Student Assistance Act 1973

Part 6 - Overpayments arising under this Act and certain administrative schemes  

Division 3 - Non-recovery of debts  

SECTION 43C   WAIVER OF DEBT RELATING TO AN OFFENCE  

43C(1)    
If:

(a) a debtor has been convicted of an offence that gave rise to a proportion of a debt; and

(b) the court indicated in sentencing the debtor that it imposed a longer custodial sentence on the debtor because he or she was unable or unwilling to pay the debt;

the Secretary must waive the right to recover the proportion of the debt.

43C(2)    
For the purposes of this section, a proportion of a debt may be 100% of the debt.