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Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
46EOffence for failure to discharge obligations
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#### 46E Offence for failure to discharge obligations
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) either:
(i) the person is a registered provider; or
(ii) if a registered provider is an unincorporated body—the person is the principal executive officer of the provider; and
(b) the person defaults in relation to an overseas student or intending overseas student and a course at a location; and
(c) the person fails to discharge its obligations to the student in accordance with section 46D (whether or not the provider is still a registered provider at that time).
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) An offence under subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(3) The maximum penalty for each day that an offence under subsection (1) continues is 10% of the maximum penalty that can be imposed in respect of that offence.
> Note: Subsection (1) is a continuing offence under section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914.