Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00130:clause:1_10:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00130
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10 (pt 1/2)
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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) the student is enrolled with the provider in a *course of study or a *bridging course for overseas‑trained professionals on the day on which the fee is payable; 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.
 (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 a *course of study or a *bridging course for overseas‑trained professionals, 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 any student services and amenities fee imposed for a later period during which the person is enrolled in the course or bridging course); and
 (b) that is in the form approved by the Minister.

126‑5  Citizenship or residency requirements
 (1) A student meets the citizenship or residency requirements under this section in relation to a *student services and amenities fee imposed on the student by a higher education provider if the student is, on the day the fee is payable:
 (a) an Australian citizen; or
 (b) a *permanent humanitarian visa holder resident in Australia.
 (2) Despite subsection (1), a *permanent humanitarian visa holder does not meet the citizenship or residency requirements in relation to a *student services and amenities fee imposed on the visa holder by a higher