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IMMIGRATION (EDUCATION) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1999 (NO. 1) 1999 NO. 90

STATUTORY RULES 1999 NO. 90

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Immigration (Education) Act 1971

Immigration (Education) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

Section 13 of the Immigration (Education) Act 1971 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

In addition, regulations may be made pursuant to the following power:

-       subsection 4A(1) of the Act provides that the regulations may provide for the charging and recovery of fees, not exceeding the applicable fee limit per year per student, in respect of English courses provided in accordance with section 4.

The purpose of the Regulations is to amend the Immigration (Education) Regulations 1992 to provide for the annual indexation of a specified fee.

Details of the Regulations are as follows.

Regulation 1 - Name of regulations

This regulation provides that these regulations are the Immigration (Education) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1).

Regulation 2 - Commencement

This regulation provides that these regulations commence on 1 July 1999.

Regulation 3 - Amendment of Immigration (Education) Regulations

This regulation provides that the Immigration (Education) Regulations ("the Regulations") are amended as set out in Schedule 1 to these regulations.

Schedule 1 - Amendments

Item 1 - Regulation 1

This item makes a technical amendment to the name of the Regulations to ensure consistency of expression.

Item 2 - Paragraph 4(1)(a)

This item amends paragraph 4(1)(a) of the Regulations to provide for the annual indexation of the prescribed fee for a formal English course. The fee is increased from $275 to $280.

The Regulations commence on 1 July 1999.