Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending FEE-HELP for VET Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate Courses) Act 2007 (170 of 2007)

Schedule 1   Higher Education Support Act 2003

9   Section 129-1

Repeal the section, substitute:

129-1 What this Chapter is about

Loans that the Commonwealth makes to students under Chapter 3 are repayable under this Chapter. Loans that the Commonwealth makes to students under Schedule 1A are also repayable under this Chapter.

Each loan is incorporated into the person's accumulated HELP debt (see Part 4-1).

Under Part 4-2, the accumulated debts can be repaid in 2 ways:

• a person may make voluntary repayments (which may attract a repayment bonus); or

• compulsory repayments (based on a person's income) are made using the system for payment of income tax.