Student Assistance Act 1973

Part 7 - Miscellaneous

Division 1 - Provision and use of tax file numbers

SECTION 45 REQUESTING TAX FILE NUMBERS

45(1)
The Secretary may request, but not compel, a person in Australia to give the Secretary a statement of the person ' s tax file number if the person:

(a) is making, or has made, a claim for a benefit under a current special educational assistance scheme; or

(b) is receiving a benefit under a current special educational assistance scheme.

Note:

For the consequences of not satisfying the request, see section 47 .

45(2)
A request under this section may be made orally or in writing.

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History

S 45 inserted by No 42 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 1 item 4, effective 28 May 2021. No 42 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 1 item 5 contains the following application and transitional provisions:

5 Application and transitional provisions
(1)
Paragraph 45(1)(a) of the Student Assistance Act 1973 , as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to the following:
(a) a claim that a person commences to make on or after the commencement of this item;
(b) a claim that a person made before that commencement, but that had not been determined before that commencement;
(c) a claim that a person commenced making before that commencement, but that had not been made before that commencement.

(2)
Paragraph 45(1)(b) of the Student Assistance Act 1973 , as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to a person who is receiving a benefit on or after the commencement of this item (whether the person commenced receiving the benefit before, on or after that commencement).

(3)
A tax file number of a person given to the Secretary under section 44A of the Student Assistance Act 1973 before the commencement of this item in relation to a current special educational assistance scheme is taken on and after that commencement to have been given to the Secretary under section 46 of that Act.

(4)
Paragraphs 47A(2)(a) and (c) of the Student Assistance Act 1973 , as inserted by this Schedule, apply in relation to the payment of benefits on or after the commencement of this item.

(5)
Paragraph 47A(2)(b) of the Student Assistance Act 1973 , as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to the following:
(a) a claim made by a person on or after the commencement of this item;
(b) a claim made by a person before that commencement, but that had not been determined before that commencement.