Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, the amount outstanding under the contract at any time after the contract was entered into and before 1 June in the year next following the year in respect of which the contract was entered into is the amount worked out in relation to the contract, as at that time, using the formula:
(2) In subsection (1):
"discounts" means the sum of the discounts under subsection 12ZA(7) to which the student became entitled in respect of the financial supplement before the time mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) Subject to the following provisions of this section, at any time during:
(a) the period of 12 months beginning on 1 June in the year next following the year in respect of which a financial supplement contract was entered into; or
(b) any of the following 3 periods of 12 months;
"the amount outstanding" under the contract is taken to be the amount worked out in relation to the period concerned using the formula:
(4) For the purposes of the application of the formula in subsection (3) in relation to a time ( the relevant time ) within a period of 12 months beginning on 1 June ( the relevant 12 months ):
"previous amount outstanding" means the amount that was outstanding under the contract immediately before the beginning of the relevant 12 months.
"actual repayments" means the sum of the amounts actually repaid in respect of the financial supplement during the relevant 12 months but before the relevant time.
"discounts" means the sum of the discounts under subsection 12ZA(7) to which the student became entitled in respect of the financial supplement during the relevant 12 months but before the relevant time.
"indexation factor" means the number worked out to 3 decimal places in relation to the relevant 12 months using the formula:
"later reference period" means the period of 12 months immediately before the relevant 12 months.
"earlier reference period" means the period of 12 months immediately before the later reference period.
(5) If an indexation factor worked out under subsection (4) would end with a number greater than 4 if it were worked out to 4 decimal places, the indexation factor is increased by 0.001.
(5A) The Minister must cause to be published in the Gazette before each 1 June the indexation factor worked out under subsection (4) (as affected by subsection (5)) in relation to the period of 12 months beginning on that day.
(5B) An indexation factor published under subsection 12ZZB(3) before the commencement of this subsection has effect as if it were an indexation factor published under subsection (5A).
(6) If, apart from this subsection, an amount worked out under subsection (3) would be an amount of dollars and cents, the amount of the cents is to be disregarded.
(7) This section has effect subject to paragraph 12U(2)(c).