Part 10 Miscellaneous

35.   Financial assistance

(1) If before the commencement day the Secretary, under section 81 of the former Act, grants financial assistance in relation to a student at a State school in respect of the year 2017 but that financial assistance, or the whole of that financial assistance, has not been paid before that day, that financial assistance is taken to have been granted under section 246 of this Act.

(2) If before the commencement day an application under section 81 of the former Act for financial assistance in respect of the year 2017 is made in relation to a student at a State school but that application has not been determined before that day, that application is taken to have been made under section 246 of this Act.