#### 15A Guide to this Part
• A registered provider has obligations under this Part.
• Division 1 contains general obligations on registered providers. For example, a registered provider must not engage in misleading or deceptive conduct when recruiting or providing courses to overseas students. Other obligations relate to notification, record keeping and financial requirements.
• Division 2 deals with tuition fees. In general, a registered provider must not receive more than 50% of the total tuition fees for a course before an overseas student begins the course. The provider must keep those fees in a separate account.
• Enforcement action (such as imposing conditions, or suspending or cancelling a registration) can be taken under Part 6 in relation to a registered provider who breaches this Part.