Higher Education Support Act 2003

Chapter 3 - Assistance to students  

PART 3-7 - STARTUP HELP ASSISTANCE  

Division 128D - How are amounts of STARTUP HELP assistance paid?  

Note:

Part 5-1 deals generally with payments by the Commonwealth under this Act.

SECTION 128D-1  

128D-1   Payments to higher education providers  

If a student is entitled to an amount of *STARTUP-HELP assistance for an *accelerator program course in which the student is enrolled with a higher education provider, the Commonwealth must:

(a)    as a benefit to the student, lend to the student the amount of STARTUP-HELP assistance; and

(b)    pay to the provider the amount lent in discharge of the student ' s liability to pay the student ' s *accelerator program course fee for the course.