Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2010

Previous Citations: Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009
Type: Government
Portfolio: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 42

Summary

Amends the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 and Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997 to: require all institutions currently registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students to re-register by 31 December 2010; introduce two new registration criteria; require providers to maintain and publish a list of persons/agents who represent them; provide the minister with a discretion to enable a suspended provider to accept monies in certain circumstances; enable national alignment of regulatory actions; and provide for regulations to be made in relation to: providers’ agents, and criteria to be applied when consideration is given to whether a course is a suitable alternative course.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	19 Aug 2009
Second reading moved	19 Aug 2009
Second reading debate	19 Oct 2009
Second reading agreed to	19 Oct 2009
Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 1 Opposition agreed to	19 Oct 2009
Third reading agreed to	19 Oct 2009

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	26 Oct 2009
Second reading moved	26 Oct 2009
Second reading debate	03 Feb 2010
Second reading agreed to	03 Feb 2010
Committee of the Whole debate	03 Feb 2010
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 1 Opposition and 2 Xenophon/Australian Greens agreed to	04 Feb 2010
Third reading agreed to	04 Feb 2010

House of Representatives
Message from Senate reported	08 Feb 2010
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendment 1 and disagreed to amendments 2 and 3	11 Feb 2010

Senate
Consideration of House of Reps message Details: Senate did not insist on its amendments nos 2 and 3	22 Feb 2010


Text of bill as passed both Houses	22 Feb 2010
Assent Act no.: 10 Year: 2010	03 Mar 2010

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First reading

Third reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Revised explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Non-Government
SOUTHCOTT, Andrew, MP

Senate

Australian Greens [sheet 5958]
HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah

Independent/Australian Greens [sheet 6041 revised]
XENOPHON, Sen Nick
HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah

Opposition [sheet 5969 revised]
CORMANN, Sen Mathias

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate to which the House of Representatives has disagreed

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (20/08/2009): Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee
Committee report (16/10/2009)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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