Secretary’s decision
1061ZZAC Secretary’s decision
If a person claims youth allowance, austudy payment or pensioner education supplement, the Secretary must decide whether the person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for a period that is the whole or a part of a year.
Also, if:
the Secretary has made a decision in a year that a person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for a period that is the whole or a part of that year; and
the person is likely to:
continue to undertake the person’s tertiary course in the next year; or
undertake a new tertiary course in the next year when enrolments in the course are next accepted;
the Secretary must make a new decision, as early as practicable in the next year, about whether the person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for a period that is the whole or a part of that next year.
If the Secretary decides that the person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for a period, the Secretary must give the person a notice (a supplement entitlement notice):
stating that the person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for that period; and
specifying the minimum and maximum amounts of financial supplement that the person can obtain.
This section does not apply in relation to a period that is the whole or part of a year if the year begins on or after the day on which the Student Assistance Legislation Amendment Act 2006 receives the Royal Assent.
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