Debit order

[kavesh]

Admin, Please delete if this is not appropriate.

My daughter is starting grade 8 next year at a new school (private). The school insists on a debit order instruction being completed. Is this legal?

With her current school all I needed to do is inform the school that I will EFT the fees when due and they accepted this, same with my sons school. (Both private school if that matters).

Thanks
Kavesh

[Dave A]

Admin, Please delete is this is not appropriate.

Hopefully you meant "...if this is not appropriate".

Actually, I think it's a really good question.

[Greig Whitton]

My daughter is starting grade 8 next year at a new school (private). The school insists on a debit order instruction being completed. Is this legal?

Yes.

[kavesh]

Yes.

Thanks Greig.

The reason I asked is because there was a change to recent legislation regarding tenants and landlords, who could no longer force their tenants to agree to a debit order arrangement. Evidently this must be peculiar to that industry then.

[Greig Whitton]

Nobody can force anyone to sign a debit order. If your school (or any other service provider) insists on a debit order, you can either agree to their terms or use a provider that doesn't insist on it.