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Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014
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C2024C00801 (C07)
05 December 2024
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20 February 2025
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Chapter 1—Introduction
Part 1.1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Simplified outline of this Act
Part 1.2—Interpretation
4 Simplified outline of this Part
5 Definitions
6 When Australian apprenticeship support loan is being paid to a person
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Chapter 2—Loan payments
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Part 2.1—Qualification and payability
7 Simplified outline of this Part
8 Qualification
9 Lifetime limit
10 Payability
11 Special case qualification and payability
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Part 2.2—Machinery provisions for payments
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Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
12 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Applications
13 Application
14 Withdrawal of application
Division 3—Determinations
15 Determination of application
16 Grant of application
17 Deemed refusal of application
18 Variation of rate
19 Cancellation
20 Date of effect of determinations
21 When determination ceases to be in effect
Division 4—Payment
22 Payment by instalments
23 Amount of instalment
24 Yearly rate of Australian apprenticeship support loan
25 Payment into bank account
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Chapter 3—Loan repayments
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Part 3.1—Incurring debts
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Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
26 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—AASL debts
27 AASL debts
28 AASL debt discharged by death
29 Notice to Commissioner
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Division 3—Accumulated AASL debts
30 Simplified outline of this Division
31 Stage 1—working out a former accumulated AASL debt
32 AASL debt indexation factor
33 Meanings of index number and WPI index number
34 Publishing AASL debt indexation factors
35 Stage 2—working out an accumulated AASL debt
36 Rounding of amounts
37 Accumulated AASL debt discharges earlier debts
38 Accumulated AASL debt discharged by death
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Part 3.2—Discharging debts
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Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
39 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Completion discount
40 Completion discount
41 Application of completion discount
42 Refunding of payments
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Division 3—Voluntary discharge
43 Voluntary AASL repayments in respect of debts
44 Application of voluntary AASL repayments
45 Refunding of payments
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Division 4—Compulsory discharge
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Subdivision A—Liability to repay amounts
46 Liability to repay amounts
47 Repayable AASL debt for an income year
Subdivision AA—Liability of overseas debtors to repay amounts
47A Liability of overseas debtors to repay amounts
47B Assessed worldwide income
47C Notices to be given to the Commissioner
Subdivision B—Assessments
48 Commissioner may make assessments
49 Notification of notices of assessment of tax
50 Commissioner may defer making assessments
51 Commissioner may amend assessments
Part 3.3—Application of tax legislation
52 Simplified outline of this Part
53 Returns, assessments, collection and recovery
54 Charges and civil penalties for failing to meet obligations
55 Pay as you go (PAYG) withholding
56 Pay as you go (PAYG) instalments
56A Failures to comply with section 47C
57 Extent of Commissioner’s general administration of this Act
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Chapter 4—Administration
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Part 4.1—Information management
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Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
58 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—General information gathering powers
59 General power to obtain information
60 Power to obtain information from a person who owes a debt to the Commonwealth
61 Obtaining information about a person who owes a debt to the Commonwealth
62 Written notice
63 Offence
64 Obligations not affected by State or Territory laws
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Division 3—Powers in relation to tax file numbers
65 Request for tax file number
66 Verification of tax file numbers
67 When person with tax file number incorrectly notifies number
68 When person without tax file number incorrectly notifies number
69 When tax file numbers are altered
70 When tax file numbers are cancelled
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Division 4—Obligation to notify change of circumstance etc.
71 Notice requiring information or statements
72 Written notice
73 Offence
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Division 5—Use etc. of personal information
74 Use etc. of personal information
75 Officer’s declaration
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Part 4.2—Review of decisions
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Division 1—Introduction
76 Simplified outline of this Part
77 Reviewable decisions
78 Reviewer of decisions
79 Authorised review officers
80 Notice of reasons for decision
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Division 2—Internal review
81 Internal review
82 Notice to Administrative Review Tribunal and applicant for review
83 Application for review
84 Withdrawal of application
85 Review of decisions following application under section 83
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Division 3—Administrative Review Tribunal review of decisions
86 Review by Administrative Review Tribunal
87 Decision changed before Administrative Review Tribunal review completed
88 Settlement of proceedings before the Administrative Review Tribunal
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Part 4.3—Overpayment debts
89 Simplified outline of this Part
90 Overpayment debt
91 Overseas application
92 Recovery of overpayment debt—payment arrangement
93 Recovery of overpayment debt—legal proceedings
94 Secretary may write off overpayment debt
95 Secretary’s power to waive overpayment debt
96 Waiver of overpayment debt arising from error
97 Waiver of small overpayment debt
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Chapter 5—Miscellaneous
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Part 5.1—Miscellaneous
98 Simplified outline of this Part
99 Indexation of lifetime limit and yearly rate
100 Application to under 18s
101 Delegation by Secretary
102 Use of computer program to make decisions
103 Annual report
104 Appropriation
105 Australian Apprenticeships Priority List
106 Rules
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history