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VET Student Loans Act 2016

No. 98, 2016

Compilation No. 13

Compilation date: 21 February 2025

                Includes amendments: Act No. 14, 2025

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the VET Student Loans Act 2016 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 21 February 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Act binds the Crown
4 Objects
5 Simplified outline of this Act
6 Definitions
Part 2—Loans to students
Division 1—Secretary may approve loans
7 Secretary may approve loans
8 Amount of loan
Division 2—Eligible students
9 Eligible students
10 Enrolment and loan application
11 Citizenship and residency
12 Academic suitability
Division 3—Approved courses
13 Approved courses
14 Kinds of courses
15 Provision and delivery
16 The courses and loan caps determination
Division 4—Applications for loans
17 Applications for loans
18 Decisions about loans
Part 3—Paying and repaying loan amounts
Division 1—Paying loan amounts
19 Loan must be used to pay tuition fees
20 When Secretary is not required to pay loan amount
21 Notice about payment of loan amount
Division 2—Repaying loan amounts
22 When course provider must repay loan amount
Part 3A—VETSL debts
Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
23AA Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—VETSL debts
23BA VETSL debt
23BB VETSL debt discharged by death