Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT 2003 - SECT 142.1

  (1)   A person is a location - preferred HELP debtor (teacher) on a day if:

  (a)   the person carries out work as a teacher on that day at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the * ABS Remoteness Structure; and

  (b)   the person has completed a * course of study in education; and

  (c)   the person incurred a * HECS - HELP debt or a * FEE - HELP debt in relation to that course of study.

  (2)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(a), a school is any of the following:

  (a)   an approved child care service (within the meaning of the A   New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 ) that is a centre - based day care service;

  (b)   a preschool;

  (c)   a school providing primary or secondary education.

  (3)   For the purposes of this Division, the HELP Debtor Guidelines (Teachers) may set out:

  (a)   circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out work as a teacher on a day; or

  (b)   circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out such work at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the * ABS Remoteness Structure; or

  (c)   circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to be a * location - preferred HELP debtor (teacher) for particular periods.