85Processes and procedures for information relating to applications for VET student loans

85 Processes and procedures for information relating to applications for VET student loans

(1) An approved course provider must have processes and procedures relating to the collection and verification of information for the purposes of, or in relation to, applications by students for VET student loans. (2) The processes and procedures must require the collection and verification of the following information and documents relating to a student applying for a VET student loan: (a) information about the student’s identity and date of birth; (b) if the student is under 18, information that: (i) one of the signatories to the application is a responsible parent of the student; or (ii) the student has received youth allowance (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991) on the basis that the student is independent (within the meaning of Part 2.11 of that Act); (c) information and documents to establish that the student meets the requirements of section 11 of the Act; (d) if the student has applied for, but not been issued with, a tax file number—a certificate from the Commissioner that the student has applied for a tax file number.