Education Legislation Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Act 2020 (62 of 2020)

Schedule 3   HELP balances

Higher Education Support Act 2003

2   After subsection 128-15(1)

Insert:

(1A) For the purposes of subparagraphs (1)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii), an amount of *HECS-HELP assistance, *FEE-HELP assistance or *VET FEE-HELP assistance is taken to have been payable for a person immediately after the *census date for the unit to which the assistance relates (whether or not the amount has been paid at that time).

(1B) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(a)(iv), an amount of a *VET student loan is taken to have been payable for a person immediately after the *census day for the course or a part of the course to which the loan amount relates (whether or not the amount has been paid at that time).