Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

4............ English courses and citizenship courses ............................................. 2

4A......... Fees for English courses ..................................................................... 3

4B......... English courses ................................................................................... 4

4C......... Obligation to provide English tuition ................................................. 5

4D......... Cessation of obligation to provide English tuition ............................. 5

5............ Provision of teaching and learning materials ....................................... 6

7............ Training courses for teachers .............................................................. 6

8............ Research projects ................................................................................ 7

9............ Payments under arrangements etc. ..................................................... 7

9A......... Services for non‑government organisations ........................................ 8

10.......... Delegation ........................................................................................... 8

10A....... Delegation ........................................................................................... 8

11.......... Expenditure to be made from appropriations ..................................... 8

12.......... Annual reports by the Minister ......................................................... 8

13.......... Regulations ......................................................................................... 9

Notes                                                                                                                                             11

An Act relating to the provision of certain Courses of Instruction for Immigrants and certain other Persons

 

 

Notes to the Immigration (Education) Act 1971

Note 1

The Immigration (Education) Act 1971 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 3, 1971 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 10 April 1997 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

The Immigration (Education) Act 1971 was affected by the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 5) 1995 see Table B.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Immigration (Education) Act 1971	3, 1971	12 Mar 1971	12 Mar 1971
Immigration (Education) Act 1973	110, 1973	12 Oct 1973	12 Oct 1973	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1986	76, 1986	24 June 1986	S. 3: Royal Assent (a)	S. 9
Immigration (Education) Amendment Act 1991	35, 1991	21 Mar 1991	21 Mar 1991	--
Migration Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992	176, 1992	16 Dec 1992	Ss. 1‑3 and 5: 1 Jan 1993 Ss. 4, 6, 7 and Part 3 (ss. 8-11): 1 Mar 1993 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1994	60, 1994	9 Apr 1994	S. 85: (b)	--
Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995	110, 1995	29 Sept 1995	S. 4: 1 Nov 1995 (see Gazette 1995, No. GN43) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 9
Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997	27, 1997	10 Apr 1997	Schedule 1: 1 May 1997 (see Gazette 1997, No. S168) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (items 29, 30) [see Table A]
Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998	113, 1998	11 Dec 1998	Schedule 8 (item 1) 1 May 1997 (see Gazette 1997, No. S168) (c)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (item 524): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (d)	--
Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2007	21, 2007	15 Mar 2007	Schedules 1-3: 1 July 2007 (see s. 2(1) and F2007L01653) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 3 (items 14, 21) [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (item 333): 4 July 2008	--
Same‑Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--General Law Reform) Act 2008	144, 2008	9 Dec 2008	Schedule 10 (items 77, 78): 1 July 2009	--

(a)     The Immigration (Education) Act 1971 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1986, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b)    The Immigration (Education) Act 1971 was amended by section 85 only of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1994, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

                 (3)   The remaining provisions of this Act commence immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Migration Reform Act 1992.

         Section 3 commenced on 1 September 1994.

(c)     The Immigration (Education) Act 1971 was amended by Schedule 8 (item 1) only of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

                 (4)   Item 1 of Schedule 8 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997.

(d)     The Immigration (Education) Act 1971 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 524) only of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 3......................................	am. No. 110, 1973; No. 76, 1986; No. 35, 1991; No. 176, 1992; No. 60, 1994; No. 27, 1997; No. 144, 2008
S. 4......................................	am. No. 76, 1986
	rs. No. 35, 1991
	am. No. 60, 1994
S. 4A...................................	ad. No. 176, 1992
	am. No. 110, 1995
S. 4B...................................	ad. No. 176, 1992
	am. No. 27, 1997; No. 113, 1998
S. 4C...................................	ad. No. 176, 1992
	am. No. 27, 1997
S. 4D...................................	ad. No. 176, 1992
	am. No. 27, 1997; No. 21, 2007
Ss. 4E, 4F............................	ad. No. 176, 1992
	rep. No. 27, 1997
S. 5......................................	am. No. 76, 1986; No. 35, 1991
S. 6......................................	rep. No. 35, 1991
S. 7......................................	am. No. 76, 1986; No. 35, 1991
S. 8......................................	am. No. 110, 1973; No. 35, 1991
S. 9......................................	am. No. 110, 1973; No. 76, 1986; No. 35, 1991
S. 9A...................................	ad. No. 35, 1991
S. 10....................................	am. No. 146, 1999; No. 73, 2008
S. 10A.................................	ad. No. 176, 1992
S. 12....................................	am. Nos. 110 and 216, 1973

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997 (No. 27, 1997)

Schedule 1--Amendments related to visa application charge 

Part 2--Application and transitional

29  Application

(1)        The amendment made by item 13 of this Schedule applies in relation to applications whether made before, at or after the commencement of this item.

(2)        The remaining amendments of the Immigration (Education) Act 1971 and the Migration Act 1958 made by this Schedule apply in relation to applications for visas made at or after the commencement of the Migration (Visa Application) Charge Act 1997.

Note:       Under item 30, some applications that are made before the commencement of the Migration (Visa Application) Charge Act 1997 are taken to be made immediately after that time.

30  Transitional

If:

                     (a)  an application for a visa is made before the commencement of the Migration (Visa Application) Charge Act 1997; and

                     (b)  a visa application fee, or part of a visa application fee, payable under the Migration Act 1958 in respect of the application has not been paid at that time;

            then, for the purposes of the Immigration (Education) Act 1971, the Migration (Health Services) Charge Act 1991 and sections 45A, 45B and 45C of the Migration Act 1958, the application is taken to have been made immediately after the commencement of the Migration (Visa Application) Charge Act 1997.

Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2007
(No. 21, 2007)

Schedule 3

14  Definition

In this Part:

commencement day means the day on which sections 2A to 54 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 commence.

21  Application--Immigration (Education) Act 1971

The amendment made by item 1 of Schedule 2 applies in relation to:

                     (a)  a person in respect of which an obligation under section 4C of the Immigration (Education) Act 1971 begins on or after the commencement day; or

                     (b)  a person in respect of which an obligation under that section began before the commencement day, but only if that obligation has not ceased before the commencement day.

Table B

Affected by another Act

Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 5) 1995 (No. 100, 1995)

Schedule 1 

1  Certain persons not entitled to tuition

(1)        Despite section 4C of the Immigration (Education) Act 1971, the Commonwealth is not obliged to provide, or arrange for the provision of, any tuition in an approved English course to a person if the person was granted a visa, whether or not after the commencement of this item, because the person satisfied paragraph 816.721(1)(a) or 818.721(1)(a) of the Migration (1993) Regulations.

(2)        If, immediately before the commencement of this item, the Commonwealth had an obligation under that Act to a person covered by subitem (1), that obligation ceases at the commencement of this item.

Schedule 1 (item 1) commenced on 15 September 1995.