sec.11Approved assistance schemes

### sec.11 Approved assistance schemes An approved assistance scheme is a scheme that— states the purpose and nature of financial assistance that may be given; and identifies the categories of persons eligible to receive the assistance; and is approved under a regulation. A regulation approving a scheme must set out the scheme in detail. An approved assistance scheme— may include conditions on which financial assistance must be given; and may provide for— payments into the consolidated fund or a fund or the departmental accounts of a department of amounts of the authority’s assistance funds associated with the scheme; and write-offs to loan balances. A regulation may also approve a scheme if— the scheme is established by the Commonwealth or another State or an entity that represents the State, the Commonwealth or another State; and the purpose of the scheme is consistent with the object of this Act. An assistance scheme approved under subsection (4) is also an approved assistance scheme for this Act. s 11 amd 1999 No. 29 s 50 sch ; 2004 No. 28 s 12 ; 2008 No. 22 s 9 (sec.11-ssec.1) An approved assistance scheme is a scheme that— states the purpose and nature of financial assistance that may be given; and identifies the categories of persons eligible to receive the assistance; and is approved under a regulation. (sec.11-ssec.2) A regulation approving a scheme must set out the scheme in detail. (sec.11-ssec.3) An approved assistance scheme— may include conditions on which financial assistance must be given; and may provide for— payments into the consolidated fund or a fund or the departmental accounts of a department of amounts of the authority’s assistance funds associated with the scheme; and write-offs to loan balances. (sec.11-ssec.4) A regulation may also approve a scheme if— the scheme is established by the Commonwealth or another State or an entity that represents the State, the Commonwealth or another State; and the purpose of the scheme is consistent with the object of this Act. (sec.11-ssec.5) An assistance scheme approved under subsection (4) is also an approved assistance scheme for this Act. - (a) states the purpose and nature of financial assistance that may be given; and - (b) identifies the categories of persons eligible to receive the assistance; and - (c) is approved under a regulation. - (a) may include conditions on which financial assistance must be given; and - (b) may provide for— (i) payments into the consolidated fund or a fund or the departmental accounts of a department of amounts of the authority’s assistance funds associated with the scheme; and (ii) write-offs to loan balances. - (i) payments into the consolidated fund or a fund or the departmental accounts of a department of amounts of the authority’s assistance funds associated with the scheme; and - (ii) write-offs to loan balances. - (i) payments into the consolidated fund or a fund or the departmental accounts of a department of amounts of the authority’s assistance funds associated with the scheme; and - (ii) write-offs to loan balances. - (a) the scheme is established by the Commonwealth or another State or an entity that represents the State, the Commonwealth or another State; and - (b) the purpose of the scheme is consistent with the object of this Act.