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discharged from all liability to pay or account for so much of the student's *tuition fee for the unit as is equal to that amount.

Part 3‑4—OS‑HELP assistance

Division 115—Introduction

115‑1  What this Part is about

      Students may be entitled to OS‑HELP assistance for periods during which they are undertaking study overseas, if they meet certain requirements. In particular, their higher education provider must have selected them for OS‑HELP assistance.
      The amount of OS‑HELP assistance is limited to a maximum amount for each period of study, and only 2 such periods can attract OS‑HELP assistance.
      The purpose of OS‑HELP assistance is to help students based in Australia to do part of their course of study overseas.
Note: Amounts of assistance under this Part may form part of a person's HELP debts that the Commonwealth recovers under Part 4‑2.

115‑5  The OS‑HELP Guidelines
  *OS‑HELP assistance is also dealt with in the OS‑HELP Guidelines. The provisions of this Part indicate when a particular matter is or may be dealt with in these Guidelines.
Note: The OS‑HELP Guidelines are made by the Minister under section 238‑10.

Division 118—Who is entitled to OS‑HELP assistance?

118‑1  Entitlement to OS‑HELP assistance
 (1) A student is entitled to *OS‑HELP assistance in relation to a period of 6 months if:
 (a) the student meets the citizenship or residency requirements under section 118‑5; and
 (b) the student has not received OS‑HELP assistance in relation to more than one other period of 6 months; and
 (c) the student is enrolled in a *course of study with a higher education provider (the home provider); and
 (ca) the course of study is an *accredited course in relation to the home provider; and
 (d) the student meets the prior study requirements under section 118‑7; and
 (e) the student meets the overseas study requirements under section 118‑10; and
 (f) on the completion of that study outside Australia, the student will have to complete units of study that have a total EFTSL value of at least 0.125 EFTSL in order to complete the course requirements for that course of study; and
 (g) the student *meets the tax file number requirements (see section 187‑1); and
 (h) the student has completed, signed and given to an *appropriate officer of the home provider a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to that course of study; and
 (ha) the student has applied to the home provider for receipt of OS‑HELP assistance in relation to the period; and
 (hb) if the student made the application on or after 1 January 2021—the student meets the *student identifier requirements under section 118‑12; and
 (i) the home provider has selected the student for receipt of OS‑HELP assistance in relation to the period (see