Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Act 2007 (119 of 2007)

Schedule 8   Commonwealth scholarships

Higher Education Support Act 2003

19   After section 164-15

Insert:

164-17 Overpayments of Commonwealth scholarships to students

An overpayment of an amount paid, or purportedly paid, to a person by way of a *Commonwealth scholarship under section 46-13 may, in whole or part, be:

(a) deducted from any amount that is payable, or to be paid, to that person under that section; or

(b) recovered by the Commonwealth from that person as a debt due to the Commonwealth.

164-18 Repayment of Commonwealth scholarships paid to students - breach of condition

(1) This section applies if:

(a) an amount is paid to a person by way of a *Commonwealth scholarship under section 46-13; and

(b) the person breaches a condition of the Commonwealth scholarship.

(2) The amount may, in whole or part, be:

(a) deducted from any amount that is payable, or to be paid, to that person under that section; or

(b) recovered by the Commonwealth from that person as a debt due to the Commonwealth.

Note: The heading to section 164-15 is altered by adding at the end " of Commonwealth grants ".