Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Act 2011 (130 of 2011)

Schedule 1   Student services and amenities

Higher Education Support Act 2003

13   After section 137-15

Insert:

137-16 SA-HELP debts

Incurring SA-HELP debts

(1) A person incurs a debt to the Commonwealth if, under section 128-1, the Commonwealth:

(a) makes a loan to the person; and

(b) uses the amount lent to make a payment of the person's liability to pay a *student services and amenities fee.

The debt is an SA-HELP debt .

(2) The amount of the *SA-HELP debt is an amount equal to the loan.

When SA-HELP debts are incurred

(3) An *SA-HELP debt is taken to have been incurred by a person immediately after the day on which the *student services and amenities fee to which the loan relates is payable, whether or not the Commonwealth has made a payment in respect of the fee.

Remission of SA-HELP debts

(4) A person's *SA-HELP debt in relation to a *student services and amenities fee imposed by a higher education provider is taken to be remitted if, under section 128-5, the provider must repay the Commonwealth the amount the Commonwealth paid the provider in relation to the fee.