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EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS ACT 2000 - SECT 43

States to investigate breaches of the national code
(1)
This section applies if:

(a)
the Secretary has information suggesting a possible breach of the national code by a registered provider for a State; and

(b)
the source of the information is not the designated authority of that State.

(2)
Before the Secretary investigates the matter further or takes any other action under this Act, the Secretary must notify the designated authority of the possible breach and request the authority to investigate the matter or take any other suitable action.

(3)
However, the Secretary may investigate the matter or take any other action:

(a)
without notifying the designated authority; or

(b)
without waiting for the designated authority to investigate or take any other action;

if, in the Secretary's opinion, the circumstances of the possible breach require urgent action.



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