Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00170:clause:1a_88
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00170
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1A cl 88
Character Range: 73934–75660

88  Giving information about tax file number requirements

Requests for VET FEE‑HELP assistance—requirements on VET providers

 (1) A *VET provider must notify a person in writing how to *meet the tax file number requirements if:
 (a) the person is enrolled in a *VET unit of study with the provider; and
 (b) the person has, on or before the *census date for the unit, completed, signed and given to the *appropriate officer of the provider a *request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to the unit or, where the *VET course of study of which the unit forms a part is undertaken with the provider, in relation to the VET course of study; and
 (c) in that request, the person requests *VET FEE‑HELP assistance for the unit or the course; and
 (d) the request does not include a number that purports to be the person's *tax file number.

 (2) The provider must notify the person under subclause (1):
 (a) on or before the *census date for the unit; or
 (b) within 7 days after the person gives the provider the *request for Commonwealth assistance;
whichever is earlier.

 (3) A request for Commonwealth assistance, in relation to a person enrolling in a *VET unit of study means a document:
 (a) in which the person requests the Commonwealth to provide assistance under this Act in relation to the unit or, where the unit forms part of a *VET course of study undertaken with the provider, in relation to the course of study; and
 (b) that is in the form approved by the Minister.

Cases where there is no obligation to notify

 (4) This clause does not apply to the person if the person, in the *request for Commonwealth assistance, requests *VET FEE‑HELP assistance but the person is not entitled to the assistance.