Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection Service and Other Measures) Bill 2011

Type: Government
Portfolio: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Part of a package of three bills to establish a tuition protection service, the bill amends: the
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
to: place obligations on registered international education providers when a provider fails to start or finish providing a course or when an overseas student fails to start or finish a course; provide for a national regime of national registration of providers; limit the amount of initial pre-paid fees that may be collected by a registered provider; provide that students are only eligible for a refund of the unused portion of prepaid tuition fees; and specify what details providers must keep on student records; and five Acts to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the
Education Services for Overseas Students (Assurance Fund Contributions) Act 2000
.

Progress

House of Representatives
22 Sep 2011	Introduced and read a first time
22 Sep 2011	Second reading moved
02 Nov 2011	Second reading debate
03 Nov 2011	Second reading debate
03 Nov 2011	Second reading agreed to
03 Nov 2011	Consideration in detail debate
03 Nov 2011	Third reading agreed to

Senate
03 Nov 2011	Introduced and read a first time
03 Nov 2011	Second reading moved
29 Feb 2012	Second reading debate
29 Feb 2012	Second reading agreed to
29 Feb 2012	Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 5 Government and 4 Australian Greens (1 as amended) agreed to
29 Feb 2012	Third reading agreed to

House of Representatives
01 Mar 2012	Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendments

01 Mar 2012	Text of bill as passed both Houses
20 Mar 2012	Assent Act no.: 9 Year: 2012

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
As passed by both houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum
Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate
Australian Greens [sheet 7193] RHIANNON, Sen Lee
Government [sheet ZA281]
Independent [sheet 7197] XENOPHON, Sen Nick

House of Representatives
Non-Government PYNE, Christopher, MP

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (22/09/2011): House Standing Committee on Education and Employment; Committee report (01/11/2011)
Referred to Committee (13/10/2011): Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee; Committee report (27/02/2012)

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Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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