Higher Education Support Act 2003
A student is entitled to *OS-HELP assistance in relation to a period of 6 months if: (a) the student meets the citizenship or residency requirements under section 118-5 ; and (b) the student has not received OS-HELP assistance in relation to more than one other period of 6 months; and (c) the student is enrolled in a *course of study with a higher education provider (the home provider); and (ca) the course of study is an *accredited course in relation to the home provider; and (d) the student meets the prior study requirements under section 118-7 ; and (e) the student meets the overseas study requirements under section 118-10 ; and (f) on the completion of that study outside Australia, the student will have to complete units of study that have a total EFTSL value of at least 0.125 EFTSL in order to complete the course requirements for that course of study; and (g) the student *meets the tax file number requirements (see section 187-1 ); and (h) the student has completed, signed and given to an *appropriate officer of the home provider a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to that course of study; and (ha) the student has applied to the home provider for receipt of OS-HELP assistance in relation to the period; and (hb) if the student made the application on or after 1 January 2021 - the student meets the *student identifier requirements under section 118-12 ; and (i) the home provider has selected the student for receipt of OS-HELP assistance in relation to the period (see section 118-15 ).
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Hide history note118-1(2)
However, the student is not entitled to *OS-HELP assistance in relation to that period if: (a) another higher education provider has granted OS-HELP assistance to the student in relation to:
(i) that period; or
(b) the student applies to the home provider for the assistance after the student has completed the study in relation to the period.
(ii) a period that overlaps with that period; or
118-1(3)
To avoid doubt, the student may be outside Australia when the student applies to the home provider for receipt of *OS-HELP assistance.
S 118-1(2) and (3) substituted for s 118-1(2) by No 72 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 2 item 2, effective 28 May 2007.
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