Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014

CHAPTER 3 - Loan repayments  

PART 3.2 - DISCHARGING DEBTS  

Division 4 - Compulsory discharge  

Subdivision A - Liability to repay amounts  

SECTION 46   LIABILITY TO REPAY AMOUNTS  

46(1)    


If:

(a)    a person ' s repayment income for an income year exceeds the minimum repayment income for the income year; and

(b)    on 1 June immediately preceding the making of an assessment in respect of the person ' s income of that income year, the person had an accumulated AASL debt;

the person is liable to pay to the Commonwealth, in accordance with this Division, so much of the person ' s repayable AASL debt for the income year as does not exceed the amount worked out by the formula:


Applicable percentage of repayment income Relevant income-contingent loans liability

where:

applicable percentage of repayment income
means the amount that is the percentage of the person ' s repayment income applicable under the table in section 154-20 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 .

relevant income-contingent loans liability
means the amount that is the sum of the following:


(a) the sum of any amounts the person is liable to pay under section 154-1 or 154-16 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 in respect of the income year;


(aa) the sum of any amounts the person is liable to pay under section 23EA or 23EC of the VET Student Loans Act 2016 in respect of the income year;


(b) the sum of any amounts the person is liable to pay under section 1061ZZEZ of the Social Security Act 1991 , or section 12ZK of the Student Assistance Act 1973 , in respect of the income year;


(c) any amount the person is liable to pay under section 1061ZVHA of the Social Security Act 1991 in respect of the income year;


(d) any amount the person is liable to pay under section 10F of the Student Assistance Act 1973 in respect of the income year.


46(2)    
A person is not liable under this section to pay an amount for an income year if the amount worked out under subsection (1) is zero or less.

46(3)    
A person is not liable under this section to pay an amount for an income year if, under section 8 of the Medicare Levy Act 1986 :

(a)    no Medicare levy is payable by the person on the person ' s taxable income for the income year; or

(b)    the amount of the Medicare levy payable by the person on the person ' s taxable income for the income year is reduced.


 

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