Bill
Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-09-25. Education and Training portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education and Training
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-08-22
- second reading — 2018-08-22
- third reading — 2018-08-22
- introduced — 2018-09-10
- second reading — 2018-09-10
- second reading — 2018-09-13
- second reading — 2018-09-13
- third reading — 2018-09-13
- passed — 2018-09-13
- royal assent — 2018-09-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-03-28.
The bill would impose a levy on certain overseas debtors who owe debts under the VET Student Loans Act 2016.
It would amend the Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Act 2015 to include VET student loan debts in the definition of debts subject to the levy.
The change would take effect from 1 July 2019, and the repayment thresholds, rates and indexation for VET student loan debts would match those for HELP debts.
- Imposes a levy on a defined group of overseas debtors with VET student loan debts.
- Amends the Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Act 2015 to include VET student loan debts.
- Aligns repayment thresholds, rates and indexation for VET student loan debts with those for HELP debts.
Overseas debtors who owe VET student loan debts.
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