39Applications that will be considered

39 Applications that will be considered

(1) The Secretary is not required to consider or decide an application for approval as an approved course provider if: (a) the application is made outside the period notified on the Department’s website as the period in which such applications can be made; or (b) approval by the Secretary of additional VET student loans during the calendar year would result in the VET student loans cap for the calendar year being exceeded. (2) The VET student loans cap for each of the calendar years 2017, 2018 and 2019 is the amount specified in section 155.