Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00003:clause:2_22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00003
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 22
Character Range: 14556–15273

22  After subsection 142‑10(3)
Insert:
 (3A) For the purposes of subsection (3), the period is:
 (a) the period of 60 days after the day the *Secretary receives the application under subsection (4); or
 (b) any longer period (not exceeding 6 months) determined in writing by the Secretary in relation to the application.
Note: The Secretary is taken to have made a decision to reject the application if the Secretary does not notify the person of the decision within the period specified by this subsection: see section 206‑5.
 (3B) If the notice states a number of days by which indexation of the person's *accumulated HELP debt is to be reduced, the *Secretary must give a copy of the notice to the *Commissioner.