Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Act 2025 (30 of 2025)

Schedule 2   Fairer repayment system

Part 1   Amendments

Taxation Administration Act 1953

28   Paragraphs 15-30(ca) to (db) in Schedule 1

Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:

(c) the methods for working out, for any financial year starting on or after 1 July 2025, the following:

(i) the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of applicable repayable amount for the purposes of subsection 46(1) (about repayments of accumulated AASL debt) of the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014;

(ii) the amounts referred to in paragraphs 154-20(1)(a) and (b) (about repayments of accumulated HELP debt) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003;

(iii) the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of applicable repayable amount for the purposes of subsection 1061ZVHA(1) (about repayments of accumulated SSL debt) of the Social Security Act 1991;

(iv) the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of applicable repayable amount for the purposes of subsection 1061ZZFD(1) (about repayments of accumulated FS debts) of the Social Security Act 1991;

(v) the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of applicable repayable amount for the purposes of subsection 10F(1) (about repayments of accumulated ABSTUDY SSL debt) of the Student Assistance Act 1973;

(vi) the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of applicable repayable amount for the purposes of subsection 12ZLC(1) (about repayments of accumulated FS debts) of the Student Assistance Act 1973;

(vii) the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of applicable repayable amount for the purposes of subsection 23EA(1) (about repayments of accumulated VETSL debts) of the VET Student Loans Act 2016;


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