5969- Revised

2008-2009

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009

(Amendments to be moved by Senator Cormann on behalf of the Opposition in committee of the whole)

(1)     Schedule 1, item 11, page 5 (after line 7), after subsection 9A(1), insert:

          (1A)  A designated authority for a State must use a risk-management approach when considering whether to recommend that an approved provider should be re-registered.

[risk management approach to re-registration]

(2)     Schedule 2, item 4, page 15 (after line 23), after paragraph 21A(1)(a), insert:

                    (aa)  employ or engage only an agent who is:

                              (i)  a Qualified Education Agent Counsellor who has completed the Education Agents Training Course or a recognised equivalent as specified in the regulations; and

                             (ii)  a member of a professional body for education agents if such a body has been specified in the regulations in relation to the area in which the agent operates; and

[education agent criteria]