Higher Education Support Amendment (Asian Century) Act 2013 (112 of 2013)

Schedule 1   OS-HELP assistance for study in Asia

Part 2   Application of amendments

29   Application of amendments relating to OS-HELP assistance

(1) Part 3-4 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, as amended by this Schedule, applies in relation to OS-HELP assistance paid to a student if:

(a) the assistance is paid on or after 1 January 2014; and

(b) the student is selected, on or after 1 January 2014, by the home provider for receipt of OS-HELP assistance, or a supplementary amount for Asian language study, in relation to a period of 6 months; and

(c) in the case of overseas study - the overseas study to which the assistance relates is completed on or after 1 January 2014; and

(d) in the case of a supplementary amount for Asian language study - the intensive study in an Asian language to which the supplementary amount relates is completed on or after 1 January 2014.

(2) To avoid doubt, subitem (1) applies even if:

(a) the student applied for OS-HELP assistance before 1 January 2014; or

(b) the period of 6 months to which the assistance relates started before 1 January 2014; or

(c) the student started to undertake the overseas study to which the assistance relates, or the intensive study in an Asian language, before 1 January 2014.