Higher Education Support Act 2003

Chapter 4 - Repayment of loans  

PART 4-1 - INDEBTEDNESS  

Division 142 - Special measures for location-preferred HELP debtors - teachers  

SECTION 142-1   Meaning of location-preferred HELP debtor (teacher)  

142-1(1)    

A person is a location-preferred HELP debtor (teacher) on a day if:

(a)    the person carries out work as a teacher on that day at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the *ABS Remoteness Structure; and

(b)    the person has completed a *course of study in education; and

(c)    the person incurred a *HECS-HELP debt or a *FEE-HELP debt in relation to that course of study.

142-1(2)    
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) , a school is any of the following:

(a)    

an approved child care service (within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 that is a centre-based day care service;

(b)    a preschool;

(c)    a school providing primary or secondary education.

142-1(3)    

For the purposes of this Division, the HELP Debtor Guidelines (Teachers) may set out:

(a)    circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out work as a teacher on a day; or

(b)    circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out such work at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the *ABS Remoteness Structure; or

(c)    

circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to be a *location-preferred HELP debtor (teacher) for particular periods.