Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

STUDENT ASSISTANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 38

    In this Part:

"debt" means an amount of any of the following kinds (whether the amount has arisen before or after the commencement of this Part):

  (a)   a special educational assistance scheme overpayment;

  (aa)   an ABSTUDY student start - up loan overpayment;

  (b)   a student assistance overpayment;

  (c)   an amount payable to the Commonwealth in relation to an amount of a kind referred to in paragraph   (a), (aa) or (b) (including an amount payable under section   41B or subsection   42(10)).

"relevant debt" means:

  (a)   an amount paid under the ABSTUDY Scheme (also known as the Aboriginal Study Assistance Scheme) that should not have been paid; or

  (b)   an amount paid under the Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme that should not have been paid; or

  (c)   an ABSTUDY student start - up loan overpayment.

Note:   The amount in paragraph   (a) or (b) is a debt under paragraph   (a) of the definition of debt in this section. The amount in paragraph   (c) is a debt under paragraph   (aa) of the definition of debt in this section.