Student Assistance Act 1973

Part 1 - Preliminary  

SECTION 5C  

5C   PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION  
In administering this Act, the Secretary is to have regard to:


(a) the desirability of achieving the following results:


(i) the ready availability to members of the public of advice and information services relating to benefits under this Act;

(ii) the ready availability of publications containing clear statements about entitlements under this Act and procedural requirements;

(iii) the delivery of services under this Act in a fair, courteous, prompt and cost-efficient manner;

(iv) a process of monitoring and evaluating delivery of programs with an emphasis on the impact of programs on people who receive benefits under this Act;

(v) the establishment of procedures to ensure that abuses of the schemes for benefits under this Act are minimised; and


(b) the special needs of disadvantaged groups in the community; and


(c) the need to be responsive to Aboriginality and to cultural and linguistic diversity; and


(d) the importance of the systems of review of decisions under this Act; and


(e) the need to apply government policy in accordance with the law and with due regard to relevant decisions of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

Note:

In administering this Act, the Secretary is also bound by the Privacy Act 1988 and by the provisions of this Act concerning confidentiality - see Division 3 of Part 10.




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