Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

Today I introduce the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015. This bill is required to give effect to the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015 which I introduced earlier today.

The amendments I introduced in the streamlining regulation bill remove the minimum registration period for education institutions which provide education to international students. To facilitate this change this charges bill makes minor consequential changes to the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997. The amendments in this bill also clarify that the existing entry to market charges are paid by an education institution only once for each actual year of registration.

I commend the bill to the House.

Debate adjourned.