HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988 - SECT 98D Making an application for a PELS loan

HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988 - SECT 98D

  (1)   A person may make an application under this section if he or she:

  (a)   has enrolled in or proposes to enrol in an eligible post - graduate course of study for a semester at an institution; and

  (b)   is or will be an eligible student for the semester.

  (2)   The application must be made on or before the census date for the course of study for the semester.

  (3)   The application must state that the applicant asks the Commonwealth if:

  (a)   on the census date for the eligible post - graduate course of study for any semester the applicant:

  (i)   is an eligible student for that semester; and

  (ii)   is enrolled in the course of study for that semester at the institution; and

  (iii)   has not paid the full amount of the fees charged by the institution for so much of the course of study as is being undertaken by the student for that semester, leaving part of those fees outstanding; and

  (b)   that census date is on or after the date on which the application is made;

to lend to the applicant the amount of those fees outstanding and to use the amount so lent to pay the fees outstanding on behalf of the applicant.

Note:   The applicant makes only one application for each course of study.

  (4)   The application must also acknowledge that if the Commonwealth complies with the request the applicant will be liable to make payments under Chapter   5A.

  (5)   The application must be in the approved form, signed by the applicant and given to an appropriate officer of the institution.