Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT 2003 - SECT 126.1

  (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)   on the day on which the fee is payable, the student is enrolled with the provider in one or more of the following:

  (i)   a * course of study or a * bridging course for overseas - trained professionals;

  (ii)   an * accelerator program course; 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; and

  (e)   if the day on which the fee is payable is on or after 1   January 2023--the student meets the * student identifier requirements under section   126 - 10.

  (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 one or more of the courses mentioned in paragraph   (1)(b), 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

  (b)   that is in the form approved by the Minister.