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 .