Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
114BProhibition on advertising academic cheating services
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114B Prohibition on advertising academic cheating services
(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person advertises, or publishes or broadcasts an advertisement for, an academic cheating service to students undertaking, with a higher education provider: (i) an Australian course of study; or (ii) an overseas course of study provided at Australian premises; and (b) either: (i) the person does so for a commercial purpose; or (ii) the academic cheating service has a commercial purpose.
Penalty: 2 years imprisonment or 500 penalty units, or both.
(2) A person contravenes this subsection if the person advertises, or publishes or broadcasts an advertisement for, an academic cheating service to students undertaking, with a higher education provider: (a) an Australian course of study; or (b) an overseas course of study provided at Australian premises.
Civil penalty: 500 penalty units.