S.L. 607.3 Art. 24Student enrolment.

(1) Licensees shall not make an offer to an intending student for enrolment in a programme if they have not given such intending student information about the programme in accordance with guidelines made and published by the Authority for such purpose:

Provided that, by means of such guidelines, the Authority may establish different types of information required to be given to local and overseas intending students and by different categories of licensees as defined in the Second Schedule.

(2) Licensees shall ensure that their recruitment of students is conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and that any offer of a place in a programme made to a student is based on an assessment, by a suitably qualified person, of the extent to which the student’s qualifications and proficiencies are appropriate to the programme.

(3) Other than any reasonably justifiable payment upon application, licensees shall charge payment of any tuition fees for a programme, from a student or an intending student, only where the following conditions have been fulfilled:

(a) such student has been notified in writing of his acceptance to the programme; and

(b) an agreement has been drawn up with the student in accordance with regulation 26: Provided that where a licensee is established by means of the Act or regulations made thereunder, or by any other law, restrictions therein relating to the charging of fees are observed.

(4) Licensees must obtain evidence that assessment of an intending overseas student’s proficiency in the language relevant for the purpose of undertaking the envisaged programme has been carried out:

Provided that where a student does not have the requisite language skills, licensees shall offer such student learning opportunities in the relevant language, while also offering ongoing linguistic support and advice throughout the duration of the programme.

(5) Licensees shall not enrol an intending third country student who is not in possession of a student visa. Once a third-country student has enrolled in a programme, licensees shall not allow him to defer commencement of his studies, or to suspend his studies, except on the grounds of illness, evidenced by a doctor’s certificate, or other exceptional circumstances beyond the control of the student. Where a student defers or suspends his studies on any other grounds, the licensee is bound to report the non-compliance of such student with the relative visa conditions to the Principal Immigration Officer.