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Higher Education Support Act 2003
46Main case of re‑crediting a person’s HELP balance in relation to VET FEE‑HELP assistance
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46 Main case of re‑crediting a person’s HELP balance in relation to VET FEE‑HELP assistance
46A Re‑crediting a person’s HELP balance in relation to VET FEE‑HELP assistance—unacceptable conduct by provider or provider’s agent
46AA Re‑crediting a person’s HELP balance in relation to VET FEE‑HELP assistance—inappropriate conduct by provider or provider’s agent
46B Re‑crediting a person’s HELP balance in relation to VET FEE‑HELP assistance—VET FEE‑HELP account in deficit at the end of a calendar year
47 Re‑crediting a person’s HELP balance—no tax file number
48 Special circumstances
49 Application period
50 Dealing with applications
51 Re‑crediting a person’s HELP balance in relation to VET FEE‑HELP assistance if provider ceases to provide course of which unit forms part
51AA Re‑crediting a person’s HELP balance in relation to VET FEE‑HELP debts incurred on or before 1 June 2025
51A Implications for the student’s liability to the VET provider for the VET tuition fee
Division 8—How are amounts of VET FEE‑HELP assistance worked out?
52 The amount of VET FEE‑HELP assistance for a VET unit of study
53 Up‑front payments
54 Amounts of VET FEE‑HELP assistance, HECS‑HELP assistance and FEE‑HELP assistance must not exceed the HELP balance
Division 9—How are amounts of VET FEE‑HELP assistance paid?
55 Payments
56 Effect of HELP balance being re‑credited
Part 3—Administration
Division 10—Introduction
57 What this Part is about
58 The VET Guidelines
Division 11—Payments by the Commonwealth
59 What this Division is about
60 Time and manner of payments
61 Advances
61A Amounts owed by VET providers may be set off against amounts payable under this Act or the VET Student Loans Act 2016
62 Rounding of amounts
Division 12—Administrative requirements on VET providers
63 What this Division is about
64 Notices
65 Correction of notices
66 Charging VET tuition fees
67 Determining census dates
68 Communications with the Commonwealth concerning students etc.
Division 13—Electronic communications
69 What this Division is about
70 Guidelines may deal with electronic communications
Division 14—Management of information
71 What this Division is about
72 Meaning of VET personal information
73 Use of VET personal information
74 Meanings of VET officer etc. and official employment
75 When information is disclosed in the course of official employment
76 Commissioner may disclose information
77 Oath or affirmation to protect information
78 Unauthorised access to, or modification of, VET personal information
78A Officer may use information
78B This Division does not limit disclosure or use of information
Division 15—Tax file numbers
Subdivision 15‑A—Introduction