Higher Education Support Act 2003

Chapter 5 - Administration  

PART 5-2 - ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS ON HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS  

Division 169 - Administrative requirements on higher education providers  

SECTION 169-35   6 week cut off for corrections affecting entitlement to Commonwealth assistance  

169-35(1)    
If:

(a)    

more than 6 weeks after the *census date for a unit of study or an *accelerator program course undertaken with a higher education provider, a person gives the provider information in writing (the correct information ) that establishes that information contained in or accompanying the person's *request for Commonwealth assistance was incorrect; and

(b)    the correct information establishes that the person was entitled to a particular kind of Commonwealth assistance other than *SA-HELP assistance;

this Act applies as if the person had never been entitled to that particular Commonwealth assistance.

169-35(2)    

If:

(a)    more than 6 weeks after the day on which a *student services and amenities fee imposed on a person by a higher education provider was payable, the person gives the provider information in writing (the correct information ) that establishes that information contained in or accompanying a *request for Commonwealth assistance made by the person in relation to the fee was incorrect; and

(b)    the correct information establishes that the person was entitled to *SA-HELP assistance for the fee;

this Act applies as if the person had never been entitled to the SA-HELP assistance.