Clause 71

the forms to be used and the information to be furnished in, or the documents to be furnished with, any application and the forms to be used for any other purpose under this Act;

the fees and charges payable under this Act, including the interest or penalty for the late payment of any fee or charge, and the waiver, refund or remission, whether wholly or in part, of such fees and charges;

the requirements and restrictions on the names of private education institutions or the names of any premises or school (or any department or faculty thereof) of or education provided by private education institutions, and the use or display of such names;

the premises of private education institutions, including but not limited to —

the requirements for office or administrative areas;

the number, type and size of classrooms;

the facilities and equipment to be provided;

the signage in or around the premises;

the use of the premises; and

the restrictions on the sharing of premises with other persons;

the form and manner of the keeping of registers or records under this Act, the inspection thereof, the taking of extracts therefrom, the supply of copies thereof, and the returns to be made to the Council including financial records;

the publication of information by private education institutions, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, relating to the premises, teachers and courses of the private education institutions, including but not limited to course fees, course schedules, examination schedules, course particulars and programme modules;

the administration of courses offered or provided by registered private education institutions, including but not limited to the requirements relating to the names of courses, course programme duration, enrolment of students, the form and content of the agreements or contracts to be entered into with students, and the establishment of boards, committees or other similar bodies to oversee academic, examination or administrative structures and processes;

the deployment of teachers by registered private education institutions;

the use of advertisements by or on behalf of a private education institution, or any solicitation or canvassing for business by or on behalf of a private education institution;

the use of any accreditation, certification or inspection mark of the Council;

the regulation of persons who provide any service relating, whether directly or indirectly, to the provision of private education, including the application, with such modifications as may be prescribed, of the provisions of this Act to such persons;

the offences which may be compounded under section 67;

to prescribe all matters and things which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or expedient to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

may relate to all or any class or description of private education institutions;

may make different provisions for different classes or descriptions of private education institutions;

may provide that a contravention of any specified provision thereof shall be an offence; and

other than regulations prescribed for the purpose of section 48, may provide for penalties not exceeding a fine of $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both for each offence and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty not exceeding a fine of $1,000 for that offence for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.