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VET Student Loans Act 2016

PART 5A - TUITION PROTECTION

History

Pt 5A inserted by No 111 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 item 20, effective 1 January 2020. No 111 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 item 42 contain the following application and transitional provisions:

42 Application and transitional provisions
(1)
The amendments of section 25 of the VET Student Loans Act 2016 made by this Part apply in relation to applications for approval made:

(a) after the commencement of this Part; or

(b) before the commencement of this Part, if the application had not been decided before that commencement.

(2)
If, before the commencement of this Part, a course was not delivered to completion by a provider, then the VET Student Loans Act 2016 and any instruments in force under the Act immediately before that commencement continue to apply, after that commencement, in relation to the provider as if the amendments and repeals made by this Part had not happened.

(3)
The amendments of sections 46 and 48 of the VET Student Loans Act 2016 made by this Part apply in relation to an approved course provider after the commencement of this Part, regardless of when the provider was approved.

(4)
Section 49A , subparagraph 52(2)(b)(x) and Part 5A of the VET Student Loans Act 2016 , as inserted by this Part, apply in relation to an approved course provider after the commencement of this Part, regardless of when the provider was approved.

Division 2 - Obligations when a provider defaults in relation to a student

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SECTION 66F OBLIGATIONS OF PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT REPLACEMENT COURSES

66F(1)
The VSL Tuition Protection Director may, by notice in writing, require an approved course provider to provide such information that the Director reasonably requires to enable the Director to make a decision under subsection 66E(1) regarding suitable replacement courses for a student in relation to whom a provider has defaulted.

66F(2)
The information must be provided:

(a) in a form (if any) approved by the VSL Tuition Protection Director for the information; and

(b) in accordance with such other requirements as the Director makes.

Civil penalty

66F(3)
An approved course provider contravenes this subsection if:

(a) the provider is given a notice under subsection (1); and

(b) the provider fails to comply with the notice.

Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.

Offence

66F(4)
An approved course provider commits an offence of strict liability if:

(a) the provider is given a notice under subsection (1); and

(b) the provider fails to comply with the notice.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.