Education Services for Overseas Students (Calculation of Refund) Instrument 2024 (Cth)

Education Services for Overseas Students (Calculation of Refund) Instrument 2024

I, Jason Clare, Minister for Education, make the following instrument.

Dated 26 September 2024

Jason Clare Minister for Education

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Schedules 6 Meaning of weekly tuition fee 7 Meaning of weeks in default period 8 Method for working out amount of refund of tuition fees in event of provider default 9 Method for working out amount of refund if provider does not enter into compliant student default agreement 10 Method for working out amount of refund in event of student visa refusal Schedule 1—Repeals Education Services for Overseas Students (Calculation of Refund) Specification 2014

1 Name This instrument is the Education Services for Overseas Students (Calculation of Refund) Instrument 2024.

2 Commencement This instrument commences the day after this instrument is registered.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsections 46D(7) and 47E(4) of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 5 of the Act, including the following: (a) agreed starting day; (b) course; (c) default; (d) default day; (e) intending overseas student; (f) overseas student; (g) provider; (h) registered provider; (i) student visa; and (j) tuition fees In this instrument: Act means the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000. student means an overseas student or an intending overseas student.

5 Schedules Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.