Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a registered higher education provider (the original provider ) for a unit of study or an Australian course of study enters into an arrangement with one or more other registered higher education providers to provide the unit or course jointly to one or more domestic students, the arrangement must:
(a) be such that the students pay their tuition fees directly to the original provider; or
(b) both:
(i) be in writing; and
(ii) provide for the receipt and disbursement of any tuition fees paid by students directly to any of the other providers.
(2) However, for the purpose of determining the original provider's obligations under the tuition protection requirements, any tuition fees paid by students directly to any of the other providers are taken to have been paid directly to the original provider.
Civil penalty
(3) A registered higher education provider is liable to a civil penalty if the provider contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
Offence
(4) A registered higher education provider commits an offence of strict liability if the provider contravenes subsection (1).