EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Proclamation
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Education
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Act 2014
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Commencement Proclamation 2014
Item 2 of the table under subsection 2(1) of the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Act 2014 (the Act) provides that Schedule 1 to the Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation, or if any of the provisions do not commence within the period of six (6) months beginning on the day the Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period.
The purpose of the Proclamation is to fix 1 July 2014 as the day on which Schedule 1 to the Act commences.
Sections 1 to 3 of the Act, providing for the short title, the commencement provisions and amendment information relating to the Schedules of the Act, commenced on receipt of the Royal Assent on 28 February 2014.
Schedule 1 to the Act amends the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 to: clarify the arrangements for refunds by registered providers to overseas students in the case of student default for the reason of visa refusal or where there is no written agreement in place which satisfies the requirements of the Act; enable the Minister to make a legislative instrument to stipulate the methods of calculation for refunds to students in the case of default for the reason of visa refusal or where there is no written agreement in place; and to amend the title of the National Code of Practice for Registration Authorities and Providers of Education to Overseas Students to remove reference to Registration Authorities.
The Proclamation is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.