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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

166: Time for filing charging document

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“When you can be charged for breaking student loan rules”

If you break the law related to student loans, there’s a time limit for when you can be charged with an offence. This time limit is different from what’s normally allowed. For offences under section 162A or 163 of the Student Loan Scheme Act, you can be charged up to 10 years after the end of the year when you committed the offence. This is longer than the usual time limit for most crimes.

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

166Time for filing charging document

  1. Despite anything to the contrary in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, the limitation period in respect of an offence against section 162A or 163 ends on the date that is 10 years after the end of the year in which the offence was committed.

Notes
  • Section 166: replaced, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
  • Section 166: amended, on , by section 9 of the Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 6).