Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01354:clause:2_64
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01354
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 64
Character Range: 29877–31357

64  After subsection 193‑1(2)
Insert:

Requests for FEE‑HELP assistance—requirements on Open Learning Australia

 (2A) *Open Learning Australia must notify a person in writing how to *meet the tax file number requirements if:
 (a) Open Learning Australia provides access to a unit of study to the person; and
 (b) the person has, on or before the *census date for the unit, completed and signed a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to the unit; and
 (c) in that request, the person requests *FEE‑HELP assistance for the unit; and
 (d) the request does not include a number that purports to be the person's *tax file number.

 (2B) *Open Learning Australia must notify the person under subsection (2A):
 (a) on or before the *census date for the unit; or
 (b) within 7 days after the person gives Open Learning Australia the *request for Commonwealth assistance;
whichever is earlier.

 (2C) A request for Commonwealth assistance, in relation to a person to whom *Open Learning Australia provides access to a unit of study, means a document:
 (a) in which the person requests the Commonwealth to provide assistance under this Act in relation to the unit; and
 (b) that is in the form approved by the Minister; and
 (c) that the person gives to an *appropriate officer of Open Learning Australia on or before the person's enrolment in the unit.

Note: The heading to subsection 193‑1(1) is altered by adding at the end "—requirements on higher education providers".