Higher Education Support Act 2003

Chapter 5 - Administration  

PART 5-1 - PAYMENTS BY THE COMMONWEALTH  

Division 164 - Payments by the Commonwealth  

SECTION 164-17  

164-17   Overpayments of Commonwealth scholarships to students  

An overpayment of an amount paid, or purportedly paid, to a person by way of a *Commonwealth scholarship under section 46-13 may, in whole or part, be:

(a) deducted from any amount that is payable, or to be paid, to that person under that section; or

(b) recovered by the Commonwealth from that person as a debt due to the Commonwealth.