Part 2, Division 4 · Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

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Division 4 · The Register

14AThe Register#

(1)The Secretary must cause a Register to be kept for the purposes of this Act.

(2)The Register is called the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students.

(3)The Secretary may cause the contents of all or part of the Register to be made available to the public by electronic or other means.

Contents of the Register

(4)The Secretary must cause the following information to be entered on the Register in relation to each provider’s registration:

(a)the name of each provider who is registered;

(b)the name of each course which the provider is registered to provide, and each location at which the provider is registered to provide that course;

(c)if the provider is not an individual—the name of the principal executive officer of the provider;

(d)a unique identifier allocated to the provider;

(e)a unique identifier allocated to each course at each location for which the provider is registered;

(g)the period of the provider’s registration;

(h)any conditions of the provider’s registration and when any such conditions take effect;

(i)any other matters prescribed by the regulations.

(5)The Secretary may cause any other information he or she considers appropriate to be entered on the Register in relation to a provider’s registration.

14BUpdating the Register#

(1)The Secretary must ensure that the Register is kept up-to-date.

(2)Without limiting subsection (1), the Secretary must cause the Register to be altered appropriately if:

(a)a provider’s registration is suspended or cancelled for any one or more courses for any one or more locations; or

(b)a provider’s registration has a condition imposed on it; or

(c)a provider’s registration has a suspension or condition removed, or a condition varied; or

(d)a provider applies for review of a decision to suspend or cancel, or to impose a condition on, the provider’s registration.

Note: The Register can also be updated under section 103 (Immigration Minister’s suspension certificate).

(3)However, a failure to keep the Register up-to-date does not affect the validity of any action referred to in subsection (2).

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