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EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS (REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF PROVIDERS) REGULATIONS (NO. 48 OF 1994) - REG 7

7. (1) Where a student or a person acting on behalf of the student pays an amount of course money (other than tuition fees) into a trust account for a specified purpose, a private provider may withdraw or pay out that amount, or part of that amount, for that purpose.

(2) The specified purposes are the following:

        (a)     payment of the costs of accommodation or other domestic services provided to the student—

              (i)     where the student directs—to the person providing the services, the student or another specified person; or

              (ii)     where there is no such direction—not more than 3 months before the end of the period to which the expenses relate;

        (b)     payment of the costs of transporting the student to or from an airport on or after the day on which the service is provided;

        (c)     payment of the costs of health insurance for the student with Medibank Private or another prescribed hospital benefits organisation on or after the day on which payment is due;

        (d)     payment of the fees for compulsory membership of the student in a student's union or association—

              (i)     in accordance with the requirements of the union or association for payment of those fees; or

              (ii)     in any other case—on or after the commencement of the course undertaken by the student;

        (e)     payment of the costs of books, equipment or other materials purchased by the student for a course the student is enrolled in not more than 4 weeks before the commencement of that course by the student;

        (f)     payment of an examination fee for a course the student is enrolled in—

              (i)     if the examination is conducted by a person other than the private provider—in accordance with the requirements of that person for payment of the fee; or

              (ii)     in any other case—not more than 4 weeks before the examination;

        (g)     payment of the costs of providing other goods or services—

              (i)     on or after the day on which the goods or services are provided; or

              (ii)     on the day on which payment is due;

whichever is the later.

Permitted withdrawals—interest



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