Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Student Assistance and Other Measures) Act 2021 (42 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Tax file numbers

Student Assistance Act 1973

5   Application and transitional provisions

(1) Paragraph 45(1)(a) of the Student Assistance Act 1973, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to the following:

(a) a claim that a person commences to make on or after the commencement of this item;

(b) a claim that a person made before that commencement, but that had not been determined before that commencement;

(c) a claim that a person commenced making before that commencement, but that had not been made before that commencement.

(2) Paragraph 45(1)(b) of the Student Assistance Act 1973, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to a person who is receiving a benefit on or after the commencement of this item (whether the person commenced receiving the benefit before, on or after that commencement).

(3) A tax file number of a person given to the Secretary under section 44A of the Student Assistance Act 1973 before the commencement of this item in relation to a current special educational assistance scheme is taken on and after that commencement to have been given to the Secretary under section 46 of that Act.

(4) Paragraphs 47A(2)(a) and (c) of the Student Assistance Act 1973, as inserted by this Schedule, apply in relation to the payment of benefits on or after the commencement of this item.

(5) Paragraph 47A(2)(b) of the Student Assistance Act 1973, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to the following:

(a) a claim made by a person on or after the commencement of this item;

(b) a claim made by a person before that commencement, but that had not been determined before that commencement.