VET Student Loans Act 2016
The Secretary may publish information (other than personal information about a student) if the Secretary is satisfied that the information would:
(a) assist a student to decide whether or not to enrol in a course provided by an approved course provider; or
(b) assist a student in relation to his or her eligibility for a VET student loan and the circumstances in which the Secretary would approve a VET student loan; or
(c) encourage compliance by an approved course provider with this Act.
103(2)
The information the Secretary may publish in relation to an approved course provider includes the following:
(a) completion rates for students;
(b) enrolment numbers and forecast enrolment numbers (including for particular courses);
(c) courses offered;
(d) tuition and other fee arrangements and modes of delivery for those courses;
(e) compliance action that has been taken under this Act (including that an intention notice has been given to the provider).
103(3)
Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1).
103(4)
The Secretary may require an approved course provider to release or publish the information that the Secretary could publish under this section in relation to the provider.
103(5)
An approved course provider contravenes this subsection if the provider fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (4).
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
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