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VET Student Loans Act 2016
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#### 20 When Secretary is not required to pay loan amount
The Secretary is not required to pay a loan amount for a student for a course if any of the following applies:
(a) the student has not given the Secretary the student’s tax file number;
(b) the student has not given the Secretary the student’s student identifier;
(c) the Secretary is satisfied that the student:
(i) is not an eligible student; or
(ii) is not a genuine student;
(d) payment of the amount would breach a provider fee limit;
(e) the loan amount is greater than the student’s HELP balance;
(f) the Secretary suspects on reasonable grounds that the course provider is not complying with this Act;
(g) the approval of the course provider has been revoked or suspended, or has expired;
(h) the Secretary is satisfied that special circumstances prevented, or will prevent, the student from completing the requirements for the course, or the part of the course;
(i) the Secretary is satisfied that the course provider, or a person acting on the provider’s behalf, engaged in unacceptable conduct in relation to the student’s application for the VET student loan;
(j) both of the following apply:
(i) the student has not completed the requirements for the course, or the part of the course, because the provider defaulted in relation to the student;
(ii) the VSL Tuition Protection Director decides, under paragraph 66E(1)(b), that the Director is not satisfied that there is a suitable replacement course for the student.
> Note: For provider fee limit, see subsection 34(3).