EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS ACT 2000 - SECT 27 Tuition fees

EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS ACT 2000 - SECT 27

  (1)   A registered provider must not receive, in respect of an overseas student or intending overseas student, more than 50% of the student's total tuition fees for a course before the student has begun the course.

  (2)   Subsection   ( 1) does not apply if:

  (a)   either of the following choose to pay more than 50% of the overseas student's, or intending overseas student's, total tuition fees for a course before the student has begun the course:

  (i)   the student;

  (ii)   a person who is responsible for paying those fees; or

  (b)   the course has a duration of 25 weeks or less.