50Dealing with applications

50  Dealing with applications  (a) the application is made under paragraph 46(2)(d) before the end of the relevant application period; or  (b) the *VET provider waives the requirement that the application be made before the end of that period, on the ground that it would not be, or was not, possible for the application to be made before the end of that period; the provider must, as soon as practicable, consider the matter to which the application relates and notify the applicant of the decision on the application. Note: Refusals of applications are reviewable under Division 16. 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  (1) A *VET provider must, on the *Secretary’s behalf, re‑credit a person’s *HELP balance with an amount equal to the amounts of *VET FEE‑HELP assistance that the person received for a *VET unit of study if:  (b) the person has not completed the requirements for the unit during the period during which the person undertook, or was to undertake, the unit because the provider ceased to provide the unit as a result of ceasing to provide the course of which the unit formed part; and  (c) the *VET tuition assurance requirements applied to the provider at the time the provider ceased to provide the unit; and  (d) the person chose the option designated under the VET tuition assurance requirements as VET tuition fee repayment in relation to the unit. Note 1: A VET FEE‑HELP debt relating to a VET unit of study will be remitted if the HELP balance in relation to the unit is re‑credited: see subsection 137‑18(4). Note 2: For certain VET FEE‑HELP debts relating to a VET unit of study, the amount to be re‑credited under this clause in relation to the unit may be reduced: see clause 51AA.  (2) The *Secretary may re‑credit the person’s *HELP balance under subclause (1) if the provider is unable to do so. 51AA  Re‑crediting a person’s HELP balance in relation to VET FEE‑HELP debts incurred on or before 1 June 2025   If:  (a) clause 46, 46A, 46AA, 47 or 51 applies to re‑credit a person’s *HELP balance in relation to the amounts of *VET FEE‑HELP assistance that the person received for a *VET unit of study; and  (b) on or before 1 June 2025, the person incurred a *VET FEE‑HELP debt relating to the VET unit of study; then, despite anything in that clause, the amount to be re‑credited to the person’s HELP balance under that clause is an amount equal to 80% of the amounts of VET FEE‑HELP assistance that the person received for the VET unit of study.