Higher Education Support Act 2003

S 134-1 amended by No 36 of 2023, s 3 and Sch 1 item 26, by substituting " , SA-HELP assistance or STARTUP-HELP assistance " for " or SA-HELP assistance " , effective 29 June 2023.

S 134-1 amended by No 116 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 items 3 and 4, by substituting " will also have incurred a HELP debt if (before 1 July 2019) the Secretary used " for " also incurs a HELP debt if the Secretary uses " and inserting the note, effective 1 July 2019.

S 134-1 amended by No 100 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 1 item 5, by inserting " A person also incurs a HELP debt if the Secretary uses an amount of a VET student loan approved under the VET Student Loans Act 2016 to pay tuition fees for the person. " , effective 1 January 2017. For transitional provision, see note under s 137-19 .

S 134-1 amended by No 130 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 11, by substituting " , OS-HELP assistance or SA-HELP assistance " for " or OS-HELP assistance " , effective 1 January 2012.

S 134-1 substituted by No 170 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 1 item 10, effective 1 January 2008. S 134-1 formerly read:

SECTION 134-1 What this Part is about  
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A person incurs a HELP debt if he or she receives, as HECS-HELP assistance, FEE-HELP assistance or OS-HELP assistance, a loan from the Commonwealth under Chapter 3 .

HELP debts are incorporated into the person ' s accumulated HELP debt. This accumulated debt forms the basis of working out the amounts that the person is obliged to repay (see Part 4-2 ).