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#### 19AA Student start‑up loan definitions
For the purposes of Chapter 2AA:
> accumulated SSL debt has the meaning given by section 1061ZVEC.
> approved form has the meaning given by section 388‑50 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.
> Commissioner means the Commissioner of Taxation.
> compulsory SSL repayment amount means an amount that:
(a) is required to be paid in respect of an accumulated SSL debt under section 1061ZVHA; and
(b) is included in a notice of assessment made under section 1061ZVHC.
> enrolment test day has the meaning given by subsection 1061ZVDA(5).
> former accumulated SSL debt has the meaning given by section 1061ZVEB.
> HELP debt indexation factor has the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
> HELP repayment income has the same meaning as repayment income has in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
> income tax has the meaning given by subsection 995‑1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
> income tax law has the meaning given by subsection 995‑1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
> income year has the meaning given by subsection 995‑1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
> Medicare levy means the Medicare levy imposed by the Medicare Levy Act 1986.
> minimum HELP repayment income has the same meaning as minimum repayment income has in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
> qualification period, for a student start‑up loan, means a period of 6 months starting on 1 January or 1 July in any year.
> qualification test day has the meaning given by subsection 1061ZVBB(3).
> repayable SSL debt has the meaning given by section 1061ZVHB.
> return means an income tax return within the meaning of subsection 995‑1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
> SSL debt means a debt incurred under section 1061ZVDA.
> student start‑up loan means a loan for which a person qualifies under Part 2AA.2.
> voluntary SSL repayment means a payment made to the Commissioner in discharge of an accumulated SSL debt or an SSL debt. It does not include a payment made in discharge of a compulsory SSL repayment amount.