2010-2011

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Bill 2011

No.      , 2011

(Education, Employment and Workplace Relations)

A Bill for an Act to impose the requirement to pay TPS levies, and for related purposes

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary                                                                                                              1

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Crown to be bound............................................................................. 2

4............ Interpretation....................................................................................... 2

Part 2—The amount of the TPS levy                                                                          4

5............ TPS levy............................................................................................. 4

6............ Administrative fee component............................................................. 5

7............ Base fee component............................................................................ 5

8............ Indexation of administrative and base fee components........................ 5

9............ Risk rated premium component........................................................... 6

10.......... Special tuition protection component................................................... 7

Part 3—Miscellaneous                                                                                                          8

11.......... Rules relating to making a legislative instrument................................. 8

12.......... Exemptions......................................................................................... 8

13.......... Publication of administrative and base fee components....................... 9

14.......... Imposition of requirement to pay the TPS levy................................... 9

15.......... Section 114 of the Constitution........................................................... 9

16.......... Regulations......................................................................................... 9

A Bill for an Act to impose the requirement to pay TPS levies, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts: