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Division 142—Special measures for very remote HELP debtors

142‑1  Meaning of very remote HELP debtor
 (1) A person is a very remote HELP debtor on a day if:
 (a) the person carries out work as a teacher on that day at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the *ABS Remoteness Structure; and
 (b) the person has completed a *course of study in education; and
 (c) the person incurred a *HECS‑HELP debt or a *FEE‑HELP debt in relation to that course of study.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a school is any of the following:
 (a) an early childhood education and care service that includes a preschool education program;
 (b) a preschool;
 (c) a school providing primary or secondary education.
 (3) For the purposes of this Division, the Very Remote HELP Debtor Guidelines may set out:
 (a) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out work as a teacher on a day; or
 (b) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out such work at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the *ABS Remoteness Structure; or
 (c) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to be a *very remote HELP debtor for particular periods.

142‑5  Meaning of course of study in education
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a course of study in education means a *course of study, completion of which would satisfy the minimum academic requirements for registration as a teacher by an authority of a State or Territory.
 (2) The Very Remote HELP Debtor Guidelines may specify *courses of study that are, or are not, *courses of study in education.

142‑10  Reducing indexation of accumulated HELP debts
 (1) The *Secretary must, on the application of a person under subsection (4), determine that the indexation of the person's *accumulated HELP debt for a financial year is to be reduced if:
 (a) on 1 June of the financial year in which the application is made, the person has an *accumulated HELP debt; and
 (b) the Secretary is satisfied that the person:
 (i) was a *very remote HELP debtor at any time during the calendar year (the applicable calendar year) ending on 31 December in the financial year; and
 (ii) has met such other requirements (if any) as are specified in the Very Remote HELP Debtor Guidelines for the purposes of this subparagraph.
 (2) If the *Secretary determines that the indexation of the person's *accumulated HELP debt for a financial year is to be reduced, the Secretary must determine the