(1) A provider whose registration is suspended for a course for a location under this Division must not:
(a) do any thing for the purpose of recruiting or enrolling overseas students or intending overseas students for the course at the location; or
(b) subject to subsection (3), solicit or accept any money from an overseas student or an intending overseas student for the course at the location; or
(c) if an accepted student of the provider has not begun the course--permit the student to begin the course at the location.
(2) The provider is still registered for the course for the location for all other purposes.
(3) The ESOS agency for a provider whose registration is suspended may give the provider a notice in writing that:
(a) states that, for the whole period of the suspension, paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to the provider in relation to overseas students who have started the course; or
(b) states that, for a specified part of the period of the suspension, paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to the provider in relation to overseas students who have started the course.
The notice has effect accordingly.
(4) A notice under subsection (3) is not a legislative instrument.