IMMIGRATION (EDUCATION) REGULATIONS 1992 NO. 432 

IMMIGRATION (EDUCATION) REGULATIONS 1992 NO. 432 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Citation  
2. Commencement  
3. Interpretation  
4. Fees-prescribed English courses  
5. Definitions-section 4A of the Act  


1992 No. 432 IMMIGRATION (EDUCATION) REGULATIONS
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Citation


   1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Education)
Regulations.


1992 No. 432 IMMIGRATION (EDUCATION) REGULATIONS
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Commencement


   2. These Regulations commence on 1 January 1993.


1992 No. 432 IMMIGRATION (EDUCATION) REGULATIONS
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Interpretation


  3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
  "CES" has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1991;
  "formal course", in relation to a prescribed English course, means a course
for which a statement of attainment or progress in functional English is given
on completion of the course;
  "prescribed English course" means an English course provided in accordance
with section 4 of the Act;
  "the Act" means the Immigration (Education) Act 1971.


1992 No. 432 IMMIGRATION (EDUCATION) REGULATIONS
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Fees-prescribed English courses


  4. (1) The fee for a prescribed English course is:
  (a) in the case of a formal course-$250; and
  (b) in any other case-$50.
  (2) The fee is payable on enrolment in the course.
  (3) A person enrolling in a prescribed English course is exempt from paying
the fee if, at the time of enrolment, he or she is:
  (a) the holder of a health care card, within the meaning of section 4A of
the Act; or
  (b) a registered job seeker, within the meaning of that section.
  (4) If the Minister is satisfied that a person who has paid a fee for a
prescribed English course was, at the time of enrolment, exempt under
subregulation (3) from paying the fee, the Minister must give the person a
refund of the amount paid.


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Definitions-section 4A of the Act


  5. (1) For the purposes of section 4A of the Act, the card known as a Health
Care Card that is issued by the Department of Social Security for the purposes
of the Health Insurance Act 1973 is a health care card.
  (2) For the purposes of section 4A of the Act, a person is a registered job
seeker if he or she:
  (a) is registered with the CES as a person who:
    (i) is unemployed; or
    (ii) is employed on a part-time, temporary or casual basis;
  and
  (b) meets one of the following criteria:
    (i) the person is actively seeking full-time employment;
    (ii) the person:
      (A) is restricted by a medical condition to working on a
part-time basis; and
      (B) is actively seeking employment that is compatible with
that restriction;
    (iii) the person:
      (A) is in receipt of sickness benefit under Part 2.14 of the
Social Security Act 1991; and
      (B) has been referred by a Disability Panel to the CES; and
      (C) has agreed with the CES to develop an Activity Plan.


- NOTES


1992 No. 432*1* IMMIGRATION (EDUCATION) REGULATIONS



1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 December 1992.