(1) A person who wants to be granted an education entry payment must make a claim for the payment:
(a) in writing; and
(b) in a form approved by the Commission.
(1A) A claim under subsection (1) is to be lodged at an office of the Department in Australia in accordance with section 5T and is taken to have been made on a day determined under that section.
(2) A claim may be withdrawn at any time before it is determined, either orally or by document lodged at an office of the Department in Australia in accordance with section 5T.
(2A) A withdrawal by document lodged in accordance with section 5T is taken to have been made on a day determined under that section.
(3) A claim that is withdrawn is taken not to have been made.