Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

STUDENT ASSISTANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 39A

Decision of Secretary

             (1)  The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, decide to allow a person to pay an amount of debt by one or more instalments.

When decision takes effect

             (2)  A decision made under subsection (1) takes effect:

                     (a)  if a day is so stated in the decision as the day on which the decision takes effect--on the day so stated (whether that day is before, on or after the day on which the decision was made); or

                     (b)  if a day is not so stated in the decision--on the day on which the decision is made.

Saving provision

             (3)  For the purposes of this section, a decision that:

                     (a)  was made under section 284 as applied by subsection 43(2) as in force before 1 July 1998; and

                     (b)  was in force immediately before that day;

is taken to be a decision under subsection (1) of this section.