Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS ACT 2000 - SECT 87

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   a registered provider is an approved school provider; and

  (b)   the ESOS agency for the provider has information suggesting that the provider may have breached:

  (i)   this Act; or

  (ii)   the national code; or

  (iii)   if the ELICOS Standards or Foundation Program Standards apply in relation to the provider--those Standards; and

  (c)   the source of the information is not the designated State authority for the provider.

  (2)   Before the ESOS agency takes any action under this Act in relation to the possible breach, the agency:

  (a)   must notify the designated State authority of the possible breach; and

  (b)   may request the authority to investigate the matter or take any other suitable action.

  (3)   Despite subsection   (2), the ESOS agency may take any action under this Act in relation to the possible breach if, in the agency's opinion, the circumstances of the possible breach require urgent action.