Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OVERSEAS STUDENTS CHARGE COLLECTION ACT 1979 No. 120, 1979 - SECT 7

7. (1) Where-

   (a)  the Minister for Foreign Affairs enters into an arrangement with a
        government of a country other than Australia (not being an arrangement
        under sub-section (2) ) under which the liability of a person to the
        charge in respect of his enrolment in a prescribed course for a year
        is to be discharged under this sub-section; or

   (b)  a Department or authority of the Commonwealth grants a scholarship or
        like award to a person for the purpose of assisting him to undertake
        or continue a prescribed course in a year, an authorized officer may
        issue a written certificate stating that the liability of the person
        to the charge in respect of his enrolment in that course for that year
        is discharged under this sub-section, and thereupon-

   (c)  the liability (if any) of the person to the charge is, by force of
        this sub-section, discharged; and

   (d)  any amount that has been paid as provided by paragraph 6 (1) (a) in
        relation to the charge, and any amount of the charge that has been
        paid, shall be refunded to that person.

(2) Where the Minister for Foreign Affairs enters into an arrangement with a
government of a country other than Australia under which that government
undertakes to pay, at a time determined by or under the arrangement, the
charge imposed upon a person in respect of his enrolment in a prescribed
course for a year-

   (a)  the person is not, and shall be deemed not to have been, liable to pay
        the charge in accordance with section 4; and

   (b)  if, otherwise than in accordance with the arrangement-

        (i)    any amount has been paid as provided by paragraph 6 (1) (a) in
               relation to the charge; or

        (ii)   any amount of the charge has been paid,

it shall be refunded to the person, but, if the whole or part of the charge is
not paid in accordance with the arrangement, the person becomes, on a date
determined by the Minister by notice in writing, liable to pay so much of the
charge as is unpaid.
(3) In this section, ''authorized officer'' means-

   (a)  in a case to which paragraph (1) (a) applies-an officer of the
        Department of Foreign Affairs; or

   (b)  in a case to which paragraph (1) (b) applies-an officer of the
        Department concerned or a member or officer of the authority
        concerned, who is authorized by the Minister in writing to issue
        certificates under this section.