27Pre‑paid fees

27 Pre‑paid fees

Limit on amount of initial pre‑paid fees that may be received (1) A registered provider must not receive, in respect of an overseas student or intending overseas student, more than 50% of the student’s total tuition fees for a course before the student has begun the course. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the course has only one study period. Limit on when remaining tuition fees may be required (3) Once an overseas student begins a course, the registered provider for the course must not require any of the remaining tuition fees for the course to be paid, in respect of the overseas student, more than 2 weeks before the beginning of the student’s second study period for the course.