Alan Tudge (Aston, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Youth) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

This bill outlines the amendments that need to be made to the Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Act 2012 as a result of amendments to the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997.

The bill will add a definition of 'total enrolments' to the act which is needed when calculating Tuition Protection Service levies, and because the existing definition will be repealed by the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2021. The definition will include clarification that an enrolment will be included in the calculation for the TPS levy when a student has an enrolment in a course and has also undertaken study in the relevant period.

Subject to the passage of this bill and the registration charges bill, the new charging arrangements will commence from 1 January 2022.

I commend this bill to the chamber.

Debate adjourned.

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