Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140:clause:1_10:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10 (pt 8/31)
Character Range: 534440–537438

more than 6 weeks after the *census date for a unit of study or an *accelerator program course undertaken with a higher education provider, a person gives the provider information in writing (the correct information) that establishes that information contained in or accompanying the person's *request for Commonwealth assistance was incorrect; and
 (b) the correct information establishes that the person was entitled to a particular kind of Commonwealth assistance other than *SA‑HELP assistance;
this Act applies as if the person had never been entitled to that particular Commonwealth assistance.
 (2) If:
 (a) more than 6 weeks after the day on which a *student services and amenities fee imposed on a person by a higher education provider was payable, the person gives the provider information in writing (the correct information) that establishes that information contained in or accompanying a *request for Commonwealth assistance made by the person in relation to the fee was incorrect; and
 (b) the correct information establishes that the person was entitled to *SA‑HELP assistance for the fee;
this Act applies as if the person had never been entitled to the SA‑HELP assistance.

Part 5‑3—Electronic communications

Division 174—Electronic communications

174‑1  What this Part is about
      Certain documents that this Act requires or permits to be given between students and higher education providers may be transmitted electronically.

174‑5  Guidelines may deal with electronic communications
 (1) The Administration Guidelines may make provision for or in relation to requiring or permitting information or documents to be given by students to higher education providers, or by higher education providers to students, in accordance with particular information technology requirements:
 (a) on a particular kind of data storage device; or
 (b) by means of a particular kind of electronic communication.
 (1A) A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) the provider is subject to a requirement under subsection (1); and
 (b) the provider fails to comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (2) The Administration Guidelines may make provision for or in relation to requiring, in relation to an electronic communication from a student to a higher education provider:
 (a) that the communication contain an electronic signature (however described); or
 (b) that the communication contain a unique identification in an electronic form; or
 (c) that a particular method be used to identify the originator of the communication and to indicate the originator's approval of the information communicated.
 (3) The reference in subsection (1) to giving information includes a reference to anything that is giving information for the purposes of section 9 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999.
 (4) In this section:
data storage device has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act 1999.
electronic communication has the same meaning