Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (11 of 2011)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

Part 1   Amendments

17   At the end of section 29

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(5) A registered provider who fails to comply with this section commits an offence (the primary offence ), and commits another offence (a subsequent offence ) on each subsequent day during which that failure continues, including a day of conviction for the offence or any later day.

Penalty:

(a) for the primary offence - 60 penalty units; or

(b) for each subsequent offence - 6 penalty units.

(6) An offence under subsection (5) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.


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