Higher education providers face civil penalties of 120 penalty units for offering Australian courses without offshore authorisation.

Education providers must notify authorities within 10 business days if an education agent or associate takes ownership or control of the provider.

Registered higher education providers must report specific events or changes in circumstances to TEQSA in writing.

TEQSA can grant authorisation for an entity to become an authorised offshore provider; it must notify the applicant of the decision within 30 days.

The Minister can stop an ESOS agency from dealing with certain applications until a specified date.

The Minister can stop an ESOS agency from processing applications to add courses to a registration.

Higher education providers that are not allowed to operate offshore can be fined 120 penalty units for offering or giving Australian qualifications.

Education providers must tell the government within 10 business days if an education agent or their associate takes over ownership or control of the provider.

Education providers must report how much money and what non-monetary benefits they give to each education agent, as well as how many students each agent recruits.

The Minister can stop ESOS agencies from processing certain applications or adding new courses to their registration.

Registered higher education providers must give TEQSA written notice about specific events or changes in their circumstances.

TEQSA can allow an entity to become an authorised offshore provider if the study takes place at offshore premises for 12 months or less.