Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STUDENT ASSISTANCE ACT 1973 No. 155, 1973 - SECT 9

9. (1) If a Commonwealth Secondary Scholarship or a Commonwealth Senior
Secondary Scholarship (in this section referred to as an ''existing
scholarship'') granted before the commencement of this Act has not expired or
been terminated before the commencement of this Act, it is, by force of this
sub-section, terminated.

(2) Where an existing scholarship is terminated by force of sub- section (1),
then, notwithstanding anything in section 7 or in the regulations, an
authorized person may approve the grant of a Senior Secondary Scholarship, in
respect of the course of secondary education to which the existing scholarship
related, to the person who was the holder of the existing scholarship.

(3) Where a Senior Secondary Scholarship is, by virtue of sub- section (2),
granted to a person who was the holder of an existing scholarship, being a
Commonwealth Secondary Scholarship, then, notwithstanding section 8, benefit
under the Senior Secondary Scholarship so granted shall be the same as the
benefits that would have been applicable under the existing scholarship if
that scholarship had not been terminated.