Higher Education Support Act 2003
Chapter 4
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Repayment of loans
PART 4-1
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INDEBTEDNESS
Division 142
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Special measures for very remote HELP debtors
A person is a very remote HELP debtor on a day if:
(a) the person carries out work as a teacher on that day at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the *ABS Remoteness Structure; and
(b) the person has completed a *course of study in education; and
(c) the person incurred a *HECS-HELP debt or a *FEE-HELP debt in relation to that course of study. 142-1(2)
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a school is any of the following: (a) an approved child care service (within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999) that is a centre-based day care service; (b) a preschool; (c) a school providing primary or secondary education.
For the purposes of this Division, the Very Remote HELP Debtor Guidelines may set out:
(a) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out work as a teacher on a day; or
(b) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out such work at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the *ABS Remoteness Structure; or
(c) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to be a *very remote HELP debtor for particular periods.
SECTION 142-1
Meaning of
very remote HELP debtor
142-1(1)
A person is a very remote HELP debtor on a day if:
(a) the person carries out work as a teacher on that day at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the *ABS Remoteness Structure; and
(b) the person has completed a *course of study in education; and
(c) the person incurred a *HECS-HELP debt or a *FEE-HELP debt in relation to that course of study. 142-1(2)
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a school is any of the following: (a) an approved child care service (within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999) that is a centre-based day care service; (b) a preschool; (c) a school providing primary or secondary education.
142-1(3)
For the purposes of this Division, the Very Remote HELP Debtor Guidelines may set out:
(a) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out work as a teacher on a day; or
(b) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out such work at a school located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the *ABS Remoteness Structure; or
(c) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to be a *very remote HELP debtor for particular periods.
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