1Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration of Providers and Financial Regulation) Regulations

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 3641

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Education Services for Overseas Students

(Registration of Providers and Financial

Regulation) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration of Providers and Financial Regulation) Act 1991.

Dated 20 November 1991.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN DAWKINS

Minister of State for Employment,

Education and Training

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration of Providers and Financial Regulation) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

“Act” means the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration of Providers and Financial Regulation) Act 1991;

“administrative fee” means a fee for processing an application for enrolment in a course;

“student” includes an overseas student and an intending overseas student;

“terminate”, in relation to a provided course, means to cease providing the course before completion of the course;

“withdraw”, in relation to a provided course, means:

(a) to discontinue attendance as a student at a course before the end of the course; and

(b) to give written advice of the discontinuance to the provider of the course;

“year” means financial year.

Information to be kept on the Register

3. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (2) (d) of the Act, the following matters are prescribed:

(a) the business address of each approved provider;

(b) the period of registration of the approved provider;

(c) the number of student places available for each course provided by the approved provider.

(2) For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, the designated authority in a State must give to the Secretary the following information about each approved provider of a course in the State:

(a) the name of the approved provider;

(b) if the approved provider is not a natural person—the principal executive officer;