12Registrar to resolve problems in relation to the assignment of student identifiers

#### 12 Registrar to resolve problems in relation to the assignment of student identifiers (1) The Registrar may do any of the following in order to resolve a problem that has occurred in relation to the assignment of one or more student identifiers to one or more individuals: (a) revoke one or more of those student identifiers; (b) assign a new student identifier to one or more of those individuals; (c) assign a schools identifier to one or more of those individuals. (2) If the Registrar does a thing mentioned in subsection (1) in relation to an individual, the Registrar must give written notice of the Registrar’s decision to: (a) the individual; and (b) a VET‑related body of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of that expression in subsection 4(1); and (ba) the Secretary of, or an APS employee in, the Education Department; and (bb) any entity that has made an application under section 13A for a schools identifier to be assigned to the individual; and (c) any other entity that the Registrar considers appropriate in the circumstances. (2A) However, the Registrar is not required to give the notice under subsection (2) to the individual if: (a) the Registrar’s decision is to: (i) revoke a student identifier of the individual; or (ii) assign a schools identifier to the individual; and (b) the Registrar is satisfied that an entity covered by paragraph (2)(bb) will notify the individual of: (i) the Registrar’s decision; and (ii) if the decision is to revoke a student identifier of the individual—the revoked identifier; and (iii) if the decision is to assign a schools identifier to the individual—the schools identifier. (3) The notice given under subsection (2) must set out: (a) if a student identifier of the individual has been revoked—the revoked identifier; and (b) if a new student identifier or a schools identifier has been assigned to the individual—that identifier.