2013 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education Services for Overseas 

Students Amendment Bill 2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Education) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Education Services 

for Overseas Students Act 2000, and for related 

purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Education Services 

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for Overseas Students Act 2000, and for related 

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purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Education Services for Overseas 

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Students Amendment Act 2013. 

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2  Commencement 

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(1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 

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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 

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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Commencement information 

Column 1 

Column 2 

Column 3 

Provision(s) 

Commencement 

Date/Details 

1.  Sections 1 to 3 

and anything in 

this Act not 

elsewhere covered 

by this table 

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 

 

2.  Schedule 1 

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. 

However, if the provision(s) do not 

commence within the period of 6 months 

beginning on the day this Act receives the 

Royal Assent, they commence on the day 

after the end of that period. 

 

Note:  

This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally 

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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of 

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this Act. 

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(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. 

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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it 

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may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 

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3  Schedule(s) 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Schedule 1

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Amendments 

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Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 

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1  Section 5 (subparagraph (b)(ii) of the definition of 

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monitoring purpose) 

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Repeal the subparagraph, substitute: 

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(ii)  refund amounts to its accepted students under 

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Division 2 of Part 5. 

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2  Section 5 (definition of national code) 

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Omit "Registration Authorities and". 

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3  Section 5 (definition of pre-paid fees) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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4  Division 2 of Part 3 (heading) 

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Repeal the heading, substitute: 

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Division 2--Tuition fees 

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5  Section 27 (heading) 

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Repeal the heading, substitute: 

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27  Tuition fees 

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6  Subsection 27(1) (heading) 

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Repeal the heading, substitute: 

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Limit on tuition fees received before course begins 

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7  Section 28 (heading) 

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Repeal the heading, substitute: 

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28  Obligation for registered provider to maintain account 

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8  Subsection 28(2) (heading) 

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Repeal the heading, substitute: 

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Account to be maintained with an Australian ADI 

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9  Subsection 28(3) 

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Repeal the subsection. 

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10  Section 29 (heading) 

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Repeal the heading, substitute: 

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29  Obligations in relation to account money 

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11  Subsection 29(1) (heading) 

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Repeal the heading, substitute: 

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Tuition fees received before course begins to be paid to credit of 

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account 

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12  Subsection 33(2) 

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Omit "Registration Authorities and". 

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13  Paragraph 38(g) 

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Omit "of pre-paid fees", substitute "under Division 2 of Part 5". 

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14  Subsection 46D(6) 

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Omit "pre-paid", substitute "tuition". 

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15  Subsection 46D(6) (note) 

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Omit "initial pre-paid fees account", substitute "account in accordance 

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with section 28". 

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16  Subsection 46D(7) 

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Omit "pre-paid", substitute "tuition". 

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17  Subsection 47D(2) (note) 

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Omit "initial pre-paid fees account", substitute "account in accordance 

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with section 28". 

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18  Subsection 47E(2) 

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Repeal the subsection, substitute: 

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(2)  The provider must pay the student a refund of the amount worked 

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out in accordance with an instrument under subsection (4). 

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Note: 

For providers who are required to maintain an account in accordance 

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with section 28, the refund might be paid out of the account: see 

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section 29. 

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19  Subsection 47E(4) 

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Repeal the subsection, substitute: 

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Legislative instrument 

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(4)  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a method for 

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working out the amount of a refund for the purposes of 

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subsection (2). 

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20  Subsection 50C(1) 

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Omit "pre-paid fees", substitute "fees to which the refund requirements 

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under Division 2 relate". 

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21  Subsection 50C(2) (note) 

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Omit "initial pre-paid fees account", substitute "account in accordance 

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with section 28". 

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22  Paragraph 83(1A)(b) 

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Repeal the paragraph, substitute: 

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(b)  refund amounts to its accepted students under Division 2 of 

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Part 5. 

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23  Application and saving provisions 

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(1) 

Despite the amendment made by item 3, the definition of pre-paid fees 

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in section 5 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000, 

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as in force immediately before the commencement of that item, 

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continues to apply on and after that commencement for the purposes of: 

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(a)  working out compliance with section 47B of that Act for 

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agreements entered into before that commencement; and 

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(b)  the operation of Part 5 of that Act in relation to defaults that 

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occur before that commencement. 

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(2) 

The amendment made by item 12 does not affect the continuity of the 

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code under Part 4 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 

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2000 that was in force immediately before the commencement of that 

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item. 

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(3) 

The amendment made by item 13 applies in relation to agreements 

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entered into under section 47B of the Education Services for Overseas 

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Students Act 2000 on or after the commencement of that item. 

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(4) 

The amendments made by items 14, 16, 18, 19 and 20 apply in relation 

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to defaults that occur on or after the commencement of those items. 

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