Commonwealth: Student Assistance Amendment Act 2002 (Cth)

Student Assistance Amendment Act 2002 No. 31, 2002 An Act to amend the Student Assistance Act 1973, and for related purposes Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s).................................. Schedule 1—Amendments Student Assistance Act 1973 Student Assistance Amendment Act 2002 No. 31, 2002 An Act to amend the Student Assistance Act 1973, and for related purposes [Assented to 30 May 2002] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Assistance Amendment Act 2002. 2 Commencement This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. 3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1—Amendments Student Assistance Act 1973 1 Subsection 3(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of current special educational assistance scheme) Omit "Scheme); or", substitute "Scheme).". 2 Subsection 3(1) (paragraph (c) of the definition of current special educational assistance scheme) Repeal the paragraph. 3 Subsection 3(1) (after paragraph (a) of the definition of former special educational assistance scheme) Insert: (aa) the scheme known as the Aboriginal Overseas Study Assistance Scheme or the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Overseas Study Award Scheme; or 4 Subsection 12QB(1) Omit "7", substitute "14". 5 Paragraph 12QB(2)(a) Omit "7", substitute "14". 6 Subparagraph 12QB(2)(d)(ii) Omit "7", substitute "14". 7 Subsection 12S(1) Omit "7", substitute "14". 8 Subparagraph 12S(2)(d)(ii) Omit "7", substitute "14". 9 At the end of Division 1 of Part 6 Add: 39AA Recovery of certain debts from current special educational assistance scheme payments A debt or overpayment that may be recovered by making deductions under section 1231 of the Social Security Act 1991 may be recovered by making deductions from amounts that would otherwise be payable under a current special educational assistance scheme. 10 Section 48 Omit "7", substitute "14". [Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 14 February 2002 Senate on 13 March 2002]