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
Introduced and read a first time	22 Sep 2011
Second reading moved	22 Sep 2011
Second reading debate	02 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	03 Nov 2011

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	03 Nov 2011
Second reading moved	03 Nov 2011
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	29 Feb 2012

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


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

House of representatives

Non-Government
PYNE, Christopher, MP

Senate

Australian Greens [sheet 7193]
RHIANNON, Sen Lee

Government [sheet ZA281]

Independent [sheet 7197]
XENOPHON, Sen Nick

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Bills digest

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)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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