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HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT 2003 - SECT 79.20

Re - crediting a person's SLE amount if the person's HELP balance is re - credited

  (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.



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