Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) makes an offer to an overseas student, an intending overseas student or any other prescribed non - citizen for him or her to be provided with a course at any location by a registered provider; or
(b) invites an overseas student, an intending overseas student or a prescribed non - citizen to undertake, or apply to undertake, a course at any location offered by a registered provider; or
(c) holds a registered provider out as able or willing to provide a course at any location to overseas students or prescribed non - citizens;
while an Immigration Minister's suspension certificate is in effect for that registered provider.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
(2) The provider is still registered for all other purposes.
(3) In this section:
"prescribed non-citizen" means a non - citizen (within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 ) who is of a kind prescribed for the purposes of this section in regulations made under that Act.