Division 8Marketing

Division 8—Marketing

Subdivision A—Offering certain inducements

135 Purpose of this Subdivision

This Subdivision is made for the purposes of subsection 61(2) of the Act.

136 Benefits that may be offered

The following benefits are specified: (a) the content and quality of the course; (b) the amount of the tuition fees for the course; (c) the availability of a VET student loan for the course; (d) marketing merchandise up to the total value of $30 per person.

Subdivision B—Use of third party contact lists

137 Purpose of this Subdivision

This Subdivision is made for the purposes of subsection 63(2) of the Act.

138 Use of third party contact lists

(1) Subsection 63(1) of the Act does not apply if the student has given express consent to being contacted by the provider. (2) The student is taken to have provided express consent if: (a) information in the request was presented clearly, and set out the specific purpose for which the student’s personal information would be used if consent were given; and (b) the request was prominent; and (c) the student was able to give consent in a separate optional tick box from other consents; and (d) the request was not a required field to be answered in order for a person to submit other information; and (e) the request did not include a default tick for consent; and (f) the request named the provider; and (g) the request detailed any referral fee or other fee that would be paid to the person who made the request and any other benefit that would be provided to the person who made the request. (3) The student is taken to have provided express consent if the student initiates contact with a third party for the purpose of: (a) giving information relating to education and training to the provider; or (b) getting information relating to education and training from the provider.