Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 488A

  (1)   For the purposes of:

  (a)   assisting with the regulation of providers; or

  (b)   promoting compliance with the conditions of a particular student visa or visas, or of student visas generally;

the Secretary may give information obtained or received for the purposes of this Act to an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, that is responsible for or otherwise concerned with the regulation of providers.

  (2)   However, subsection   (1) does not override section   488.

Note:   Section   488 prohibits the disclosure etc. of movement records except in limited circumstances.

  (3)   In this section:

"provider" has the same meaning as in the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 .