Bill
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Refunds of Charges and Other Measures) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2021-03-02. Education, Skills and Employment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education, Skills and Employment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-11-11
- second reading — 2020-11-11
- other — 2021-02-18
- second reading — 2021-02-18
- second reading — 2021-02-18
- other — 2021-02-18
- third reading — 2021-02-18
- introduced — 2021-02-22
- second reading — 2021-02-22
- second reading — 2021-02-25
- second reading — 2021-02-25
- third reading — 2021-02-25
- passed — 2021-02-26
- royal assent — 2021-03-02
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-11-11.
The bill would let the government refund registration charges to education providers for overseas students in special circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
It would also narrow the definition of 'course' to align with existing national education frameworks and give the minister power to exempt certain courses from registration requirements.
The bill follows a temporary waiver of charges from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2021, with over $10.9 million already refunded under existing provisions.
- Enables the Secretary to refund all or part of registration charges in special circumstances.
- Refines the definition of 'course' to capture only those leading to substantive qualifications or meeting quality frameworks.
- Gives the minister power to include or exempt certain courses from the ESOS Act via legislative instrument.
Registered education providers for overseas students, and overseas students taking supplementary courses.
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