Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00163:section:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00163
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 4/6)
Character Range: 22925–25701

meaning given by the regulations.
officer means a person performing duties, or exercising powers or functions, under or in relation to this Act and, in relation to a provision of Division 3 of Part 10, includes:
 (a) a person who has been such a person; and
 (b) a person who is or has been appointed or employed by the Commonwealth and who, as a result of that appointment or employment, may acquire or has acquired information concerning a person under this Act; and
 (c) a person who, although not appointed or employed by the Commonwealth, performs or did perform services for the Commonwealth and who, as a result of performing those services, may acquire or has acquired information concerning a person under this Act.
participating corporation has the meaning given by subsection 12D(2).
prescribed benefit, for the purposes of Part 4A, in relation to the ABSTUDY scheme, means a benefit under the scheme concerned that is declared by the regulations to be a prescribed benefit for the purposes of that Part.
prescribed educational scheme overpayment  means an amount paid under a prescribed education scheme that should not have been paid.
principal sum, in relation to a financial supplement contract, at a particular time, means the total of the amounts of financial supplement paid under the contract before that time by the relevant participating corporation to the other party to the contract.
protected information means information about a person that:
 (a) has been obtained for the purposes of this Act (including the purposes of the administration of a current special educational assistance scheme); and
 (b) is held in the records of:
 (i) the Department; or
 (ii) a Department administered by a Minister responsible for the administration of the Social Security Act 1991; or
 (iii) the Human Services Department.
qualification period, for an ABSTUDY student start‑up loan, means a period of 6 months starting on 1 January or 1 July in any year.
qualification test day, for a qualification period for an ABSTUDY student start‑up loan, has the meaning given by subsection 7C(2).
repayable ABSTUDY SSL debt has the meaning given by section 10G.
repayable debt, for an income year, has the meaning given by section 12ZLB.
repayment income has the meaning given by section 12ZL.
return means an income tax return within the meaning of subsection 995‑1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
secondary school means an educational institution in Australia that, in accordance with a determination by the Minister, is to be regarded as a secondary school for the purposes of this Act.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
social security law has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1991.
special educational assistance scheme overpayment