Education Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Act 2019 (103 of 2019)

Schedule 2   HELP debt arrangements for very remote HELP debtors

Part 2   Application and transitional provisions

15   Application of amendments

(1) The amendments of sections 140-5 and 140-10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 made by this Schedule apply in relation to the 2019-2020 financial year and each later financial year.

(2) Despite subsection 142-10(2) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, as inserted by this Schedule, a day that occurs before 14 February 2019 must not be counted for the purposes of that subsection.

(3) Section 142-15 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to a course of study whether completed before or after 1 January 2020.

(4) Despite subparagraph 142-15(1)(a)(i) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, as inserted by this Schedule, the Secretary must not determine that a person was a very remote HELP debtor in respect of a period if any part of the period occurs before 1 January 2019.