Chapter 3
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Assistance to students
PART 3-5
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SA-HELP ASSISTANCE
History
Part 3-5 inserted by No 130 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 10, effective 1 January 2012.
Division 126
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Who is entitled to SA-HELP assistance?
History
Div 126 inserted by No 130 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 10, effective 1 January 2012.
SECTION 126-1
Entitlement to SA-HELP assistance
126-1(1)
A student is entitled to *SA-HELP assistance for a *student services and amenities fee imposed on the student for a period by a higher education provider if:
(a)
the student meets the citizenship or residency requirements under section
126-5
; and
(b)
on the day on which the fee is payable, the student is enrolled with the provider in one or more of the following:
(i)
a *course of study or a *bridging course for overseas-trained professionals;
(ii)
an *accelerator program course; and
(c)
the student *meets the tax file number requirements (see section
187-1
); and
(d)
the student has, on or before the day on which the fee is payable, completed, signed and given to an *appropriate officer of the provider a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to the fee; and
(e)
if the day on which the fee is payable is on or after 1 January 2023
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the student meets the *student identifier requirements under section
126-10
.
History
S 126-1(1) amended by No 36 of 2023, s 3 and Sch 1 item 22, by substituting para (b), effective 29 June 2023. Para (b) formerly read:
(b)
the student is enrolled with the provider in a *course of study or a *bridging course for overseas-trained professionals on the day on which the fee is payable; and
S 126-1(1) amended by No 64 of 2022, s 3 and Sch 1 item 8, by substituting
"
the student meets the *student identifier requirements under section 126-10
"
for
"
the student has a *student identifier immediately before the day on which the fee is payable
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in para (e), effective 30 November 2022 and applicable in relation to requests for Commonwealth assistance in relation to a student services and amenities fee that are made on or after 30 November 2022.
S 126-1(1) amended by No 62 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 4, by inserting para (e), effective 1 January 2021. For application provisions, see note under s
36-10(1)
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126-1(2)
A
request for Commonwealth assistance
, in relation to a *student services and amenities fee imposed for a period on a person who is enrolled with a higher education provider in one or more of the courses mentioned in paragraph
(1)(b)
, means a document:
(a)
in which the person requests the Commonwealth to provide assistance under this Act in relation to the fee for the period; and
(b)
that is in the form approved by the Minister.
History
S 126-1(2) substituted by No 36 of 2023, s 3 and Sch 1 item 23, effective 29 June 2023. S 126-1(2) formerly read:
126-1(2)
A
request for Commonwealth assistance
, in relation to a *student services and amenities fee imposed for a period on a person who is enrolled with a higher education provider in a *course of study or a *bridging course for overseas-trained professionals, means a document:
(a)
in which the person requests the Commonwealth to provide assistance under this Act in relation to the fee for the period (and any student services and amenities fee imposed for a later period during which the person is enrolled in the course or bridging course); and
(b)
that is in the form approved by the Minister.
History
S 126-1 inserted by No 130 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 10, effective 1 January 2012.