Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STUDENT ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT ACT 1989 No. 76, 1989 - SECT 27

27. (1) Where, before the commencement of the amendments of Part III of the
Principal Act made by this Act, a person had made an application for the grant
of Education Assistance as referred to in that Part but an authorised person
within the meaning of the Principal Act had not made a decision under section
10 of that Act in respect of that application, that application shall, with
effect from the commencement of those amendments, have effect as if it were an
application by that first-mentioned person for a grant of a benefit under Part
III of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(2) Where, before the commencement of the amendments of Part III of the
Principal Act made by this Act, a person had made an application for the grant
of Education Assistance as referred to in that Part and an authorised person
within the meaning of the Principal Act had made a decision under section 10
of that Act in respect of that application, the provisions of the Principal
Act, and of the regulations under the Principal Act, in force at the time of
commencement of those amendments, continue in force in relation to the
decision and to any entitlement arising under it as if the amendments of the
Principal Act made by this Act had not been made.