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Part 3‑7—STARTUP‑HELP assistance

Division 128A—Introduction

128A‑1  What this Part is about

      A student may be entitled to STARTUP‑HELP assistance for an accelerator program course if certain requirements are met. In particular:
             (a) the course must lead to a qualification that is accredited, by a suitable higher education provider, as being integral to the development of startup businesses; and
             (b) the provider must have selected the student for STARTUP‑HELP assistance.
      The amount of assistance to which the student may be entitled is based on the accelerator program course fee less any up‑front payments. There is a limit on the total amount of assistance that the student can receive. The assistance is paid to the provider to discharge the student's liability to pay the fee.
Note 1: Amounts of assistance under this Part may form part of a person's HELP debts that the Commonwealth recovers under Part 4‑2.
Note 2: This Part does not apply to Table C providers: see section 5‑1.

128A‑5  The STARTUP‑HELP Guidelines
  *STARTUP‑HELP assistance is also dealt with in the STARTUP‑HELP Guidelines. The provisions of this Part indicate when a particular matter is or may be dealt with in these Guidelines.
Note: The STARTUP‑HELP Guidelines are made by the Minister under section 238‑10.

Division 128B—Who is entitled to STARTUP‑HELP assistance?

128B‑1  Entitlement to STARTUP‑HELP assistance

Entitlement to STARTUP‑HELP assistance
 (1) A student is entitled to *STARTUP‑HELP assistance for an *accelerator program course in which the student is enrolled with a higher education provider if:
 (a) the student meets the citizenship or residency requirements under section 128B‑30; and
 (b) any of the following apply:
 (i) the student is in the final year of an *undergraduate course of study;
 (ii) the student is enrolled in a *postgraduate course of study;
 (iii) the student was awarded, no more than 36 months before the person commenced the accelerator program course, a qualification at level 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the *Australian Qualifications Framework; and
 (c) the student has not received more than one amount of STARTUP‑HELP assistance (for this purpose, disregard any amount of assistance that has been *reversed under Division 128E); and
 (d) the *census date for the accelerator program course is on or after 1 July 2023; and
 (e) the student:
 (i) enrolled in the accelerator program course on or before the census date for the course; and
 (ii) at the end of the census date, remained so enrolled; and
 (f) the student *meets the tax file number requirements (see section 187‑1); and
 (g) the student has, on or before the census date for the accelerator program course, completed, signed and given to an *appropriate officer of the provider a *request