Education Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2025 (74 of 2025)
Schedule 1 Amendments relating to overseas students and education
Part 9 TEQSA
Division 1 Amendments
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
65 After section 106
Insert:
106A Offering a regulated higher education award offshore if not authorised
Offence
(1) A higher education provider commits an offence if:
(a) the higher education provider offers or confers an Australian higher education award for the completion of an Australian course of study; and
(b) the course of study is an offshore provided Australian course of study; and
(c) the higher education provider is not an authorised offshore provider.
Penalty: 120 penalty units.
Civil penalty
(2) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if:
(a) the higher education provider offers or confers an Australian higher education award for the completion of an Australian course of study; and
(b) the course of study is an offshore provided Australian course of study; and
(c) the higher education provider is not an authorised offshore provider.
Civil penalty: 240 penalty units.