OVERSEAS STUDENTS CHARGE ACT 1979 No. 119, 1979 - SECT 4 Interpretation

OVERSEAS STUDENTS CHARGE ACT 1979 No. 119, 1979 - SECT 4

4. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''charge'' means the charge imposed by this Act;

''enrolment'' means enrolment by way of original enrolment, continuing
enrolment, re-enrolment or otherwise;

''overseas student'' means a person (including a person who has not attained
the age of majority) who is an immigrant within the meaning of the Migration 
Act 1958 and is enrolled or proposes to become enrolled in a prescribed course
for a year, but does not include a person to whom sub-section 8 (1) of that
Act applies or a person who is the holder of a permanent entry permit;

''permanent entry permit'' means an entry permit within the meaning of the
Migration Act 1958 other than a temporary entry permit;

''prescribed course'' means-

   (a)  a course of study that is offered by a prescribed educational
        institution and entitles a person by whom it is duly completed to a
        degree, diploma or associate diploma awarded or issued by that
        institution;

   (b)  a course of study offered by a prescribed educational institution
        (other than a course for which the institution charges a fee the
        amount of which is, in the opinion of the Minister, equal to the whole
        or a substantial proportion of the cost of tuition in that course) the
        due completion of which is, in appropriate cases, or in all cases,
        required by that or any other prescribed educational institution as a
        pre-requisite to the undertaking of a course referred to in paragraph
        (a); or

   (c)  any other course of study that is offered by a prescribed
        educational institution and is declared by the regulations to be a
        prescribed course for the purposes of this paragraph;

''prescribed educational institution'' means a university or college of
advanced education within the meaning of the
Tertiary Education Commission Act  1977 ;

''study'' includes instruction, training and research;

''temporary entry permit'' has the same meaning as in the Migration Act  1958
;

''year'' means any year commencing on 1 January.

(2) A reference in this Act to enrolment in a prescribed course for a year
shall be read as a reference to enrolment that entitles the person enrolled to
undertake, at any time in that year, that course or a part of that course.

(3) A reference in this Act to a part of a prescribed course shall be read as
a reference to so much of that course as is to be undertaken in a year.