25Notices to Commonwealth Departments

25 Notices to Commonwealth Departments

(1) A higher education provider must notify the following persons of the award of an Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship or an Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship to an Indigenous student in a semester or trimester, and the amount or value of the scholarship, by the day specified under subsection (2): (a) an employee of the Human Services Department; (b) an employee of the Department administered by the Minister administering the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986; (c) an employee of the Department administered by the Minister administering section 258 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004. (2) For each semester or trimester, an administering officer must specify in writing the last day for a higher education provider to notify the persons specified under subsection (1). (3) If a higher education provider awards an Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship or an Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship for study in a semester or trimester after the day specified under subsection (2), the provider must notify the persons specified under subsection (1) of the award of the scholarship and amount or value of the scholarship as soon as possible.