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Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Matters of general application and miscellaneous matters - Miscellaneous matters - Informing and notifying under this Act

210: Meaning of inform

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"What 'inform' means and how you can be told things under this law"

When someone needs to inform you about something under this law, they can do it in a few ways. They can put the information on a website that you can look at any time you want, for free. They can also make the information available at Inland Revenue Department offices. You can go to these offices between 8 am and 4:30 pm on working days to look at the information for free or buy a copy for a fair price. Another way they can inform you is by putting a notice in public places where everyone can see it.

However, there's one part of the law where they can't use public notices to inform you. This is for something called 'section 19'.

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Miscellaneous matters: Informing and notifying under this Act

210Meaning of inform

  1. A requirement in this Act for a person to inform another person (person B) is satisfied—

  2. by—
    1. providing the information free of charge on an Internet site that allows person B to access the information at all reasonable times; and
      1. making the information available for inspection free of charge, and for purchase at a reasonable price, at each office of the Inland Revenue Department during the period from 8 am to 4.30 pm each working day; or
      2. by giving public notice.

        1. Despite subsection (1)(b), public notice must not be given for the purposes of section 19.