Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsDisclosure of information
(1) A * HELP program Commonwealth officer may disclose * Higher Education Support Act information (other than a person's * tax file number) to another HELP program Commonwealth officer for the purposes referred to in subsection (5).
(2) The * Secretary may disclose a person's * tax file number to the * Commissioner for the purposes referred to in subsection (5).
Use of information
(3) A * HELP program Commonwealth officer may use * Higher Education Support Act information (other than a person's * tax file number) for the purposes referred to in subsection (5).
(4) If a person's * tax file number is disclosed under subsection (2), the * Commissioner may use that tax file number for the purposes referred to in subsection (5).
Purposes of disclosure or use
(5) The purposes are to assist in the development of the * HELP program, or the administration or future administration of the HELP program, including by:
(a) policy formation; and
(b) financial planning and projection; and
(c) program design; and
(d) conducting research.
(6) The HELP program means the program consisting of:
(a) grants to higher education providers under Part 2 - 2; and
(b) assistance provided to students under Chapter 3 or Schedule 1A or the VET Student Loans Act 2016 ; and
(c) repayment of debts under Chapter 4, or under the VET Student Loans Act 2016 , incurred in relation to that assistance.
(7) HELP program Commonwealth officer means:
(a) the * Secretary; or
(b) the * Commissioner; or
(c) a * Commonwealth officer specified to be a HELP program Commonwealth officer under subsection (8).
(8) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify that a * Commonwealth officer, or a Commonwealth officer in a specified class, is a * HELP program Commonwealth officer for the purposes of paragraph (7)(c).
(9) For the purposes of this section, * Higher Education Support Act information includes VET information (within the meaning of the VET Student Loans Act 2016 ).