Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140:clause:1_4:p30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4 (pt 30/67)
Character Range: 359638–362334

that a student who is entitled to a *supplementary amount for Asian language study may be paid:
 (a) an amount for that language study; and
 (b) an amount for the overseas study;
at different times determined in accordance with those guidelines.
 (2B) If a student is paid amounts at different times as mentioned in subsection (2A), each amount is taken to be a separate loan for the purposes of section 137‑15 (OS‑HELP debts).
 (3) The Commonwealth must make payments to the higher education provider on account of amounts the provider pays under this section on the Commonwealth's behalf.

Part 3‑5—SA‑HELP assistance

Division 125—Introduction

125‑1  What this Part is about

      A student may be entitled to SA‑HELP assistance for a student services and amenities fee imposed on him or her by a higher education provider, if certain requirements are met.
      The amount of the assistance is the amount of the fee, less any amounts of the fee paid on or before the day the fee is payable (except any SA‑HELP assistance paid under this Part). The assistance is paid to the provider to discharge the student's liability to pay the fee.
Note: Amounts of assistance under this Part may form part of a person's HELP debts that the Commonwealth recovers under Part 4‑2.

Division 126—Who is entitled to SA‑HELP assistance?

126‑1  Entitlement to SA‑HELP assistance
 (1) A student is entitled to *SA‑HELP assistance for a *student services and amenities fee imposed on the student for a period by a higher education provider if:
 (a) the student meets the citizenship or residency requirements under section 126‑5; and
 (b) on the day on which the fee is payable, the student is enrolled with the provider in one or more of the following:
 (i) a *course of study or a *bridging course for overseas‑trained professionals;
 (ii) an *accelerator program course; and
 (c) the student *meets the tax file number requirements (see section 187‑1); and
 (d) the student has, on or before the day on which the fee is payable, completed, signed and given to an *appropriate officer of the provider a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to the fee; and
 (e) if the day on which the fee is payable is on or after 1 January 2023—the student meets the *student identifier requirements under section 126‑10.
 (2) A request for Commonwealth assistance, in relation to a *student services and amenities fee imposed for a period on a person who is enrolled with a higher education provider in one or more of the courses mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), means a document:
 (a) in which the person requests the Commonwealth to provide assistance under this Act in relation to the fee for the period; and