This privacy notice relates to when you make an application to defer or amend your compulsory repayment of a study or training support loan.
To request the information and documents we detail in our application form Defer or amend your compulsory repayment or overseas levy (NAT 2471)or letters we send you, we are authorised by the:
- Higher Education Funding Act 1988
- Higher Education Support Act 2003
- VET Student Loans Act 2016
- Student Assistance Act 1973
- Social Security Act 1991
- Trade Support Loans Act 2014
- Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936)
- Tax Administration Act 1953 (TAA 1953)
- Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997).
We need this information to help us administer taxation laws, which will allow us to make a fair and just decision relating to your deferment or amendment application.
Where authorised by law, we may give this information to other government departments and agencies, including:
- Department of Education
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Services Australia
- Department of Social Services
- Department of Home Affairs
- Department of Veterans' Affairs
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Reserve Bank of Australia.
We also provide taxpayer information to treaty partners overseas under international tax agreements.
If you have an Australian Business Number (ABN), some information on this form may be collected under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number Act) 1999 and will be used to update your details on the Australian Business Register (ABR). Where authorised by law, selected information may be made publicly available and some may be passed to a wide range of government agencies, including Commonwealth, state and local government agencies.
Our privacy policy contains important information about your privacy, including information about how:
- you can access and seek correction of information we hold about you
- to make a complaint if you think we have breached the Australian Privacy Principles
- we deal with any privacy complaints.
We also provide taxpayer information to treaty partners overseas under international tax agreements.
Our privacy policy contains important information about your privacy, including information about how you can access and seek correction of information we hold about you, how to make a complaint if you think we have breached the Australian Privacy PrinciplesExternal Link and how we will deal with any privacy complaints.
If you have a privacy concern or need more information, phone or write to our privacy hotline.
To report an instance where you suspect your privacy has been compromised, see Data breach guidance for individuals.
For more about how to apply and access the form, see Study and training support loans deferring your compulsory repayment or overseas levy.