Education and Other Legislation Amendment (VET Student Loan Debt Separation) Act 2018 (116 of 2018)

Schedule 1   Separation of VET student loan debts from HELP debts

Part 1   Main amendments

VET Student Loans Act 2016

18   Subsection 19(4) (note)

Repeal the note, substitute:

Note 1: If the Secretary uses a loan amount to pay tuition fees for a student, the student incurs a VETSL debt under section 23BA.

Note 2: If the Secretary used a loan amount to pay tuition fees for a student before 1 July 2019, the student will have incurred a debt under section 137-19 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 as then in force. Those debts are managed under that Act as HELP debts.


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