Offence to provide or promote an international secondary student exchange program without student exchange approval
83 Offence to provide or promote an international secondary student exchange program without student exchange approval
A person must not engage in conduct mentioned in subsection (2) involving the provision of an international secondary student exchange program unless the person is the holder of a student exchange approval to provide the program.Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
For subsection (1), the conduct is—
providing an international secondary student exchange program; or
making an offer to a student or intending student to undertake, or to apply to undertake, an international secondary student exchange program; or
inviting a student or intending student to undertake, or to apply to undertake, an international secondary student exchange program; or
holding out as able or willing to provide an international secondary student exchange program.
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if—
the person’s conduct was only for either or both of the following purposes—
carrying out surveys or other investigations to assess the demand for the international secondary student exchange program;
negotiating with another entity in connection with designing or developing the international secondary student exchange program; and
the person took reasonable steps to ensure students and intending students who were, or might become, interested in undertaking the international secondary student exchange program, and any entity who might also provide the program, were aware the person was not the holder of a student exchange approval to provide the program; and
the person neither invited nor accepted any amount for the international secondary student exchange program from students or intending students, or from students’ agents.
In this section—
intending student means a person, whether within or outside Australia, who intends to become, or has taken any step towards becoming, a student.
student means an overseas student or Queensland student.
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