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EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS (NO. 77 OF 1994) - SECT 3

Interpretation

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—“approved” means approved under this Act; “banking day” means a day on which banks are open for business; “Commonwealth Act” means the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration of Providers and Financial Regulation) Act 1991 of the Commonwealth; “course” means a course of education or training; “course money” means money received by the provider, directly or indirectly, from an overseas student, or an intending overseas student, in relation to a course that the provider is providing, or offering to provide, to the student (other than an enrolment fee that is not more than $250), and includes—

        (a)     tuition fees;

        (b)     any amount that the provider is to pay on behalf of the student to Medibank Private or another prescribed hospital benefits organisation; and

        (c)     any other amount that the student has to pay to the provider in order to undertake the course;

“determined fee” means the fee determined by the Minister under section 41 for the purposes of the provision in which the expression occurs;
“inspector” means a public servant for the time being performing the functions of an inspector by virtue of section 35 ;
“intending overseas student” means a person who intends to become an overseas student;
“overseas student” means a person who holds a student visa;
“principal executive officer”, in relation to a provider that is not a natural person, means the person who has executive responsibility for the operation of the provider;
“private provider” means a provider approved under paragraph 8 (1) (a) or (b);
“provider” means an institution or other body or person that provides or proposes to provide courses to overseas students in the Territory;
“register” means the register kept under subsection 4 (1);
“registrable particulars” means particulars prescribed by section 37;
“student visa” means a student visa issued under regulations made under the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth;
“trust account” means an account maintained by a private provider for the purpose of depositing money in accordance with subsection 16 (1);
“trust money”, in relation to a private provider, means money that the provider is required by subsection 16 (1) to pay into a trust account (whether or not the provider actually pays the money into a trust account), other than money that the provider has become entitled to withdraw from a trust account.



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