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HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT 2003 - SECT 104.1

Entitlement to FEE-HELP assistance

             (1)  Subject to this section and sections 104-2, 104-3 and 104-4, a student is entitled to * FEE-HELP assistance for a unit of study if:

                     (a)  the student meets the citizenship or residency requirements under section 104-5; and

                     (b)  the student's * FEE-HELP balance is greater than zero; and

                     (c)  the * census date for the unit is on or after 1 January 2005; and

                     (d)  the student is not a * Commonwealth supported student in relation to the unit; and

                     (e)  the unit meets the course requirements under section 104-10; and

                      (f)  the unit:

                              (i)  is, or is to be, undertaken as part of a * course of study; or

                             (ii)  is a unit access to which was provided by * Open Universities Australia; or

                            (iii)  is part of a * bridging course for overseas-trained professionals; and

                     (g)  the student:

                              (i)  enrolled in the unit on or before the census date for the unit; and

                             (ii)  at the end of the census date, remained so enrolled; and

                     (h)  the student * meets the tax file number requirements (see section 187-1); and

                      (i)  the student has, on or before the census date:

                              (i)  if access to the unit was provided by Open Universities Australia--completed, signed and given to an * appropriate officer of Open Universities Australia a * request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to the unit; or

                             (ii)  in any other case--completed, signed and given to an appropriate officer of the higher education provider a request for Commonwealth assistance in relation to the unit or, where the course of study of which the unit forms a part is, or is to be, undertaken with the provider, in relation to the course of study.

             (2)  A student is not entitled to * FEE-HELP assistance for a unit of study if:

                     (a)  the unit forms a part of a * course of study; and

                     (b)  the course of study is, or is to be, undertaken by the student primarily at an overseas campus.



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