Chapter 3
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Assistance to students
PART 3-3
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FEE-HELP ASSISTANCE
Division 110
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How are amounts of FEE-HELP assistance paid?
Note:
Part
5-1
deals generally with payments by the Commonwealth under this Act.
SECTION 110-5
Effect of HELP balance being re-credited
110-5(1)
If, under subsection
104-25(1)
or
104-27(1)
or section
104-42
,
104-43
or
104-44
, a person
'
s *HELP balance is re-credited with an amount relating to *FEE-HELP assistance for a unit of study, the provider must pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the amount (if any) that was paid to the provider for the unit under subsection
110-1(1)
.
Note:
The provider must repay the amount under subsection
(1)
even if the person
'
s HELP balance is not increased by an amount equal to the amount re-credited.
History
S 110-5(1) amended by No 64 of 2022, s 3 and Sch 1 item 20, by substituting
"
the amount (if any) that was paid to the provider for the unit under subsection 110-1(1)
"
for
"
the amount of FEE-HELP assistance to which the person was entitled for the unit
"
, effective 30 November 2022.
S 110-5(1) amended by No 76 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 3 items 49 and 50, by substituting
"
*HELP balance
"
for
"
*FEE-HELP balance
"
and
"
HELP balance
"
for
"
FEE-HELP balance
"
in the note, effective 1 January 2020. For application and transitional provisions, see note under Div
97
heading.
S 110-5(1) amended by No 83 of 2017, s 3 and Sch 3 item 30, by substituting
"
subsection 104-25(1) or 104-27(1) or section 104-42, 104-43 or 104-44
"
for
"
subsection 104-25(1), 104-27(1) or section 104-42
"
, effective 17 August 2017.
S 110-5(1) amended by No 121 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 2 item 5, by inserting the note at the end, effective 1 January 2007.
110-5(1A)
Subsection
(1)
does not apply to the provider if:
(a)
the person
'
s *HELP balance was re-credited under subsection
104-25(1)
(main case of re-crediting a person
'
s HELP balance); and
(b)
the person enrolled in the unit as a *replacement unit.
History
S 110-5(1A)(b) amended by No 111 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 2 item 13, by substituting
"
unit as a *replacement unit
"
for
"
unit in circumstances that make it a replacement unit within the meaning of the *tuition assurance requirements
"
, effective 1 January 2020. For application and transitional provisions, see note under s
16-25
.
S 110-5(1A) amended by No 76 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 3 items 51 and 52, by substituting
"
*HELP balance
"
for
"
*FEE-HELP balance
"
and
"
a person
'
s HELP balance
"
for
"
a person
'
s FEE-HELP balance
"
in para (a), effective 1 January 2020. For application and transitional provisions, see note under Div
97
heading.
110-5(1B)
The Higher Education Provider Guidelines may, in setting out the *tuition protection requirements, specify, in relation to the re-crediting of a person
'
s *HELP balance in circumstances to which subsection
(1A)
applies:
(a)
the amount (if any) that is to be paid to the Commonwealth; and
(b)
the person (if any) who is to pay the amounts.
History
S 110-5(1B) amended by No 111 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 2 item 14, by substituting
"
the *tuition protection requirements
"
for
"
the tuition assurance requirements
"
, effective 1 January 2020. For application and transitional provisions, see note under s
16-25
.
S 110-5(1B) amended by No 76 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 3 item 53, by substituting
"
*HELP balance
"
for
"
*FEE-HELP balance
"
, effective 1 January 2020. For application and transitional provisions, see note under Div
97
heading.
110-5(2)
If, under subsection
104-25(2)
or
104-27(2)
, *Open Universities Australia re-credits a person
'
s *HELP balance with an amount relating to *FEE-HELP assistance for a unit of study, Open Universities Australia must pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the amount (if any) that was paid to Open Universities Australia for the unit under subsection
110-1(2)
.
History
S 110-5(2) amended by No 64 of 2022, s 3 and Sch 1 item 21, by substituting
"
the amount (if any) that was paid to Open Universities Australia for the unit under subsection 110-1(2)
"
for
"
the amount of FEE-HELP assistance to which the person was entitled for the unit
"
, effective 30 November 2022.
S 110-5(2) amended by No 76 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 3 item 53, by substituting
"
*HELP balance
"
for
"
*FEE-HELP balance
"
, effective 1 January 2020. For application and transitional provisions, see note under Div
97
heading.