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a loan from the Commonwealth to the student.
Note: Chapter 4 deals with the repayment of loans made under this Chapter.

Part 3‑1—Student Learning Entitlement

Division 70—Introduction

70‑1  What this Part is about

      A person may be entitled to HECS‑HELP assistance for a unit of study for which the person is a Commonwealth supported student if, among other things, the unit is covered by the person's Student Learning Entitlement.
      Broadly speaking, a person will start with an SLE amount that is equivalent to 7 years of full‑time study. However, the person's SLE amount may be added to for the purposes of certain courses of study or in certain circumstances.
      A person's SLE amount is reduced as the person undertakes units of study as a Commonwealth supported student. A unit of study undertaken as part of a FEE‑FREE Uni Ready course does not reduce the person's SLE amount. The person's SLE amount may also be re‑credited in certain circumstances.

70‑5  The Student Learning Entitlement Guidelines
  *Student Learning Entitlement is also dealt with in the Student Learning Entitlement Guidelines. The provisions of this Part indicate when a particular matter is or may be dealt with in these Guidelines.
Note: The Student Learning Entitlement Guidelines are made by the Minister under section 238‑10.

Division 73—Student Learning Entitlement and SLE amount

73‑1  Student Learning Entitlement and SLE amount
 (1) A person's Student Learning Entitlement is an entitlement that consists of:
 (a) *ordinary SLE that the person has; and
 (b) any *additional SLE that the person has; and
 (c) any *lifelong SLE that the person has.
 (2) A person's SLE amount at a particular time is the sum of the following amounts:
 (a) the amount of *ordinary SLE that the person has under subsection 73‑5(3);
 (b) the amount of any *additional SLE that the person has under subsection 73‑10(3);
 (c) the amount of any *lifelong SLE that the person has under subsection 73‑15(3);
taking into account any reduction that has occurred before that time under Division 76 and any re‑crediting that has occurred before that time under Division 79.

73‑5  Ordinary SLE

Persons who have ordinary SLE
 (1) If a person is an *eligible person on 1 January 2022, the person has, on that day, ordinary SLE.
 (2) If a person becomes (by birth or otherwise) an *eligible person on a day after 1 January 2022, the person has, on the earliest such day, ordinary SLE.

Amount of ordinary SLE
 (3) The amount of *ordinary SLE that the person has on the day referred to in subsection (1) or (2) (as the case may be) is an amount equal to 7 *EFTSL.

Eligible person
 (4) An eligible person is:
 (a) an Australian citizen; or
 (b)