(1) A higher education provider must, on the * Secretary's behalf, re - credit a person's * SLE amount at a particular time with an amount equal to the * EFTSL value of a unit of study if the person's * HELP balance is re - credited under any of the following provisions with an amount equal to the amount of * HECS - HELP assistance that the person received for the unit of study:
(a) subsection 97 - 25(2) (which deals with the main case of re - crediting a person's HELP balance);
(b) subsection 97 - 27(1) (which deals with the re - crediting of a person's HELP balance if the person does not have a tax file number);
(c) subsection 97 - 42(1) (which deals with the re - crediting of a person's HELP balance if a higher education provider defaults);
(d) subsection 97 - 45(1) (which deals with the re - crediting of a person's HELP balance if a higher education provider completes a * request for Commonwealth assistance);
(e) subsection 97 - 50(1) (which deals with the re - crediting of a person's HELP balance if the person was not entitled to assistance).
(2) If a higher education provider re - credits a person's * SLE amount at a particular time under subsection (1), the provider must, in accordance with the Student Learning Entitlement Guidelines and on the * Secretary's behalf, re - credit any one or more of the following amounts to take account of the re - credit under that subsection:
(a) an amount of * ordinary SLE (if any) that the person has at that time;
(b) an amount of * additional SLE (if any) that the person has at that time;
(c) an amount of * lifelong SLE (if any) that the person has at that time.
(3) If a higher education provider is unable to act for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2), the * Secretary may act as if any one or more of the references in that subsection to the provider were a reference to the Secretary.