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Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Interest, relief, penalties and offences, rights of objection, and rights to challenge - Penalties and offences - Offences

164: Proceedings to be commenced by Commissioner

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“The Commissioner starts court cases when someone breaks student loan rules”

If someone breaks the rules in section 162A or 163, the Commissioner must start the legal process. The Commissioner does this by filing a charging document. This is how the case begins in court. The charging document tells the court what the person is accused of doing wrong. It’s the Commissioner’s job to start this process, not anyone else’s.

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Part 4 Interest, relief, penalties and offences, rights of objection, and rights to challenge
Penalties and offences: Offences

164Proceedings to be commenced by Commissioner

  1. A proceeding for an offence against section 162A or 163 must be commenced by the filing of a charging document in the name of the Commissioner.

Notes
  • Section 164: replaced, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
  • Section 164: amended, on , by section 9 of the Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 6).